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A review by alyram4
House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess
4.0
Solid 4/5 stars
I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I had high hope since I was interested by the summary alone, but I also DNFd the author's previous book A Shadow Bright And Burning. I couldn't make it through a quarter of that one as I was uninterested, so those feelings came with me when I opened up my app to read this. While I didn't fall in love with this book, it definitely caught my attention at the beginning and grew on me the more I read. I loved the different POVs, and I actually ended up liking all the characters! Some characters I didn't even expect to particularly care for and they ended up being some of my favorites.
The dragons and magic system in the book are good, but I wasn't completely sold on the whole concept. Some of it felt off and choppy to me, and I found myself wanting to brush over scenes at times becomes I just wasn't interested. It's more of a me thing though since I'm not a fan of dragons to begin with, so the fact that I even enjoyed it is a pretty good sign. Ending was also fantastic, and I look forward to reading the next book!
Overall, a really good book and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the sequel. If you're a big fan of dragons you'll probably love it. If you're like me and aren't really sold on dragons, I'd say it's still worth picking up!
I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I had high hope since I was interested by the summary alone, but I also DNFd the author's previous book A Shadow Bright And Burning. I couldn't make it through a quarter of that one as I was uninterested, so those feelings came with me when I opened up my app to read this. While I didn't fall in love with this book, it definitely caught my attention at the beginning and grew on me the more I read. I loved the different POVs, and I actually ended up liking all the characters! Some characters I didn't even expect to particularly care for and they ended up being some of my favorites.
The dragons and magic system in the book are good, but I wasn't completely sold on the whole concept. Some of it felt off and choppy to me, and I found myself wanting to brush over scenes at times becomes I just wasn't interested. It's more of a me thing though since I'm not a fan of dragons to begin with, so the fact that I even enjoyed it is a pretty good sign. Ending was also fantastic, and I look forward to reading the next book!
Overall, a really good book and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the sequel. If you're a big fan of dragons you'll probably love it. If you're like me and aren't really sold on dragons, I'd say it's still worth picking up!