Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Book Blurb (from Goodreads): Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction.

As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called the Aether. A bit of an outcast even among his hunting tribe, Perry withstands these daily tests with his exceptional abilities, as he is gifted with powerful senses that enable him to scent danger, food and even human emotions.

They come together reluctantly, for Aria must depend on Perry, whom she considers a barbarian, to help her get back to Reverie, while Perry needs Aria to help unravel the mystery of his beloved nephew’s abduction by the Dwellers. Together they embark on a journey challenged as much by their prejudices as by encounters with cannibals and wolves. But to their surprise, Aria and Perry forge an unlikely love - one that will forever change the fate of all who live UNDER THE NEVER SKY.


Why I loved this book:

• Beautiful Characters. Aria who seems soft but isn't and the brooding Perry who comes across as cold and ruthless, but is far from it. I loved how natural their relationship developed.
  
• Beautiful Setting. Awesome, awesome world building. I love how the book didn't go too in depth in how everything worked or functioned, but gave just enough to paint a rich and vivid picture of the world Aria and Perry were inhabiting.
  
• The Pace. It's rare for me to not be able to put a book down — even books I love and would give 100s of stars too and buy copies for all my friends. I love to read, but I love my sleep too. But I couldn't put this one down and stayed up half the night last Thursday finishing this book. Now hurry up 2013...I want to read the next one!
  

I love, love, loved this book!!!! I can't wait to see what comes next for Aria and Perry. It was a great book to start off my reading this year :)