When the Sky Fell on Splendor, Emily Henry
When the Sky Fell on Splendor, Emily Henry
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When the Sky Fell on Splendor

Author: Emily Henry

Narrator: Amara Jasper

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/12/2019

Synopsis

The Serpent King meets Stranger Things in Emily Henry’s gripping novel about a group of friends in a small town who find themselves dealing with unexpected powers after a cosmic event.Almost everyone in the small town of Splendor, Ohio, was affected when the local steel mill exploded. If you weren’t a casualty of the accident yourself, chances are a loved one was. That’s the case for seventeen-year-old Franny, who, five years after the explosion, still has to stand by and do nothing as her brother lies in a coma. In the wake of the tragedy, Franny found solace in a group of friends whose experiences mirrored her own. The group calls themselves The Ordinary, and they spend their free time investigating local ghost stories and legends, filming their exploits for their small following of YouTube fans. It’s silly, it’s fun, and it keeps them from dwelling on the sadness that surrounds them.Until one evening, when the strange and dangerous thing they film isn’t fiction—it’s a bright light, something massive hurtling toward them from the sky. And when it crashes and the teens go to investigate … everything changes.

About Emily Henry

Emily Henry is a New York Times bestselling author known for blending sharp wit, emotional depth, and slow-burn romance into stories that linger long after the final page. With a voice as honest as it is hopeful, Henry has redefined contemporary love stories for a new generation of readers. Her novels-such as Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, and Book Lovers-offer more than romance; they're about identity, ambition, grief, and the messiness of being human. A Midwesterner at heart, she lives and writes in Cincinnati, where she's always chasing the next great story-and probably crying a little while doing it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on July 29, 2024

I love Emily Henry. Typically, I have reservations about making love-based declarations about people I don’t know on the internet. Seems a lil weird. Like, how would Rami Malek feel if he knew I was writing sonnets about how he manages to be devastatingly attractive even with weird fake teeth? How wo......more

Goodreads review by Lala on March 23, 2019

Emily Henry does it again. 😍 With a perfect balance of real world intensity (with a focus on friendship and grief) and other worldly elements (supernatural entities and powers,) her latest novel is a real treat.......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on March 24, 2019

I really, really loved the characters and the setting of this one, but the plot just did not do it for me :( I am hecka bummed.......more

Goodreads review by fatma on April 15, 2019

me trying to figure out what the hell was going on in this book Okay so. I disliked this book so much that I didn't even finish it—I DNF'd it at like 35% because I just couldn't take it anymore. And the fact that that actually happened baffles me. I can't wrap my head around how badly this book dis......more

Goodreads review by myo on August 03, 2023

unfortunately i just couldn’t bring myself to care about any of these characters. i feel like as an author it’s probably hard to write an already established friendship and make your readers care about them. i think that is something that emily henry doesn’t do well in her adult or ya books. i reall......more

Quotes

“A vivid and multilayered story sure to turn the staunchest of Scullys into a Mulder. I am obsessed with this book.” David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author

“A thrilling read that is as twisty and spooky as it is profound and evocative. Emily Henry’s prose is haunting and poignant, and her characters are so real and relatable that I started missing them as soon as I set the book down.” Romina Russell, New York Times bestselling author

“A fun, suspenseful story about teenagers exploring the paranormal.” VOYA

“[An] exquisite, genre-bending novel…Fast-paced and intricately plotted, the story rockets toward an unexpected, sublime conclusion.” Booklist

“Amara Jasper’s frank delivery transports listeners to Splendor, Ohio…Jasper’s gruff narration captures the pervasive heartache of Splendor’s residents in the years since the explosion, while her tone speaks to the danger the young protagonists face as they grapple with the consequences of their otherworldly encounter…Jasper’s pacing builds tension, while her characterizations focus on the young people’s quest to find warmth in unusual bonds.” AudioFile

“Readers will be drawn to this fast-paced page-turner. Henry has crammed plenty of atmospheric, small-town spookiness into her book.” School Library Journal

“The alien mystery is compelling, but this story’s heart beats with Franny and her friends. Franny’s recollections of her family before the tragedy are poignant, and Henry tackles profound loss and grief with sensitivity while emphasizing the preciousness of human connection in this vast and wondrous universe.” Kirkus Reviews

“Eerie, intriguing, and full of hold-your-breath moments, When the Sky Fell on Splendor is a thrilling and heartfelt portrayal of how true friendship can fill otherwise ordinary lives with splendor.” Parker Peevyhouse, author of Where the Futures End

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