Reviews

The Dangerous Gift by Tui T. Sutherland

bluejaybooks's review

Got to admit I was worried about having Snowfall narrate as I hadn't liked her much in previous books. But this novel had a plot that went great with Snowfall's character arc, which reminded me a little of Ebenezer Scrooge's arc in A Christmas Carol.

Spoiler

The author also did a great job integrating Sky and Wren from the recently published Legends spinoff, Dragonslayer, into the series' main arc. I was so happy to see them in the main series that I read the portion of the book where they're introduced three times. I love them so much

ann_s's review

relaxing slow-paced

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

3.5

dragon_bones's review

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

introverted_reader's review against another edition

3.25

It was good Interesting to have it from Snowfall's pov, from someone who is traumatized from all the bad stuff that's happened, especially in such a short amount of time.
One problem I do have is I wish Sutherland hadn't hinted at a romance with her and another dragon (not trying to spoil). I just think with a character who is that young being made queen unfairly early and is waiting/looking for attacks around every corner, she should've left it with Snowfall learning more empathy and reflecting on her recent actions.
That's my two cents but I otherwise enjoyed it.

xxlynxx's review

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

kaitsbooked's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ladywright's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

badhabitz's review

adventurous hopeful reflective 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

5.0

sci_twi02's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

lightwreather's review

5.0

Macaroni, was this book good. This might quite honestly be one of my favourite book in this arc. I wasn't expecting this book to be written from the PoV of Queen Snowfall, but it was excellent writing. And Scavengers (sorry, humans) who speak Dragon (or draconic?), that was incredibly satisfying after years of hinting at it. Now, I was expecting an

Spoiler

apology by Queen Snowfall to Jerboa III, after indirectly making her break all animus magic or at least something to do with jerboa after that revelation

but hey, you win some, you lose some. Overall, great read, definitely one of the stronger books of this arc. I can't wait for book 15 now. (It's gonna be a long wait to december)