Reviews - Wrath of the Dragons

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Wrath of the Dragons

Olivia Rose Darling

4.12 AVERAGE

stephy_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

What a wild ride! Book one left me wanting more world-building (magic, gods, political landscape) and thankfully this book delivered. Loved seeing a full glossary and lore guide at the beginning! I’m still scratching my head as to why those elements were omitted from the first book, but I’ll take the improvements! 🙌

Things pick up a few days after then end of Fear the Flames and honestly the first 10% had me questioning if I wanted to continue. It felt a little cliché and slow… but Im glad I persevered and pushed forward, because the action really amped up & I was devouring every fiery, vengeful moment with our FMC Elowen of the new House Veles. Fire-wielding dragon queen? Consider me sat. 🔥

Also, I love that El is a stress baker...because same! 👩🏻‍🍳

And then… Cayden Veles. The man that you are! If you’re looking for a MMC who yearns (and I mean obsessive-devotion, burn-the-world-down for her level yearning), please let me introduce you to your next book boyfriend. He’s ruthless, bloodthirsty, morally grey, & a hopeless simp for Elowen. 🧎🏻‍♀️
Occasionally he feels almost *too perfect*, but honestly, all his lines are *chefs kiss*😘🤌 so I’m not complaining. If your love language is acts of service and lavish gifts, you are going to LOVE this man.

Im so glad we got more of Cayden’s backstory! It answered so many questions from book one and added that extra depth, making it that much easier to fall for him. 😍

The dragons absolutely stole the show! Are we surprised?! We got more dragon lore and their personalities & traits really came to life. Plus, the political manoeuvring kicks up a notch - new kingdoms, fresh alliances, and the looming conflict with Imirath. There’s definitely a Game of Thrones appeal here. 🐉

The pacing was far better balanced in this instalment. I ended up buying the audio book as well to keep reading bc I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommend the audio, narrators were fantastic! The big battles and vengeance payoffs were so satisfying. I also adored seeing our found family’s bond deepen as they leaned on each other more and even welcomed a few new members. ❤️

And that ending… what!!!! 🫨 The twist left me reeling, and a visit with a certain Goddess has me absolutely frothing for the next book. 👀 I cannot wait for what's about to unfold in the next book!!!

Thank you so much Bonnier Books UK, Zaffre & Netgalley for the ARC.

katpotter23's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional tense 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: Complicated

Laughing, crying, throwing up. Every emotion in this book. Loved the new developments of the story. Love the love between Cayden and Elowen. The ending RUINED me. Tears, so many tears. I need book 3 like now.

emilysweeten's review against another edition

4.5

slow-paced

lcreads4evr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

sammie_lindsay's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I pre-ordered this immediately after finishing the first book so I'm a bit gutted to give this one a three star review. My reasons for this are that, unlike the first book, I really struggled to keep up with what was going on, the pacing was very strange and alot of the book felt unnecessary. I also didn't like Elowen and Caydens relationship in this book, it just felt very possessive and too much. I felt like the book could have been half as long and worked better for the flow of the story. On the positives I did enjoy seeing Elowen developing her bond with her dragons, getting more answers about her past and her powers and seeing with her found family. I have mixed feelings about the end as it felt like Elowen's defeat of her father finished the story however a massive curve ball is thrown in which appears to be taking the story in a totally different direction for book three.

riisinuudeli's review against another edition

2.5

Haluisin antaa enemmän tähtiä, mutta oli vaikee saada tää luettua. Todella tylsä luku ensimmäiseen kirjaan verrattuna. Toisti itseään ja oli kaikenkaikkiaan hämmentävä ja huonosti rytmitetty. Haluisin niin tykätä tästä enemmän, sillä loppu jätti kuitenkin sellasen tunteen että haluisin tuskastella seuraavankin kirjan läpi.