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Fireheart
by Vanessa Lanang
Kaliyah, the main character, is a teenager growing up in a military style school called The Akademie. She is training to be a dragon slayer. There has been a war between humans and dragons for hundreds of years and she is determined to find the dragon that killed her mother. She is also the daughter of a commander in the Colony's army and has a lot of expectation riding on her shoulders.
Kaliyah learns some disturbing truths when her father is called away to another region. She forms an alliance with a boy named Ryu, who she wants to trust but has difficulties. She discovers concerning side effects of the dragon blood they have been using to enhance their slayer abilities.
She witnesses an unfair public execution of two students for dubious crimes. Kaliyah and Ryu leave with their friends Jimari and Teru to seek out Kaliyah's father to inform him that things are not right at the Akademie. They encounter a red dragon while on the way to the region where her father is and things are once again not what they seem... Dun dun dun.
I loved Kaliyah's character. She is fiercely independent and loyal. As someone who has been raised as a soldier her entire life, it was so interesting to see her character development throughout the book. She decides who she wants to be and what she wants her legacy to be and it is so brave. The world buidling in this fantasy was perfect. Not too much, not too little. It was descriptive enough without being bogged down with details. This is seriously one of the most underrated YA books out there and I wish more would discover it. This book would be incredible as a movie. 5/5 stars for me!
Kaliyah learns some disturbing truths when her father is called away to another region. She forms an alliance with a boy named Ryu, who she wants to trust but has difficulties. She discovers concerning side effects of the dragon blood they have been using to enhance their slayer abilities.
She witnesses an unfair public execution of two students for dubious crimes. Kaliyah and Ryu leave with their friends Jimari and Teru to seek out Kaliyah's father to inform him that things are not right at the Akademie. They encounter a red dragon while on the way to the region where her father is and things are once again not what they seem... Dun dun dun.
I loved Kaliyah's character. She is fiercely independent and loyal. As someone who has been raised as a soldier her entire life, it was so interesting to see her character development throughout the book. She decides who she wants to be and what she wants her legacy to be and it is so brave. The world buidling in this fantasy was perfect. Not too much, not too little. It was descriptive enough without being bogged down with details. This is seriously one of the most underrated YA books out there and I wish more would discover it. This book would be incredible as a movie. 5/5 stars for me!