This book was a mish mash of things. Both coming of age and myster.y. Some parts worked for me and other parts didn't. One part broke my heart apart. Solid read at three stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC

I enjoyed this book and it felt very different to many of the other mystery thrillers i have read. I loved the fact there were a lot of characters we were introduced to, yet no character felt surplus to requirement for the story. I loved Casey and became very invested in her in this story and loved how she came off as a brave figure ready to steer into adventure and unknown.

Sky Court was hard to read because, throughout the entire book, I wanted to reach through the pages and hug Casey. She was more assertive, responsible, and resilient than most adults. She lived a life that no teenager should have, yet she did so with grace and a good head on her shoulders. Trusting her gut and not being afraid to speak up, she was able to save a life potentially. Casey did not hesitate to be anything other than who and what she was, and she was lucky enough to be loved by a grandparent who felt the same. I absolutely loved the relationship between Casey and her grandfather, and I felt invested in their relationship. My heart broke for her in the end.

I kind of wondered if this book was originally a short story collection. I felt like I was reading three different connected stories. That said, I enjoyed it but I still some don't know why Steve and Trevor had such role? Casey tied in with everyone but their parts seemed out of place.

sky court was an easy YA read for me
the best developed relationship by far was between Casey and her grandfather, <spoiler>i was devasted after his death and her reactions were genuine and relatable </spoiler>.
when it comes to the plot, there were two main points : the coming-of-age story and the disappearance of the girl. unfortunately, i feel like the mystery element was lacking since most of the progress was at the end and mostly rushed through.
that being said, i still enjoyed my time with these characters and woud recommend this book to younger teens that on their journey of self-discovery
thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with this ARC

mosley has clearly promise and at first i was quite taken by the direct and simple narration (it brought to mind shirley jackson's we have always lived in the castle). but then the pov switches and the style remains the same and that really threw me off. i thought that the prose was conveying the narrator's naive worldview, but the same tone/vocab/style is used in chapters that employ a 3rd pov...it just didn't convince me,,,

Thoughtful, quiet, intelligent, and gently thrilling. I was hooked from the start and felt so deeply connected to each of the characters. Mosley's writing does away with the unnecessary flowery language and overwrought melodrama and instead cuts directly to the heart of who these people are.

Just a really wonderfully crafted little book.

This was a cute easy fast read. I did enjoy the book and how it wrapped up. However, it felt like I was reading three different stories.
I understand how Casey ties in with some of the characters, but I felt like Steve and Trevor's story was just super unnecessary. Maybe it was used as a filler but I don't understand why they were placed in there, besides from the beginning.
I would love to read the edited final version to compare it to the ARC. But overall, cute book!

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As I heard Sky court is Faith mosley's debut novel i was actually interested to read it, because most of my favorite novels are debut works.
While Sky cout is an amalgamation of mystery thriller and teenage life, it's kind of a new wave of telling mystery thrillers. When a crime takes place in a small town it linearly effects most part of the town, which gets the writer to use their liberty in entering most of the lives of people as much as they can, its more than just about a mystery crime story now.
Casey being the lead character only because her role deals with most of the main investigation situations, otherwise we equally enter most of the lives involved primarily or secondarily.
Apart from this structure, the writing gets pretty rushed up for a novel, now I don't know if there was a certain limit the writer had to keep the draft in, but there could've been beautifully explained scenarios which undergo lack of it, that lets the impact very low. At the very start of the story, casey tells us how much she is a real watcher on people, but that lacks through the story mostly.
But the story had a lot of charms, the characters go on very interesting arcs, the main character casey gets a lot of going on which can surely connect effectively, for the most part the story tries to be relavent to present scenarios, and the story stays to its mark there, but the rush up gets to us everytime, for an excited fast reader, this is a nice reading, but once we pas through chapters and chapters of reading it loses impact.
Overall its kind of a fun read.

While the topics covered in this book are important, the plot can be difficult to follow at times, mixing Casey's struggles with the mysterious kidnapping of a young girl. These various strands come together at the end of the novel, but the journey along the way isn't particularly compelling.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.

This drove me nuts actually. i genuinely was so confused the whole time because? WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
casey and rowena (my girls, owned the book, they deserve the moon and its stars<3)
casey is braver than i am, because honestly i steer away from drama, i never actually try to veer into it and holyshit she got into some messy shit.
But her and her granpa? that was the softest (sometimes) , reminded me of my grandpa, i miss him dearly<3
Trev and Steven, i genuinely don't know, that was so so messy i cannot comment.
Trevor's daddy issues tho? Fun stuff, same babe!
DON'T LET ME GET STARTED ABOUT the why patricia got kidnapped? THAT IS INSANE
and in the words of my best friend "men would rather kidnap their ex's kids than go to therapy" Insane. This book was so well written though. 4 stars. Thank you netgalley for the arc.