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A review by suzydemric
Rebelwing by Andrea Tang
4.0
I first read this in March of 2020. I attended a local bookstore's author event with Andrea Tang, on 3/6/2020...a week before the lockdown in my area. I finished the book that weekend. (The actual last book event I attended, before Covid lockdown, was two days later on the 8th with Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi hosted by another bookstore, this one in DC).
At any rate, those events stand out for obvious reasons, since in person book events shut down for quite some time.
I loved "Rebelwing" and gave it 4 stars, but didn't write a review at the time.
I reread it this week because I finally picked up the second book in this series from my huge TBR pile. As I started that, I realized I should reread in order to remember some of the key events.
Also, I just have to say as far as dragon books go with wing in their title, this one is far superior in my opinion to the one I heard so much about on Tik Tok. I did try that, I honestly did, but didn't get very far before setting aside.
Rebelwing's world was much more fully developed from the start, and the reluctant hero aspect was more believable. Again, this is just my opinion. Reading it a second time was well worth it.
There is a mention of lockdowns at the start of this book, which reading now, after our own time in lockdown, made it stand out more than it did on my initial read.
They are dealing with censorship as well, which is even more compelling than it was the first time around. In this book Pru's mother is a storyteller, who felt kids should have access to stories, and here is a quote that I will think of often as I read about libraries, and classrooms dealing with book bans in our world. "Mama said stories too big and strange for grown-ups belonged, always, to kids. Stories needed human hearts to rest inside, and kids' hearts, according to Mama, made the surest, strongest homes."
If you're looking for a great dragon story that has great world building (with many connections to our own), interesting characters, betrayals, and a great plot with lots of heart, pick this one up.
At any rate, those events stand out for obvious reasons, since in person book events shut down for quite some time.
I loved "Rebelwing" and gave it 4 stars, but didn't write a review at the time.
I reread it this week because I finally picked up the second book in this series from my huge TBR pile. As I started that, I realized I should reread in order to remember some of the key events.
Also, I just have to say as far as dragon books go with wing in their title, this one is far superior in my opinion to the one I heard so much about on Tik Tok. I did try that, I honestly did, but didn't get very far before setting aside.
Rebelwing's world was much more fully developed from the start, and the reluctant hero aspect was more believable. Again, this is just my opinion. Reading it a second time was well worth it.
There is a mention of lockdowns at the start of this book, which reading now, after our own time in lockdown, made it stand out more than it did on my initial read.
They are dealing with censorship as well, which is even more compelling than it was the first time around. In this book Pru's mother is a storyteller, who felt kids should have access to stories, and here is a quote that I will think of often as I read about libraries, and classrooms dealing with book bans in our world. "Mama said stories too big and strange for grown-ups belonged, always, to kids. Stories needed human hearts to rest inside, and kids' hearts, according to Mama, made the surest, strongest homes."
If you're looking for a great dragon story that has great world building (with many connections to our own), interesting characters, betrayals, and a great plot with lots of heart, pick this one up.