Under the Heavens

This was a really fun concept that I think I would have enjoyed more as an adult book, because the premise (“single teenager gets launched into space with the last of the whales”) is just ludacrious and I couldn't take it seriously, but I enjoyed the plot itself. The whales being psychic and able to talk to the MC; her isolation and loneliness, as well as her determination to solve problems on her own made the story connect and I was invested in what happened. There's a twist about halfway that I thought was so cool.

Then it does the typical YA-type thing and inserts an annoying romance where there is no need for one. Oh well.

I also enjoyed the ending a fair amount. I would hope the author wrote a sequel but made it a bit more adult.

6.5/10