Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

Title: Shades of Earth

Author: Beth Revis

Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy

Series: Yes. Across the Univers #3

Pages: 369
Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Razorbill

Rating: 3 out of 5


Summary: from Good Reads

Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience.

But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all? Godspeed's former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're going to stay, they'll have to fight.

Amy and Elder must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed--friends, family, life on Earth--will have been for nothing.

FUELED BY LIES.
RULED BY CHAOS.
ALMOST HOME.

Feelings:
This was a visual book for me the descriptions of the people and the places made the planet come to life. I liked the planet even with it's dangers. I didn't care for the way the earth-borns once woken seemed to take over and view the ship-borns as lesser people. That bothered me as they didn't really seem like they would be those kind of people. We got to see a reversal though, Amy has been discriminated against by those on Godspeed and now those on Godspeed are discriminated against by those from earth.

I liked that Elder and Amy stay together even though her parents don't like it. I did wonder at why Amy and Elder are the only ones that really seem concerned with how things are and try and find out more information.

The ending of the book wasn't what I expected but I think that was a good thing. I would recommend the series to those who enjoy young adult fantasy.