3.74 AVERAGE

adventurous funny inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I first read this July 2024 and loved it! Gave it 4 stars. Re reading before the second and it falls a little more flat. There needs better transitions between scenes. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

I love a badass FMC and Elowen is just that. I cannot wait to continue this journey with her, Cayden, Finnian, Ryder, and Saskia.
adventurous tense medium-paced
adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked one a lot! Badass FMC and my favorite new book boyfriend MMC. Dragons, older FMC (25) everything checks my boxes. 

“The worst decisions often lead to the best memories.” No, no they don’t!
adventurous hopeful fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

ashrw98's review

2.0

1.5 ✨

I don’t know where to begin with this, I don’t like to rate books so low as I know this is someone’s hard work. Personally, I just did not connect with this book at all. The plot seemed to always take a backseat to smut and then was all thrown in within the last couple of chapters. Not in an exciting way that most fantasy has in an ending but in the way that it’s almost as if the author forgot to pace plot lines and had to throw it all in at the end. Key details were missing such as why the war was happening in the first place, and the world building felt non-existent. I will say the few parts with the dragons; they were beautifully described and I loved them.

honestly so bad it’s good
adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Finally getting me back into dragons and fantasy. Very fun to read. Excited for next