A review by serendipitysbooks
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 An academic campus novel that features dragons, is explored through an indigenous worldview, features a fierce unflinching heroine, has a sex positive focus with LGBTIQA+ representation and an acceptance of polyamory, as well as positive disability representation? Yes, please. I loved Anequs, her refusal to be cowered or overawed by the Anglish and what she doesn’t know about their ways, by her refusal to conform to Anglish expectations and her insistence on staying true to her culture and correcting any false beliefs or prejudice about it. A fun escapist read with great world building - the dragons, the school, and the wider society were all fully realised but the information felt seamless rather than “info-dumpy” - with unabashed anti-racist and anti-colonisation messaging. 
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