• The Breaking Light

  • Split City, Book 1
  • By: Heather Hansen
  • Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (83 ratings)

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The Breaking Light

By: Heather Hansen
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
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Publisher's summary

In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light. Arden - beautiful, street-smart, and cynical - is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as sister to the leader of the most powerful gang in Undercity, she has access to Above.

There she meets Dade, one of the few lucky enough to be born into the sun-kissed families who reside in the Towers soaring above the rest of the city. But life isn't perfect in the sky. Dade, desperate to escape his upcoming arranged marriage, has a secret of his own, and he's willing to risk everything for it.

An unlikely romance develops between the two teens - but their love faces opposition from above and below. When her gang pressures Arden to help break the grip of the elite and end Dade's interference with their drug trade, she is forced to make a deadly choice between love and family loyalty. But will the brewing class war destroy the world around them first?

©2017 Heather Hansen (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Cute light read

Not a bad read, but the author needs much more training and learning about character development and plot outlines.

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kinda slow

okay book kinda slow not as exciting as some.will read next one. Hope it's got more thrilling story line.

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Root of story too familiar

while the book is performed well, the story line us way too Romeo & Juliet-ish. Different place, different time, but same storyline with a twist ending.

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