When Skye was in junior high school she was voted “Most Likely to Be Single.” It’s like even then her classmates knew relationships really weren’t for her.
“And while being voted ‘Most Likely to be Single’ at twelve years old isn’t necessarily an early indicator that one might die alone in a hotel bed many years later, it’s not hard to imagine it as part of the same narrative, right? Not that you’d expect it, but if you heard about it you’d be like: ‘Uh-huh, okay, I can see that.’ So, yeah. Nobody would be super surprised. Is what I’m saying.”
Now, as she nears 40, Skye hasn’t changed much. She keeps her friends, her family at arm’s length and doesn’t do relationships beyond hookups. But when Vicky, a 12-year-old girl, finds Skye and tells her she’s “her egg” (Skye donated her eggs to an infertile friend years ago), Skye starts thinking about whether she should try to have a relationship with this girl. But where to start?
And when she tries to pick up a woman (and fails), only to discover the woman’s connections to Vicky, Skye wonders once and for all whether her plan to push everyone away was the right one. Is she worthy of loving and of being loved?
Skye Falling was an interesting, well-written character study and a look at a woman who thinks she has it all figured out, only to ultimately discover that she really doesn’t. I think we all know—or are—people like that.
My challenge is that I found Skye fairly unappealing as a character so I had trouble caring about what happened to her. My feelings changed a bit as the book progressed, but it’s always difficult for me to connect with unlikeable characters.
This was an early release through the Book of the Month Club. Skye Falling publishes 6/22.
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