A review by flygonby_7
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán

4.0

Victor Milan delivers an extremely interesting story in this book, with the characters, environment, and plot developments that put it on par with Game of Thrones or Blood Song as a modern fantasy masterpiece. Besides the extensive world building and character development that makes any good fantasy story, this book adds dinosaurs into the mix. In this way, I would say it is somewhat like a combination of Game of Thrones and Dinotopia. Humans and dinosaurs coexist alongside each other. A nice touch is the renaming of dinosaurs to reflect what humans living alongside them would probably call them. For example, each chapter begins with an excerpt of the "Book of True Names" that describes different species that live in the world: Diplodocus is the Titan Espinoso, Deinonychus is the Horror. I liked that the focus of this book is on a fictional version of Spain, rather than the fantasy trope of focusing on fictional Britain or Germany. This gives the story a unique flare that other fantasy books do not have. I would recommend this book to any young adult or adult readers who like dinosaurs or wish to read a different fantasy story.