Marie Lu’s Skyhunter isn’t quite as good as her The Kingdom of Back. But it’s still an incredible book, and I’ll be looking for the sequels.

The book stars a talented young woman from the wrong side of town. Her superpower seems to be her inability to speak–a relic left from when the Karensa Federation robbed her homeland, forcing her and her mother to flee as refugees to Mara.

Mara doesn’t appreciate her, and even makes it hard for her to survive. However, knowing the Karensa Federation is worse, she still dedicates herself to defending this new homeland.

Skyhunter is a beautifully written book with so many parallels to our modern world. Heartbreaking and lovely. If you like science fiction and haven’t read it yet, you absolutely should. I’ll certainly be reading more. I’ve already checked the next book in the series out of my library. (Speaking of which, don’t you just love libraries?)