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Moon Rising
by Tui T. Sutherland
A fantastic beginning to the next arc of the Wings of Fire story. I loved all of the characters (especially Qibli and the title character Moon) and was not disappointed with the many cameos by the main characters of the first five books (their character direction was excellent). The plot was intriguing and provided a good setup for the next few books (I assume it will probably be another five).
Some SPOILERS to follow.
The mind-reading ability of the main character, Moonwatcher, made for an interesting and very enjoyable point of view. This ability allowed for a huge amount of character development, insight, and background to be provided for the other characters. In fact, I am somewhat worried about losing out on this insightful position in future books. I am also worried about losing the character of Darkstalker, who we only heard because of Moon's ability. His faint narcissism and snarky sarcasm were absolutely delightful, and a very good subversion of the ancient villain imprisoned only to rise again character trope.
One disappointment was the death of Carnelian, a skywing dragon: I was excited at the possibility of finally getting a book in a skywing's point of view, and there was a great deal of wasted potential I saw in the character (although I still do love the other characters dearly).
Wings of Fire in general touches on some pretty mature themes for a slightly younger-audience series, and Moon Rising seemed to up the ante in this regard, touching on the many psychological traumas that can result from a long and grueling war fought partially by youths. Peril, Sora, and Flame especially struck me as very tragic characters, but pretty much all of the characters seemed to have some major issues involving the war and I hope that these theme threads will be continued in the future books of this series arc. Witnessing the healing the characters go through would be very rewarding, considering all of the pain and loss the war caused them.
End SPOILERS
Overall, this book was fantastic and made me very excited for future Wings of Fire books (despite starting off with a whole new set of main characters). The characterization is and always has been my most favorite part of this series (funny how these dragons seem more human than most of the human characters in other books!). Looking forward to Winter Turning!
Some SPOILERS to follow.
The mind-reading ability of the main character, Moonwatcher, made for an interesting and very enjoyable point of view. This ability allowed for a huge amount of character development, insight, and background to be provided for the other characters. In fact, I am somewhat worried about losing out on this insightful position in future books. I am also worried about losing the character of Darkstalker, who we only heard because of Moon's ability. His faint narcissism and snarky sarcasm were absolutely delightful, and a very good subversion of the ancient villain imprisoned only to rise again character trope.
One disappointment was the death of Carnelian, a skywing dragon: I was excited at the possibility of finally getting a book in a skywing's point of view, and there was a great deal of wasted potential I saw in the character (although I still do love the other characters dearly).
Wings of Fire in general touches on some pretty mature themes for a slightly younger-audience series, and Moon Rising seemed to up the ante in this regard, touching on the many psychological traumas that can result from a long and grueling war fought partially by youths. Peril, Sora, and Flame especially struck me as very tragic characters, but pretty much all of the characters seemed to have some major issues involving the war and I hope that these theme threads will be continued in the future books of this series arc. Witnessing the healing the characters go through would be very rewarding, considering all of the pain and loss the war caused them.
End SPOILERS
Overall, this book was fantastic and made me very excited for future Wings of Fire books (despite starting off with a whole new set of main characters). The characterization is and always has been my most favorite part of this series (funny how these dragons seem more human than most of the human characters in other books!). Looking forward to Winter Turning!