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A review by readingwithpapillons
A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert
4.0
Big thanks to FluxBooks/Netgalley for sending me an ARC copy of this book ❤️
As soon as I saw the cover and read the synopsis of this book I new I had to give it a go. And it definitely did not disappoint. I really really enjoyed reading this!
Firstly wanted to mention, holy damn this book has amazing world building, the detailing in the writing was spot on. You could really imagine how beautiful the world was, especially at certain times
I always found myself super intrigued as to what was going to happen next.
I really felt like this was such a unique murder mystery story, so so different from your typical murder mystery.
I loved the tensions that were brought on from the murder of Jiara’s sister Scila, this is a major part that keeps you really wanting to keep going and see what happens with Scila’s Ghost and what she will do.
The characters I did feel like could have had more to them, they felt a bit plain and simple. However I still adored the relationship between Jiara and Raffar, at some points I was really out here smiling and thinking awww. Their whole relationship was just so so sweet.
I did like the idea of the language barrier and watching Jiara struggle to learn a new language to she couldn’t communicate with her new husband, but I feel like this also may have contributed to having both characters a bit plain, especially Raffar. Nonetheless I still loved both characters and both have a special place in my heart.
Throughout the whole book I was pretty invested but it was about the last quarter or so I was like omg.must.keep.reading. Forget eating, forget doing literally anything else other than reading. All the plot twists were awesome
Another thing I wanted to mention, I love how instead of common horses, it was elephant birds
As soon as I saw the cover and read the synopsis of this book I new I had to give it a go. And it definitely did not disappoint. I really really enjoyed reading this!
Firstly wanted to mention, holy damn this book has amazing world building, the detailing in the writing was spot on. You could really imagine how beautiful the world was, especially at certain times
I always found myself super intrigued as to what was going to happen next.
I really felt like this was such a unique murder mystery story, so so different from your typical murder mystery.
I loved the tensions that were brought on from the murder of Jiara’s sister Scila, this is a major part that keeps you really wanting to keep going and see what happens with Scila’s Ghost and what she will do.
The characters I did feel like could have had more to them, they felt a bit plain and simple. However I still adored the relationship between Jiara and Raffar, at some points I was really out here smiling and thinking awww. Their whole relationship was just so so sweet.
I did like the idea of the language barrier and watching Jiara struggle to learn a new language to she couldn’t communicate with her new husband, but I feel like this also may have contributed to having both characters a bit plain, especially Raffar. Nonetheless I still loved both characters and both have a special place in my heart.
Throughout the whole book I was pretty invested but it was about the last quarter or so I was like omg.must.keep.reading. Forget eating, forget doing literally anything else other than reading. All the plot twists were awesome
Another thing I wanted to mention, I love how instead of common horses, it was elephant birds