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4.61 AVERAGE
4.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Dragonborn follows Alex, a young girl who discovers she's actually a dragon and is whisked away to the island of Skralla. But tensions between dragons and humans are rising, an evil is returning and Alex has to master her powers or risk losing them forever.
This was so much fun! I know I would have been absolutely obsessed as a kid, and even reading it as an adult it had no business being this good.
It was such a creative spin on dragons, I’ve seen ‘dragon shifters’ before, but they often feel more like magicky humans. Here, they were definitely dragons! Ferocious and epic and dangerous. I also loved the variety of the 'dwimmers' (magic dragon powers), they made for such interesting character dynamics and intrigue!
The main protagonist Alex was the heart of this book, and I absolutely loved her growth. She's such a strong character but also incredibly relatable at the same time. I loved her friendships, and relationship with all of the mentor characters in the book. I actually really appreciated the mentor characters, they treated Alex like a peer and were so protective and wonderful! We have too many bad mentors in stories I want more of this!
The worldbuilding also had no right to be as vivid and immersive as it was. The combination of magic and human technology was so fun. And the plot was brilliant too! So many twists and turns that I absolutely did not see coming, and a lovely sprinkling of social commentary that may go over kids' head but will make this rewarding even for older readers.
So if you're looking for a fast paced, action packed, dragon-filled read, it doesn't get much better than this! I'll definitely be picking up the sequel and checking out the author's other books.
This was so much fun! I know I would have been absolutely obsessed as a kid, and even reading it as an adult it had no business being this good.
It was such a creative spin on dragons, I’ve seen ‘dragon shifters’ before, but they often feel more like magicky humans. Here, they were definitely dragons! Ferocious and epic and dangerous. I also loved the variety of the 'dwimmers' (magic dragon powers), they made for such interesting character dynamics and intrigue!
The main protagonist Alex was the heart of this book, and I absolutely loved her growth. She's such a strong character but also incredibly relatable at the same time. I loved her friendships, and relationship with all of the mentor characters in the book. I actually really appreciated the mentor characters, they treated Alex like a peer and were so protective and wonderful! We have too many bad mentors in stories I want more of this!
The worldbuilding also had no right to be as vivid and immersive as it was. The combination of magic and human technology was so fun. And the plot was brilliant too! So many twists and turns that I absolutely did not see coming, and a lovely sprinkling of social commentary that may go over kids' head but will make this rewarding even for older readers.
So if you're looking for a fast paced, action packed, dragon-filled read, it doesn't get much better than this! I'll definitely be picking up the sequel and checking out the author's other books.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Absolutely fantastic! I loved it from start to finish - a true coming into your own story, where the main character gains confidence.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dragons! Need I say more? Well I'm going to anyway.
Alex's life is carved into an iron-clad regime by her overbearing mother: if she's not at school, she's kept busy with activities, told not to speak to anyone else, and to never return to the woods she and her dad used to adventure in. Alex is desperate to escape the grip of her mother and structure, to go back to the wildness and magical stories her dad taught her. It's not long before she's breaking the rules and screaming for freedom in the woods.
Screaming tends to wake things up. Alex hasn't just stirred the magic of the forest, she's awoken something within herself, something with claws and teeth, flame and shadow. She's faced with the unbelievable truth - Alex is a dragon. It's not long before the mighty Oliphos is guiding her to her true self on the hidden island of Skralla, where she meets other wild dragon children in training, learns about the elite team of dragon warriors - the Skarren-Har - and discovers the power she wields from the dragon she's reluctant to release.
But Alex must learn to free her dragon; the deadly Drak Midna has hidden in the shadows for 3,000 years old, but the dragons sense he's on the move. He'll stop at nothing to have control of all slumbering dragonborns, and only Alex has the power to stop him. Can she face her fears and let go of everything, or will the world burn around her?
Entertaining from the outset, Dragonborn is an electrifying story for young readers. Struan Murray delves into the world of Skralla and its lore without it getting complicated or drawing from the main plot, and brings a variety of characters and real-world thinking to it. Murray writes in a way that doesn't over-simplify the themes and respects young readers to handle the topics of grief, self-discovery, and resilience, with comedic and fantasy elements keeping the story from becoming too serious.
Dragonborn follows the archetypical plot of a young fantasy story, and yet I didn't see the plot twists coming at the end (there's a real red herring!). An exciting and refreshing take on dragons and their place in the modern world, Dragonborn is a fiery new series for young fiction and Struan Murray is just warming up...
Alex's life is carved into an iron-clad regime by her overbearing mother: if she's not at school, she's kept busy with activities, told not to speak to anyone else, and to never return to the woods she and her dad used to adventure in. Alex is desperate to escape the grip of her mother and structure, to go back to the wildness and magical stories her dad taught her. It's not long before she's breaking the rules and screaming for freedom in the woods.
Screaming tends to wake things up. Alex hasn't just stirred the magic of the forest, she's awoken something within herself, something with claws and teeth, flame and shadow. She's faced with the unbelievable truth - Alex is a dragon. It's not long before the mighty Oliphos is guiding her to her true self on the hidden island of Skralla, where she meets other wild dragon children in training, learns about the elite team of dragon warriors - the Skarren-Har - and discovers the power she wields from the dragon she's reluctant to release.
But Alex must learn to free her dragon; the deadly Drak Midna has hidden in the shadows for 3,000 years old, but the dragons sense he's on the move. He'll stop at nothing to have control of all slumbering dragonborns, and only Alex has the power to stop him. Can she face her fears and let go of everything, or will the world burn around her?
Entertaining from the outset, Dragonborn is an electrifying story for young readers. Struan Murray delves into the world of Skralla and its lore without it getting complicated or drawing from the main plot, and brings a variety of characters and real-world thinking to it. Murray writes in a way that doesn't over-simplify the themes and respects young readers to handle the topics of grief, self-discovery, and resilience, with comedic and fantasy elements keeping the story from becoming too serious.
Dragonborn follows the archetypical plot of a young fantasy story, and yet I didn't see the plot twists coming at the end (there's a real red herring!). An exciting and refreshing take on dragons and their place in the modern world, Dragonborn is a fiery new series for young fiction and Struan Murray is just warming up...