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words_on_paper_official's review against another edition
3.0
This was more like a 3.75 ⭐️ read. I liked it just not as much as the first book in the series. However (keep in mind this is book 2 of a 6 book series).
Book two takes the narrative of Wistala the green Dragon, who is Auron’s younger sister. (Auron the grey Dragon was the protagonist in book one)This is her perspective and story from hatchling to Drakka to Dragon. You can def see how this story may come back around full circle seeing as how both Wistala and Auron both find other dragons that they didn’t know existed.
It’s really hard to rate a book if it’s part of a larger series such as this one is. So these are tentative ratings, once I finish reading the entire series I’ll rate it as such, not as individual books but until then….My ratings are as such.
Book two takes the narrative of Wistala the green Dragon, who is Auron’s younger sister. (Auron the grey Dragon was the protagonist in book one)This is her perspective and story from hatchling to Drakka to Dragon. You can def see how this story may come back around full circle seeing as how both Wistala and Auron both find other dragons that they didn’t know existed.
It’s really hard to rate a book if it’s part of a larger series such as this one is. So these are tentative ratings, once I finish reading the entire series I’ll rate it as such, not as individual books but until then….My ratings are as such.
poisonenvy's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-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
3.5
I first read Dragon Avenger around fifteen years ago, give or take a year or two, and loved it a lot. But do you ever have a memory of a series, and then reread it, and realize that your memory resembles nothing of the book you're reading?
I guess that'll happen sometimes. The memory of a scene is *so clear* though. 😂 It no longer makes sense.
ANYWAY, this was fun. I liked it a good deal more than Dragon Champion, though I have nothing specific to say.
I guess that'll happen sometimes. The memory of a scene is *so clear* though. 😂 It no longer makes sense.
ANYWAY, this was fun. I liked it a good deal more than Dragon Champion, though I have nothing specific to say.
lordsith77's review against another edition
5.0
The second book in this series, and written from the viewpoint of AuRon's sister, Wistala. This is her adventure, after her and Auron get separated. Thoroughly enjoyable tale and adventure as we ride along with the young Drakka as she grows up into a Dragonelle.
storm_raptor's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
adelaidemetzger_robotprophet's review against another edition
4.0
Unlike the first book Dragon Champion, Dragon Avenger is not parallel to the Publisher’s Weekly quote, “…bloody and unsentimental…” and I enjoyed it more so because of that.
It was made clear in the first book that the female dragons are more intelligent than the males both mentally and emotionally. Wistala, the protagonist, thinks through every step before she takes it and also sees sense in making allies first before enemies (unlike her brother who saw almost everyone as an enemy even if they were kind).
Though this books was not an epic journey with a champion’s conclusion, it is because of Wistala’s openness to friendship and positive emotion that I enjoyed this one more than the first, (I’m a girl, what can I say)? A good read with some emotion for those in the mood for dragons.
It was made clear in the first book that the female dragons are more intelligent than the males both mentally and emotionally. Wistala, the protagonist, thinks through every step before she takes it and also sees sense in making allies first before enemies (unlike her brother who saw almost everyone as an enemy even if they were kind).
Though this books was not an epic journey with a champion’s conclusion, it is because of Wistala’s openness to friendship and positive emotion that I enjoyed this one more than the first, (I’m a girl, what can I say)? A good read with some emotion for those in the mood for dragons.
buonsai's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
tazian's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. This book had so much potential. I really liked what he was trying to go with the book, just not quite how he executed it. And from what I read online, the series doesn't get any better. So I'll probably forgo reading the rest of the series.
ketreads's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the first book, Dragon Champion, and wasted no time buying this book to continue with this dragon tale.
Where the first book follows AuRon, a male scaleless dragon. This book follows Wistala, a female dragon from the same clutch with both books starting from their hatching.
Simply this book doesn't live up to the first. I loved the dragon aspects of the first book a lot, seeing Auron think and act like a dragon. Having to kill to eat, whether that's human children or wild animals. I enjoyed having to join Auron in thinking like a dragon, using his human-like intelligence to achieve animalistic goals. Making his later choices to domesticated to survive in a changing world that much more apparent.
This book has very little of that. Wistala is almost immediately "domesticated" and spends the majority of the book that way. What could have been an interesting and continued look at how dragons think and grow into an ever changing world. It felt more like Wistala never had to learn or change as she never felt like a wild dragon to begin with. With the majority of the book taking place in a human settlement worrying over human matters.
Not to say it wasn't an enjoyable book, hence the 3 stars, it just was worse off because I enjoyed the first one so much more.
Where the first book follows AuRon, a male scaleless dragon. This book follows Wistala, a female dragon from the same clutch with both books starting from their hatching.
Simply this book doesn't live up to the first. I loved the dragon aspects of the first book a lot, seeing Auron think and act like a dragon. Having to kill to eat, whether that's human children or wild animals. I enjoyed having to join Auron in thinking like a dragon, using his human-like intelligence to achieve animalistic goals. Making his later choices to domesticated to survive in a changing world that much more apparent.
This book has very little of that. Wistala is almost immediately "domesticated" and spends the majority of the book that way. What could have been an interesting and continued look at how dragons think and grow into an ever changing world. It felt more like Wistala never had to learn or change as she never felt like a wild dragon to begin with. With the majority of the book taking place in a human settlement worrying over human matters.
Not to say it wasn't an enjoyable book, hence the 3 stars, it just was worse off because I enjoyed the first one so much more.
ginn's review against another edition
4.0
A little slow in the beginning but still a great book. I love stories told from the dragon's perspective, that actually make dragons into real characters instead of animals.