In the Acknowledgments section, Hansen goes on (and on) to thank a lot of people who helped along the way when it came to cleansing/editing the MS-which is totally fine-but there were several botches that reared their ugly, misshapen heads. If Romeo & Juliet wasn't written, would this fic exist?Īlso, here's a quick quibble. What do I type about The Breaking Light? Well, this reversal of a retooling needed a little more sci-fi and a lot less cry-fi! Yes that's my line.Īuthor Heather Hansen's book is not that bad in terms of pace and plotting.hence the rating of three, but I had to wonder one thing while reading.
But will the brewing class war destroy the world around them first? When her gang pressures Arden to help break the grip of the elite and end Dade’s interference with their drug trade, she is forced to make a deadly choice between love and family loyalty. Dade, desperate to escape his upcoming arranged marriage, has a secret of his own, and he’s willing to risk everything for it.Īn unlikely romance develops between the two teens-but their love faces opposition from above and below. There she meets Dade, one of the few lucky enough to be born into the sun-kissed families who reside in the Towers soaring above the rest of the city. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as sister to the leader of the most powerful gang in Undercity, she has access to Above. Arden-beautiful, street-smart, and cynical-is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. When her gang pressures Arden to help break the grip of the elite and end Dade's interference with their drug trade, she is forced to make a deadly choice between love and family loyalty.In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light.
An unlikely romance develops between the two teens-but their love faces opposition from above and below. Dade, desperate to escape his upcoming arranged marriage, has a secret of his own, and he's willing to risk everything for it.
In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light.
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