The Sky Called Her Home Book Review
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5
Audience: Romantasy
Length: 550 pages
Author: B.J. Wilde
Series/Stand Alone: Book 1 of the Song of Stars trilogy
Publisher: Duskae Press
Release Date: August 7, 2025
The Sky Called Her Home Book Summary From Goodreads
She was hiding—waiting—in the shadows of an oppressive kingdom.
He was sworn to destroy what she’s destined to become.
But fate is rarely so obedient.
In the kingdom of Dravara, magic is hoarded, history is rewritten, and survival is earned in blood.
Disguised and desperate in the slums, a woman with long-buried secrets breaks into a prison to save her childhood best friend—the only person who ever truly knew her. What she finds instead is a realm on the brink of war, a king who suppresses memory through the water supply, a cursed wasteland with world-altering truths—and a shadowweave warrior who sees right through her… and has secrets of his own.
He should have turned her in.
Instead, he rebels against the prophecy that says he must destroy what she’s destined to become.
As unrest spreads, ancient relics stir, and forbidden magic awakens beneath her skin, she must
Stay hidden in the ashes of who she was—or rise and reclaim everything she didn’t know she’d lost.
A gripping romantasy debut filled with star-crossed lovers, devastating betrayals, a continent-spanning quest, and a world where destiny isn’t given—it’s chosen.
Perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, and Throne of Glass.
For readers who crave…
Slow-burn steamy romance, morally gray men with secrets, fierce women who rise from ruin, and magic that pulses beneath every choice—The Sky Called Her Home delivers an emotional, cinematic fantasy experience that stays with you long after the final page.
Expect found family, fate vs. free will, political unrest, chosen-one rebellion, and a romance that simmers until it ignites.
If you love the emotional devastation of Throne of Glass, the tension of The Bridge Kingdom, the raw magic of Fourth Wing, and ensemble cast of A Court of Thorns and Roses, this is your next obsession.
Starforged weapons, dagger-to-the-throat banter, memory suppression via water supply, soft cinnamon roll healers, grumpy warriors with prophecy problems, and one very defiant FMC.
About the Book and Where to Buy The Sky Called Her Home
B.J. Wilde is an Australian romantasy author whose debut novel published August 7, 2025, “The Sky Called Her Home,” launches readers into a richly woven world of prophecy, politics and cosmic magic. Following Elyssara, a heroine torn between survival and destiny, and Kael, the brooding warrior bound to her by fate and choice, the story blends lyrical prose with edge-of-your-seat tension, a love that endures and a found family readers will ache to fight beside. With themes of fate versus free will, immersive worldbuilding and a fated romance that spans a trilogy, Wilde’s work is perfect for fans of “The Plated Prisoner” series and “Quicksilver.”
Tropes:
- Slow Burn Romance
- Morally Grey MMC
- Forbidden Magic
- Found Family
- Political Intrigue
- Prophecy
Where to purchase
You can puchase a paper back and hard back edition on amazon as well as en ebook edition. It is not part of Kindle Unlimited.
My Thoughts on The Sky Called Her Home
This is one of those books, that as soon as you pick it up, it’s incredibly hard to put down. The author has a way that makes us instantly connected to the characters, their pain is our pain, their struggles are our struggles.
Our FMC has had nothing but struggles since the time she was orphaned at 5 years old living on the street until a retired guard started to care for her and 2 other children, Ronyn and Seren.
Ronya gets arrested and our FMC goes to break him out, and that when we’re introduced to our morally grey MMC and she forms a reluctant alliance which turns into a delicious sloooooow burn romance. And the Banter……..
Along the way she finds out things about her parents, who she actually is, all while trying to unlock her magic by finding 5 relics, and trying to make a prophecy about her not come true. And if that’s not enough, our MMC is hiding major secrets about himself and where he comes from.
And that ending, I was about ready to throw my kindle.
