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The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen
4.0
The Dragon of Yns initially interested me because it was labeled as an own voices novel, but it delivered so much more on so many different levels! I finished this book in less than 24 hours because of how engaging it was.
This novel follows our aro/ace main character, a knight to a small village who has been given the task to find the person behind a string of thefts. When all these missing items are traced back to a dragon living nearby, Sir Violet grows used to him always being the culprit. So when a human goes missing, Violet is surprised when the dragon isn’t behind it. Now Violet must go on a quest to save the missing women.
This story includes trans, lesbian, and aro/ace representation. I am not part of any of these communities, so I can not speak on the quality of representation, but I do have a lot to say on the rest of this story.
I fell in love with all of these characters very quickly. Snap, the dragon, was witty and had a similar sense of humor to mine, Violet was very lovable and I couldn’t help but care for him, and the relationship that Holly and Juniper share is something that warms me to my core. This story reads like a more sophisticated fairytale, and I adored it. The book was fast paced and kept moving, like a children’s book, but it also had scenes where the characters were talking about more adult topics like acceptance and what it’s like being transgender. The range of this book only made me love it more.
I appreciate how much the authors got done in this story. The plot was well structured, the characters were very well developed, and all of this in under 200 pages. This story made me feel for characters like Snap and Lily with only their backstories, not all authors can do that.
I wish there was a little more world building because I was confused at some points with the spiders, and what happened after our characters met with the queen. It would’ve made this book a 5 star if it just had that extra bit of magic.
Thank you to Netgalley and Atthis Arts for sending me this e-arc!
This novel follows our aro/ace main character, a knight to a small village who has been given the task to find the person behind a string of thefts. When all these missing items are traced back to a dragon living nearby, Sir Violet grows used to him always being the culprit. So when a human goes missing, Violet is surprised when the dragon isn’t behind it. Now Violet must go on a quest to save the missing women.
This story includes trans, lesbian, and aro/ace representation. I am not part of any of these communities, so I can not speak on the quality of representation, but I do have a lot to say on the rest of this story.
I fell in love with all of these characters very quickly. Snap, the dragon, was witty and had a similar sense of humor to mine, Violet was very lovable and I couldn’t help but care for him, and the relationship that Holly and Juniper share is something that warms me to my core. This story reads like a more sophisticated fairytale, and I adored it. The book was fast paced and kept moving, like a children’s book, but it also had scenes where the characters were talking about more adult topics like acceptance and what it’s like being transgender. The range of this book only made me love it more.
I appreciate how much the authors got done in this story. The plot was well structured, the characters were very well developed, and all of this in under 200 pages. This story made me feel for characters like Snap and Lily with only their backstories, not all authors can do that.
I wish there was a little more world building because I was confused at some points with the spiders, and what happened after our characters met with the queen. It would’ve made this book a 5 star if it just had that extra bit of magic.
Thank you to Netgalley and Atthis Arts for sending me this e-arc!