A review by fantasy_with_me
Sky Dragons by Todd McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey

2.0

I've enjoyed his other books despite poor reviews. I've grown used to Fiona's unique antics. But this book is suddenly all females, all very similar personalities, and it turned Xhinna into a cheap grumpy copy of Fiona. Way too many characters, way too many similar names, all thrown at you. You dont have time to connect with anyone so none of them have a true impact before theyre never mentioned again. The story telling is vague at best. It's forced in the beginning, and Xhinna just feels awkward, then the second part is just sheer confusion. Multiple times, the author swapped the color of a dragon (swapped brown and bronze, and called a green a Queen, not to be confused with Green Queens). And don't get me started on the lax rules of time travel... supposedly it's this big thing, but everyone does it to excess all the time and none of these people suffer like they did the past 4 books, from being in multiple places at once?

And there's a character that does something horrible, that could itself be an arc spanning 3 books and redemption, and it's all crammed into this book. The events at the end should be a big climax.... and it's a single page after thought????

I was excited to have a story told from not-a-gold-rider's POV.... disappointed in this one.