Let the Sky Fall Trilogy by Shannon Messenger

I tried to read the first book in the Sky Fall trilogy in May 2023.  I read around 80 pages and then lost interest.  I recently decided that I need to read the three books, even if I don't enjoy them much.  I love Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger, and I'd like to be able to read comments that are about the Sky Fall books.  

The Sky Fall trilogy consists of these books:

1.  Let the Sky Fall, 2013
2.  Let the Storm Break, 2014
3.  Let the Wind Rise, 2016

Publisher's summary of #1 Let the Sky Fall:

A broken past and a divided future can’t stop the electric connection of two teens in this epic series opener from the author of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.

Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents.  And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real.  But he hopes she is.

Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph, an air elemental.  She walks on the wind, can translate its alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string of commands.  She’s also a guardian—Vane’s guardian—and has sworn an oath to protect Vane at all costs.  Even if it means sacrificing her own life.

When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both of their families, Audra’s forced to help Vane remember who he is.  He has a power to claim—the secret language of the West Wind, which only he can understand.  But unlocking his heritage will also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget.  And as the storm bears down on them, she starts to realize the greatest danger might not be the warriors coming to destroy them—but the forbidden romance that’s grown between them. 

The first book has some very good scenes.  One in particular is hilarious, and I love it.  Unfortunately, the book is slow-paced and boring.  Still, I liked it enough to continue to the second book.  The second book is mostly boring.  I tried to read the third book, and I just couldn't do it, aside from reading around 70 pages.

I was much more entertained by the Sky Fall reviews than I was by reading (or rather, attempting to read) the books.  I've mentioned how people have a problem with young adult books because they inexplicably believe that young adult books are aimed at children.  I saw that in the Sky Fall reviews.

Reviewers complain about the language and hints at sexuality.  They say that the books aren't clean and are inappropriate for children. 

Right, because the books are aimed at young adults.  I knew before I started reading the first book that it was not going to be like KotLC, since it is young adult.  This concept of young adult books being for older youth is so hard for people to grasp.

This trilogy is what happens when a publisher gives the author of a popular series a three-book deal on a very thin plot idea.  KotLC is a smash hit; Sky Fall is dull and boring.  This trilogy should have been written as just one book.  If so, the story might have been pretty good.

Honestly, I couldn't help experiencing an unpleasant flashback to my memories of reading the Nancy Drew Girl Detective trilogies, especially #36-38 The Model Mystery Trilogy.  My review of the ND GD Model Mystery trilogy concludes with this statement:

The entire thing is a big convoluted mess and should have been written as a single-volume story, not three excruciatingly long books. 

While I wouldn't refer to the Sky Fall trilogy as a "convoluted mess," it does consist of "excruciatingly long" and boring books.