Reviews

Battle Born by Amie Kaufman

taykealook_'s review

4.0

a beautiful wrap to a great series.

skylacine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

It's rare that a book doesn't get a single reaction out of me.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/02/book-review-battle-born-by-amie-kaufman.html

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

awexis's review against another edition

3.0

If you're expecting a bunch of action scenes, nope. I liked how it was written though. And finally had closure with Drifa. It was definitely entertaining.

rj921's review against another edition

3.0

This book is a satisfying conclusion to the Elementals trilogy. After the destructive events of the previous book, all the children are in shock about the damage they inadvertently inflicted, tired and hopeless about what to do next. They have managed to escape to Cloudhaven, the early home of the dragons which is a magical entity in itself, which initially permits only Reyna and Anders to properly enter the premises. After taking some time to rest and take stock, they are back in the game, looking for allies, searching for their parents, attempting to understand Cloudhaven and its workings, trying to find a means to unite humans, wolves and dragons. It's an action-packed race to the finish with time being of the utmost essence. The mixed band of Elementals split up into smaller units to do the various tasks that need to be accomplished, picking up some human allies along the way. There is some suspicion as to who was behind the supposed dragon fire, and the reveal as to who is behind the entire escalation of hostility between wolves and dragons is not surprising, but it's very saddening. The final confrontation scene is very well done, and I found the artefacts used - one in particular - to be quite interesting.

The series gives a very good message about different communities working together and learning to deal with each others' differences.

andja_'s review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

littleread1's review against another edition

4.0

Sometimes you just need a middle-grade book to rest your brain. This trilogy was nice.

emmybird86's review against another edition

4.0

This was a great ending to this series. I enjoyed this so much. Wolves and dragons who wouldn’t love it. The magic in this story was so interesting.

shadowhuntedwizards's review

adventurous 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

3.0

indigo_han's review against another edition

5.0

*sniff* it’s fine, I’m only happy crying.
Battle Born was exactly what I wanted from the final book in the trilogy, focused on learning to listen and understand each other, and treasure the things that make us different. I may be over 20 years older than the intended audience (I will never ever ever stop reading children’s and YA books!) but I’m so happy for the children who will get to read this series, and see themselves in it. Even down to the smallest details, from the dragon who needs a wheelchair in her human form to the queer, happily married wolves, thank you Amie.

Also...Stone Bears!!!!!!

caseyjoreads's review against another edition

5.0

I love these young wolves and dragons. Still hard to match the way I felt about the sibling depth of the fist book, but a solid roundout to the trilogy.

Spoiler

I love the plotline around the humans making sparks in their fires so it looks like dragonfire. Deceit!

And that they found their mom, Drifa, and got to interact with her before she died.

Yay, wolves and dragons realizing that they do better together than apart.