Beyond the Sky

Above the Sky #4

by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne

Book #3, Part 2 of 2 in the ABOVE THE SKY TRILOGY!

"5 MILLION STARS!!!!! My new all-time favorite series. Heart-stopping. Jaw-dropping. You need to read these books." -- Megan, i fall in love book blog ★★★★★

From the author of the dystopian suspense thrillers ABOVE THE SKY, RETURN TO THE SKY, and PART OF THE SKY comes the highly-anticipated finale to the series. BEYOND THE SKY picks up just minutes after the conclusion of PART OF THE SKY, as Seven, Ten, and their families and friends struggle to survive after their world has been shattered.

If you like unique coming-of-age novels with page-turning suspense, unpredictable adventure, forbidden romance, and jaw-dropping twists and turns, you'll love this unforgettable must-read series finale!

What readers are saying about BEYOND THE SKY:

"Beyond the Sky was an awesome ending to a fantastic series. So creative and well thought out. Full of action, suspense, thrilling scenarios, twists and great characters. I know they are only characters, but there really isn't such a thing as 'only a character' when it comes to a series that you love. I look forward to reading more of J.W. Lynne's work." - Denise, Goodreads ★★★★★

"J.W. Lynne took a story that her readers were awed with and took us back for more action, betrayal, and love." - Tiffany, Goodreads ★★★★★

Perfect for fans of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Legend by Marie Lu, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Divergent by Veronica Roth, Wake Me After the Apocalypse by Jordan Rivet, or The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.

Highly recommended for teen girls and boys ages 13 years old and up, young adults, men, and women who like thought-provoking post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi with compelling mystery, unexpected twists, closed-door romance, and strong male and female lead protagonists.

The ABOVE THE SKY series is in the process of being converted from a 4-book series to a 3-book series. During this transition, both versions of the series are available.

Original series (4 books):
Book 1: ABOVE THE SKY
Book 2: RETURN TO THE SKY
Book 3, Part 1: PART OF THE SKY
Book 3, Part 2: BEYOND THE SKY

New series (3 books):
Book 1: ABOVE THE SKY
Book 2: RETURN TO THE SKY
Book 3: SHATTER THE SKY (contains both PART OF THE SKY and BEYOND THE SKY)

All books in the series are available in Kindle ebook and paperback.

All of J.W. Lynne’s books are available on Kindle Unlimited.

Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Suspense, Science Fiction

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 30, 2018

About the author

J.W. Lynne writes suspenseful page-turners with twists, turns, and surprises. Her novels include ...

THE UNKNOWN: Eight kids learn the shocking reason why they were kidnapped.
(suspense, mystery, thriller, action, adventure, dystopian, clean romance)
Recommended for adults, teens, and tweens ages 12 years old and up.

ABOVE THE SKY: In a broken world, teens are sent off to war knowing they will never return.
(suspense, childhood-best-friends-to-lovers closed-door forbidden romance, dystopian, action, adventure, mystery, thriller, futuristic military sci-fi)
Recommended for adults and teens ages 13 years old and up.

THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE: A teen’s simulated trip to the moon takes a shocking turn.
(suspense, action, adventure, clean romance, futuristic science fiction, space travel, mystery, thriller, dystopian)
Recommended for adults, teens, and tweens ages 12 years old and up.

IF I TELL: A teen wonders if her father is a serial killer.
(murder mystery, crime thriller, suspense, family drama, clean romance)
Recommended for adults and teens ages 13 years old and up.

WHAT HE DIDN'T TELL ME: A traumatized girl meets a boy with a horrible secret.
(heartbreaking love story with clean romance, tearjerker, travel adventure, mystery, suspense)
Recommended for adults and teens ages 13 years old and up.

KID DOCS: An experimental program teaches kids to be doctors.
(fun and educational medical fiction, clean romance)
Recommended for teens and tweens ages 12 years old and up.

WILD ANIMAL SCHOOL: A teen spends a romantic summer learning to train and care for tigers, lions, leopards, grizzly bears, and elephants.
(animal adventure, clean romance)
Recommended for adults, teens, and tweens ages 12 years old and up.

LOST IN TOKYO: A girl travels to Japan to follow her missing mother’s bucket list.
(travel adventure, mystery, clean best-friends-to-lovers romance, tearjerker)
Recommended for adults and teens ages 13 years old and up.

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Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have absolutely loved each book in this series and it never fails that when I think J.W Lynne couldn't do anything else to possibly make me love this series more, she does. This was originally set up as a trilogy, but low and behold, we have book 4.

Sometimes when an author adds another book to a series which is originally planned to be a trilogy, it doesn't match the caliber of the previous books. In this case, J.W Lynne took a story that her readers were awed with and took us back for more action, betrayal, and love which we didn't even know we were looking for. We didn't have to wonder what happened once their world had been shattered with book 3's ending. She took our hands and loaded us into a beautiful rollercoaster of each characters life beyond the sky.

[Dee/ bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this whole series!

[Sharon Mariampillai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a copy from the author, in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you J.W. Lynne for the opportunity to read your book. This was an incredible read. The storyline was fantastic. There was action, romance, suspense, and amazing characters. The characters were well developed. Also, I thought each character had more depth as the series went on. The journey I had with these characters is one of the reasons why I love this series. I felt connected to each character and it made the story more enjoyable. I am sad to see the series end. However, I have a great appreciation for J.W. Lynne as she made this fantastic series. I cannot wait to read more books by her. Overall, an amazing read.

[Kaitlyn Garner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excuse me while I cry that is is over. Such a good series!!!

[Shayay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series! It's really great to see the story continuing, and I'm loving the direction the story is going in. This is a great addition to the series! Beyond the Sky has lots of POV's, and I really enjoyed getting the side of everyone's stories. I loved Seven and Ten's POV's! I liked seeing Six evolve, and I enjoyed the direction her story goes in. The story is entertaining, and I love the sci-fi elements. There's action, adventure, and mysteries that need to be solved. There's some people that don't have the best interests of the group in mind, and those people may be closer to the group than they think. I'm excited to see the series continue! Entertaining story with great characters! Unique and Intriguing!!

[Rosy Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

I felt that it was a great ending to the quartet. I even grew to understand some characters despite my dislike of them in The beginning. Totally recommend these books.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this series

Very readable. The whole series was so well written. It had great characters and the writing style was really good. Would definitely recommend.

[Michelle Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting story. Twists and turns. Keeps you guessing! Great series!

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love LOVED this book and series. Finally everything came full circle in understanding what and who was controlling everything. At one point I was almost expecting for there to be a supernatural force overruling everything - some rogue robot that was just destroying life because it was tired of humans. Finally all the secrets are out. Ten's mom is the only decision maker, and after trying to kill Seven and Ten, they begin to dig into the inner workings of the bases. While doing that, Ten has to hack into his mom's account to pull all of the files that she has on the other bases. The commander is focused on trying to find life/people/active bases anywhere and every base is dead, only robots remain and even those are shutting down. It turns into a race against some unknown enemy that begins to shut down the robots that they saved from their base. Forty-one and forty-seven befriend Katrina against all of the other children. During an adventure they discover sim suits that actually replay recorded feedback from real events. Ten is told of these suits and uses one to replay the day that their drone was attacked. He discovers that Jackie killed some of their own comrades, including Ma'am, and attempted to kill Seven. She is thrown into the brig for this. All the while, everyone is attempting to figure out how to move on with their "normal lives". Six and Jose get quite close and ends up causing Three to stay with Nine and their baby. Their romance ends (which was actually disappointing - I wanted them to beat the odds). Ten's mother dies, and Ten uses her last access code to figure out that she was actually responsible for wiping out numerous bases because she felt Ten and Seven had contaminated the warrior project by questioning and challenging everything they were forced to believe. In a last attempt mission to the President's bunker, Jackie is used (and Ten though he wasn't supposed to be there) to penetrate the base and try to discover what happened to everyone. Her success in the mission redeems her and allows her back into society. Their home base opens up once they are able to reset the robots to remain active and everyone is given the decision where they want to live - underground or above ground. The book ends there, which was slightly disappointing since now I need to know how they are going to make their own lives work. But, this book is an amazing work that depicts character growth that is easy to follow and their problems are things many of us have experiences already. There is loss, happiness, sadness, confusion, anger and hope throughout the entire book and series. It is definitely an amazing read! Hopefully there will be some novellas or a sister series to keep the story going and for the challenges to arise - there are still outsiders out there!

[Elise Herrera-Mishler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all 4 books so much! I was prepared to give this book 5 stars, but one thing really bothered me. I was upset that the one queer character ended up in a heterosexual relationship (though it WAS confirmed that they still identified as queer). There's so little queer representation in literature, that it was highly disappointing that this individual ends up in a heterosexual relationship.

[Jodi Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent writing

I really enjoyed the entire series.The characters were well developed. I found the storyline intriguing. In addition it is wonderful to read a series that is "clean" enough that I can share with my grandchildren.

[Sara Wulf · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful series

Absolutely wonderful character development and made you want to keep reading throughout the books to figure out what’s gonna happen at the end. I honestly could’ve gone for another book in the series.

[amanda]

It was a beautiful series with attractive switches of perspective. An anti-climactic ending, but fitting for all the characters. Their decisions made sense, based on their previous characterisations. I devoured the last two, in the span of one late-night reading, and one early-morning session! My favourite was the second in the series, as I felt the emotions in that one were the most intense and intricate. Book 3/4 dealt with the fallout of the emotional turmoil of book 2. Overall, well-detailed and kept me on the edge of my seat, though certainly sections I would have liked more detail. (Spoiler to end of review now: ie. why did Ryan engage in a romantic relationship with Jackie? Despite what he knew at the time about Ma'am's death & Jackie's involvement, though not all the information at the time. Physical satisfaction? To have a situation in his life that he was controlling? idk.) Nice nod to NORAD at the end of Book 4! & I wanted to see Three & Six together, but guess we can’t get what we want always lmao.

[Debbie Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such an interesting story. If you are a fan of the Divergent Series or the Hunger Games this series IS for you. Jen does an amazing job bringing her stories to life. This I believe will be the final installment in the series and what a perfect way to finish.

I fell in love with 6, 7, and 10. I have enjoyed watching them grow up and mature. This book ties everything up nicely. These books are full of adventure and excitement. It kind of makes you wonder how the world got to that point, and how many years these people have lived this way. It just amazes me.

Very well written, I believe now that the series is done I’ll just have to reread it!

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I stumbled onto this series on Amazon because the first two books were free for Prime members, and I'm so glad that I gave it a shot. I really don't understand why I'd never heard of it or how it doesn't have more rave reviews. It's a great YA dystopian series, similar to some of my other favorites, but unique enough to carry its own plot and characters without feeling like a copy of something else. It's probably most similar to the Divergent series, but I have to say I prefer this one. I won't be one bit surprised if these books become the next big thing or get made into movies when the right person stumbles onto them. I only wish there was more; I'd love to learn more about the decision maker's background and reasoning behind certain choices.

[Rebekah Klimuck-Clark · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve really liked this series, but was so disappointed in this book. It felt really long and drawn out. Too much detail into things that didn’t really matter, only for the book to be rush concluded within 5 pages in a way that doesn’t give you any feeling of closure. It feels like questions went unanswered. Entire plots unanswered. I don’t know. I’m just really disappointed that this is how open ended this series was ended.

[Charli McLain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable series, though last two books were rushed.

I think the author decided to finish the series, when another book would have given a much more satisfactory ending. A lot of it was too conveniently explained, so that the ending was very dull. Otherwise I thought it an above average Kindle read.

[Eliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. I rounded up because of how much I loved the entire series and never want it to end. This was a satisfying conclusion. There wasn’t much of a mystery driving the plot anymore, or any unanswered questions. I so enjoyed getting to spend more time with these characters I have come to love, but not very much occurred over the course of this book. I enjoyed the ending which fit the themes well!

[Lyndi Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seven and her family now experience what is like to live out outside the box while Ten must come to terms with his mother's role in what happened to the people where they used to live and the people from the boxes. Forgiveness must be extended and a second chance provided.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome story, didn't want to put it down. I hope their is more to come eventually.

[Marlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this series. There were some intriguing surprises as the story developed and character development showed characters growing and learning as they met challenges.

[Stacy Sutherland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

Binge read these in a few days. Really loved the characters they were all well written. It was an interesting story. Someone make the movie it would be great on screen

[GG C · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t normally leave reviews for books, but this one was a disappointment. I didn’t love the series overall, but you can tell the author was over the series herself and was looking for a quick way to close out.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

** I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.**

Where do I start... Wow, sums it up pretty well, 'Beyond the Sky' was an awesome ending to a fantastic series. Having read the previous books I knew I had to see how it played out. I was not disappointed with any aspect. Between the story line, the characters and how the story played out I think it was a great way for the story to end. I have followed the characters and their lives from book one, 'Above the Sky', through book two and three, 'Return To the Sky' and 'Part Of the Sky', to this book and they have been through so much. The way J.W. Lynne tells a story is so creative and well thought out. Full of action, suspense, thrilling scenarios, twists and great characters. I'm not sure what character to start with, so I'll just say I pretty much like them all. They all have different views, reasons for what they do and a love for life as they know it. That seems to change a bit as the story unfolds, but I was so immersed in the book that I didn't stop to notice until later. The possibilities were endless as to the direction this book could have gone. I will definitely miss Seven, Six, Ten, Jose and their lives, but I know they are thriving in their somewhat new lives. I know they are only characters, but there really isn't such a thing as 'only a character' when it comes to a series that you love. I look forward to reading more of J.W. Lynne's work. A great add to your tbr list. Recommended read.
**This series should be read in order, otherwise you will probably be lost.