A review by ninaprime
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán

3.0

2.5 Stars - I loved the unique concept of this book, with dinosaurs and humans coexisting in a medieval Spanish-esque realm, but the execution was lacking. I think the major problem was that the world-building came across as more of an info-dump, in which characters deviated from the storyline to explain the background, before jerking the reader back to the present, making the plot difficult to discern. Plus there's a LOT here that wasn't explained yet, such as the gods, fey and Angels and how they all relate. The dinosuars were the best part from Shiraa trying to find her mother to the etchings heading each chapter to the brutal T-rex executioner; thus, the best characters and storyline in my view was Rob and Karyl, the dinosaur lords whipping a peace-loving army into shape. I wanted to love Princess Melodia, the one female protagonist, because of her agency, but she didn't do much besides pout and complain. Meanwhile, the "hero" Jaume and the "villain" Falk were both quite boring with murky motives. I may pick up the sequel someday when I recover from my disappointment.