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A review by ketreads
Unbound by Michael R. Miller
5.0
This is fast becoming a series favourites as I've come to love pretty much everything about these last 2 books!
This book is the 2nd in the Songs of Chaos series and starts almost immediately after the previous one ends, with our main duo of Holt and Ash going off on their quest to unite the wild flights against the encroaching enemy.
In this book, we hit the ground running! Book one gave us time to come to know, understand, and root for our main four (Holt, Ash, Tailia, and Pyra) while book two throws us right into the consequences of book one as well as adding all new PoVs to flesh out the world & story. As frustrating as it feels to see our main characters struggle, the author is able to bring out the best in them in how they choose to tackle these problems. If it isn't already clear, I love that every character feels human, both loveable and (some new) hateable characters, but as a reader you're always able to find an aspect of them that you can understand, even if you don't agree. I think the author does a fantastic job at adding new great character dynamics as well as adding moral complexity to our main characters struggles.
I'm not sure how much I mentioned this in my review of book one but BOYO did I forget just how charming and refreshing this worlds magic system is. To be able to understand and explain WHY dragons bond to humans, and the bonding system they go through to advance in power is honestly so fascinating to me. On TOP of that, we also have our main ''kitchen boy-turned dragon rider'' backstory actually have a massive impact on how he approaches his new life. Food being a major part of magic in-take as well as different dragons have preferences, as well as different foods enhancing certain aspects of magic is such a cool concept! Holt doesn't just become a dragon-rider and nothing else, he takes on the role of dragon rider in ADDITION to being a cook. I love it!
The world continues to feel larger and more mysterious, in addition to having the stories over arching narrative becomes more complex and far reaching. Book one used well known and beloved fantasy tropes in fresh and unique ways, while book two fully comes into it's own as being nothing like I've read before.
I cannot for the life of me guess where this series is going to go but I am happily along for the ride.
Don't mind me while I desperately try not to splurge on book 3 before I finish off my already owned TBR!!!
This book is the 2nd in the Songs of Chaos series and starts almost immediately after the previous one ends, with our main duo of Holt and Ash going off on their quest to unite the wild flights against the encroaching enemy.
In this book, we hit the ground running! Book one gave us time to come to know, understand, and root for our main four (Holt, Ash, Tailia, and Pyra) while book two throws us right into the consequences of book one as well as adding all new PoVs to flesh out the world & story. As frustrating as it feels to see our main characters struggle, the author is able to bring out the best in them in how they choose to tackle these problems. If it isn't already clear, I love that every character feels human, both loveable and (some new) hateable characters, but as a reader you're always able to find an aspect of them that you can understand, even if you don't agree. I think the author does a fantastic job at adding new great character dynamics as well as adding moral complexity to our main characters struggles.
I'm not sure how much I mentioned this in my review of book one but BOYO did I forget just how charming and refreshing this worlds magic system is. To be able to understand and explain WHY dragons bond to humans, and the bonding system they go through to advance in power is honestly so fascinating to me. On TOP of that, we also have our main ''kitchen boy-turned dragon rider'' backstory actually have a massive impact on how he approaches his new life. Food being a major part of magic in-take as well as different dragons have preferences, as well as different foods enhancing certain aspects of magic is such a cool concept! Holt doesn't just become a dragon-rider and nothing else, he takes on the role of dragon rider in ADDITION to being a cook. I love it!
The world continues to feel larger and more mysterious, in addition to having the stories over arching narrative becomes more complex and far reaching. Book one used well known and beloved fantasy tropes in fresh and unique ways, while book two fully comes into it's own as being nothing like I've read before.
I cannot for the life of me guess where this series is going to go but I am happily along for the ride.
Don't mind me while I desperately try not to splurge on book 3 before I finish off my already owned TBR!!!