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Blazewrath Games
by Amparo Ortiz
Blazewrath Games is a Young Adult Urban/Contemporary Fantasy novel book 1 in this duology.
Wanted to think for a bit after reading it, but I think I have something now. I like Lana and the struggle of whether or not she is Puerto Rican enough is something I wrangle with almost day to day. There have even been a few times some of the quotes in here had choked me up. I did feel like I was seen in some way by this book, that being said, despite the plot was pretty entertaining at times, I mean, dragons and magic, I did also feel like the plot was . . . Quick? No, not quick, it felt bulletpointy at times and answers to questions are quite literally solved within the same scene or the same chapter, like it was all too convenient, I think. The magical world is actually public instead of hidden, so even Regulars(Non magical people) can be chosen by a dragon. Lana is never chosen by a dragon and remains a Regular through and through, and the magic system lands more on the softer side I believe, but the mystery wasn't much of a mystery to me. Like I said, things got solved pretty quickly, and because not very many countries in this world has dragons and dragon riders, the sports aspect of the book felt pretty short too. Anyway, I think I'm going off into a tangent, I like Blazewrath Games and I look forward to reading book 2, which . . . No lie, I thought this was going to be a trilogy, not a duology lol. Pick this book up and give it a chance, the different regional dragons sound amazing!
p.s. Still not in the mood for in depth reviews for trad pub books, but I think I can work with this.
Wanted to think for a bit after reading it, but I think I have something now. I like Lana and the struggle of whether or not she is Puerto Rican enough is something I wrangle with almost day to day. There have even been a few times some of the quotes in here had choked me up. I did feel like I was seen in some way by this book, that being said, despite the plot was pretty entertaining at times, I mean, dragons and magic, I did also feel like the plot was . . . Quick? No, not quick, it felt bulletpointy at times and answers to questions are quite literally solved within the same scene or the same chapter, like it was all too convenient, I think. The magical world is actually public instead of hidden, so even Regulars(Non magical people) can be chosen by a dragon. Lana is never chosen by a dragon and remains a Regular through and through, and the magic system lands more on the softer side I believe, but the mystery wasn't much of a mystery to me. Like I said, things got solved pretty quickly, and because not very many countries in this world has dragons and dragon riders, the sports aspect of the book felt pretty short too. Anyway, I think I'm going off into a tangent, I like Blazewrath Games and I look forward to reading book 2, which . . . No lie, I thought this was going to be a trilogy, not a duology lol. Pick this book up and give it a chance, the different regional dragons sound amazing!
p.s. Still not in the mood for in depth reviews for trad pub books, but I think I can work with this.