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Storm Breaker
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Young Adult Indie
340
2026? More like 2016 (and I am HERE for it!)
(Updated: May 31, 2026)
Overall rating
4.0
Writing Style
3.0
Plot
4.0
Characters
5.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
N/A
I swear the 2010's are back with this sudden resurgence of YA dystopian novels (and I'm not mad about it).
Storm Breaker by Nisha J. Tuli is a YA dystopian novel that harks on the nostalgia most readers have for Hunger Games and Divergent, while adding it's own more explosive twist. For nineteen-year-old Poet Graves, New Manhattan has always promised safety―if she obeys. Raised within the ruling Houses and betrothed to a powerful heir, she enters Amery Academy knowing her future has already been decided. But Amery is nothing like she imagined. Its trials are brutal, its loyalties conditional, and its rules designed to expose weakness. As Poet struggles to survive, she must hide the truth that could get her executed: the storms don’t fear her―they answer back. When a dangerous outsider from beyond the city walls enters the academy, Poet is drawn to him despite everything she’s been taught to believe. He threatens the life she’s been promised. And choosing him could cost her not just her future, but her freedom.
Listen. Listen. Listen. And I mean REALLY listen, I went into this book completely blind except for the simple fact that it was written by Nisha J. Tuli (of Trial of the Sun Queen fame) and I was 100% ready for whatever she was going to throw my way. Though I was not REALLY ready for the pure snark and sass that's strewn throughout. Nor was I quite ready for well, ROOK. And that is all I can say without spoiling everything and anything, and generally screaming.
One thing that did throw me off, however, was the writing style. I know Tuli is known for her adult romatasy works, but the style she presented for her YA piece was quite....odd. In the sense that some details seemed to be repeated quite often, while others were sped over. It seemed inconsistently either hand-holding or pushing you over the deep end and hoping you know how to swim.
Regardless, Storm Breaker is a perfect novel for anyone looking for some pure 2010's nostalgia while impatiently waiting for the release of the Sixth Faction.
Storm Breaker by Nisha J. Tuli is a YA dystopian novel that harks on the nostalgia most readers have for Hunger Games and Divergent, while adding it's own more explosive twist. For nineteen-year-old Poet Graves, New Manhattan has always promised safety―if she obeys. Raised within the ruling Houses and betrothed to a powerful heir, she enters Amery Academy knowing her future has already been decided. But Amery is nothing like she imagined. Its trials are brutal, its loyalties conditional, and its rules designed to expose weakness. As Poet struggles to survive, she must hide the truth that could get her executed: the storms don’t fear her―they answer back. When a dangerous outsider from beyond the city walls enters the academy, Poet is drawn to him despite everything she’s been taught to believe. He threatens the life she’s been promised. And choosing him could cost her not just her future, but her freedom.
Listen. Listen. Listen. And I mean REALLY listen, I went into this book completely blind except for the simple fact that it was written by Nisha J. Tuli (of Trial of the Sun Queen fame) and I was 100% ready for whatever she was going to throw my way. Though I was not REALLY ready for the pure snark and sass that's strewn throughout. Nor was I quite ready for well, ROOK. And that is all I can say without spoiling everything and anything, and generally screaming.
One thing that did throw me off, however, was the writing style. I know Tuli is known for her adult romatasy works, but the style she presented for her YA piece was quite....odd. In the sense that some details seemed to be repeated quite often, while others were sped over. It seemed inconsistently either hand-holding or pushing you over the deep end and hoping you know how to swim.
Regardless, Storm Breaker is a perfect novel for anyone looking for some pure 2010's nostalgia while impatiently waiting for the release of the Sixth Faction.
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