"Pieces of Sky is realistic and extremely honest. This is the kind of book that you could literally stay up all night to finish."
-- Dolly Magazine
"Doyle has created convincing protagonists and captured beautifully the fallout of an unexpected death on family and friends. It is poignant and affecting."
-- The Newcastle Herald
"This is a beautiful and accomplished first novel from a powerful new Australian voice. The coastal setting is perfect and wonderfully drawn, you can feel the heat of an Australian summer."
-- The Kids' Bookshop
"Newcastle-based Trinity Doyle is an exciting new voice in Australian young adult fiction who writes of the searching and experimentation of teen life with authenticity and empathy."
-- The Weekend Australian
"Trinity Doyle's young adult, debut novel expertly portrays the emptiness of sudden death and the effects on family life. Don't let the serious subject matter turn you off, it's a raw and fast- paced read thanks to zippy dialogue."
-- Yen Magazine
"Pieces of Sky is beautifully written…I inhaled it in enormous gulps like briny sea air and felt more passionately alive.”
-- Readings Bookshop
“Doyle has managed to explore the varied, unpredictable nature of grief with compassion and empathy…Fans of Melina Marchetta and Vikki Wakefield are going to be thrilled.”
-- Hill of Content Bookshop
"Woven around the impact of Cam's death, the story of Lucy finding some reason in the
swirl of her former swimming life makes this a powerful debut novel."
-- Read Plus Magazine
"Doyle is not pushy
or pedantic, she writes with clarity
and an understanding that has not
a skerrick of adult condescension. It
is this kind of young adult fiction
that is both exciting and useful. A
wonderful debut novel suitable for
13 plus."
-- The South Coast Register
"Pieces of Sky is a refreshing debut about accepting loss, putting the pieces back together and
reevaluating the things that matter."
-- Margot McGovern, author of Neverland
"This is a story of grief, love and loss – playing out in a small coastal town that reads so real
you can practically smell the briny air between the pages."
-- Danielle Binks, author of The Year the Maps Changed and The Monster of Her Age
"A luminous debut. PIECES OF SKY has everything I love in a YA novel: drifting, soaring emotion, and characters who linger after the last page. Breathe it in and pass it on."
-- Vikki Wakefield, the award-winning author of Friday Brown and All I Ever
Wanted
"Trinity Doyle has created a complex and believable character to which many teens will relate – a girl who is navigating the rocky territory of teenage-hood, and getting it sometimes right and sometimes wrong along the way. Like we all did when we were that age."
-- Book Birdy
"Pieces of Sky is absolutely, absurdly lovely. There is something so incredibly genuine about this novel, from the honesty of the characters to the tangible setting of the Australian beach town, which makes you feel as though you could look up from the book to see the action playing out in front of you."
-- Books + Publishing
"I truly adored this all-new debut novel, by Australian author, Trinity Doyle. Trinity tackles the aspects of heartache, friendship and love all in one journey as we explore the true meanings of life. Pieces of Sky was beautifully written packed with hurt and longing, but also filled with hope and love."
-- Abooktopia