Series: Nil
(bk. 3)
Genera(s):
Dystopian Sci-fi/Romance
Subjects:
survival, mystery, adventure, islands, animals, parallel worlds
Setting: The
Island of Nil
POV/Tense: 1st
person POV, past tense, rotating between Skye and Rives, and 3rd
person POV of Nil, and various other characters.
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 406
pgs.
HC/PB:
Hardcover
List Price:
$17.99
Publisher:
Macmillan: Henry Holt and Co.
Summary/
product description:
“Despite Rives and Skye's attempt to destroy Nil, the island remains. And back
in this world, Nil won't let Skye go. Haunted by a darkness she can't ignore,
Skye wrestles with Nil nightmares that worsen by the day and threaten to tear
her apart. As Skye fights to keep her mind intact, she realizes that to finally
break free of Nil, she must end Nil's vicious cycle once and for all--and she
can't do it alone.
Who
will return to Nil, and in the end, who will survive? In this thrilling final
installment of the Nil series, the stakes have never been higher: everyone's
fate hangs in the balance, including Nil's own--and Nil will fight to the
death. When the full force of the island is unleashed, Skye faces an impossible
choice, a cruel one she'd never imagined she'd have to make. Soon one Nil truth
becomes painfully clear: only one side can win.
Losing
isn't an option, but winning will cost Skye everything.
Perfect
for fans of Lost and survivalist stories, NIL ON FIRE is a stunning conclusion
to the Nil trilogy that will leave readers breathless.”
Skye and Rives
may have escaped Nil, but Nil is still haunting Skye. She hears Nil calling her
in her dreams. She thinks Nil wants her to end the islanders’ tradition of crossing
through the gate. Skye, Rives, Thad and Charlie go the island that holds the
gate to Nil. Nil pulls Skye through the gate to the island she never intended
to return to. Rives and Thad end up going through the portal to. Also, Paulo’s
cousin, Lana goes though, and another ex-Nil resident, Zane.
Nil isn’t the
same as when they left it. It seems crueler. The only one they left behind was
Paulo, who says he lost time and that’s why he didn’t go through. More teens
have showed up on Nil since them. The Icelandic guy, Hafthor, the fierce Amara,
the running-back from Alabama, Calvin, two Australians who already knew each
other, Molly and Davey. And that’s just the ones Paulo met. It seems Nil’s been
busy. Skye, Rives and the other have 3 months until the stationary gate opens
and they working on solving the mysteries of Nil and form a plan on how to
destroy. This book in on fire and stuff trly goes down in this awesome finally.
This final book
is told in alternating perspectives on Rives and Sky mainly, much like Nil
Unlocked, but it have 3rd person point of views of other characters
as well as the island’s POV itself. The island is alive, almost like it’s a
goddess or something. Having these other POVs adds to the story telling and
lets us see what’s going on elsewhere. I really wish we got Thad and Charlie’s
1st person POVs too, like in the first book. The first book felt
more like a standalone and the next two like a companion duology.
I do like that
there’s more paranormal stuff added to the story. Skye and Rives can
communicate telepathically ever since they left Nil the first time. Some other
characters share connections too. There’s also this ability called the Sight.
Lana says that it’s only gift to women. Ramia had it.
All in all, I
enjoyed this series and really would love to read more books with awesome
island settings. I’ve never been to any tropical islands or even the ocean. Nil
is definitely not an island I’d like to visit.
Cover Art Review: Okay cover. Fits with the rest of them. I like the fire on the title.
