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A review by laceanddaggerbooks
The Last of the Firedrakes by Farah Oomerbhoy
2.0
Oh dear. I was so excited for this book and I've just been so let down. I received this book through I think it was Kate Tilton's Author Services through Instagram and this was an immediate request. And I do feel lucky to have been granted a copy but I just didn't enjoy this book.
I'll start off with a positive comment though and that is that there is some beautiful description. Kudos to Farah Oomerbhoy for her world building as it's just excellent.
On the other side of the world building front...there's some strong Harry Potter similarities here. And during the school portion I had flashbacks to Trudi Canavan's Black Magician trilogy. Now, I'm usually the last person to care about similarities as I know there's only so many stories out there so of course it'll be similar to others. But though it made the book work in parts, in other places it was like really?
This book reads like a cross between YA and middle grade which makes it suitable for younger teens I feel. It also kinda feels like this one thick book should be several shorter books with more detail thrown in. As we get a lot of pointless exposition and redundant language which could have been replaced and expanded on.
Last thing I want to say is that I just wasn't fond of Aurora or Rafe. I did like Kalen, Erien and Vivienne though so I will point out there is some good characters.
This book just wasn't for me but if you're looking for a new book about someone having adventures in another world then you can give this one a go.
I'll start off with a positive comment though and that is that there is some beautiful description. Kudos to Farah Oomerbhoy for her world building as it's just excellent.
On the other side of the world building front...there's some strong Harry Potter similarities here. And during the school portion I had flashbacks to Trudi Canavan's Black Magician trilogy. Now, I'm usually the last person to care about similarities as I know there's only so many stories out there so of course it'll be similar to others. But though it made the book work in parts, in other places it was like really?
This book reads like a cross between YA and middle grade which makes it suitable for younger teens I feel. It also kinda feels like this one thick book should be several shorter books with more detail thrown in. As we get a lot of pointless exposition and redundant language which could have been replaced and expanded on.
Last thing I want to say is that I just wasn't fond of Aurora or Rafe. I did like Kalen, Erien and Vivienne though so I will point out there is some good characters.
This book just wasn't for me but if you're looking for a new book about someone having adventures in another world then you can give this one a go.