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bookishwanderess 's review for:
Blazewrath Games
by Amparo Ortiz
*4,5 stars*
This book is SO GOOD! It's action-packed, it's entertaining and it has such a cool concept.
The world-building in this book is fantastic, this book is set in our world but there are wizards and dragons too, and Amparo Ortiz does an amazing job of sharing the history of the cohabitation of these three groups. There are so many different types of dragons and they have different appearances and abilities, which is so cool. We get so much information about the dragons while at the same time it's clear that people only know what dragons want them to know, they keep a lot of secrets so there is so much mystery surrounding them.
One of the coolest aspects of this book is Blazewrath as a sport which is played by teams of dragons and humans, and the Blazewrath games, which is an international competition. The way Amparo Ortiz writes the matches is so incredible, I was at the edge of my seat the entire time while the matches took place, cheering the Puerto Rican team.
The plot revolves around a conspiracy surrounding the Blazewrath Games and it's very engaging, the characters are amazing, there's a found family element that's heartwarming, and it includes diversity in an effortless and organic way (most of the main characters are POC, and there's also queer, trans and disabled characters).
The only issue I had is that a lot of convenient things happened and even some unrealistic things like the fact that the main character learns to fight in a few days and she fights well enough to beat people that have been training for a lot longer.
This book is SO GOOD! It's action-packed, it's entertaining and it has such a cool concept.
The world-building in this book is fantastic, this book is set in our world but there are wizards and dragons too, and Amparo Ortiz does an amazing job of sharing the history of the cohabitation of these three groups. There are so many different types of dragons and they have different appearances and abilities, which is so cool. We get so much information about the dragons while at the same time it's clear that people only know what dragons want them to know, they keep a lot of secrets so there is so much mystery surrounding them.
One of the coolest aspects of this book is Blazewrath as a sport which is played by teams of dragons and humans, and the Blazewrath games, which is an international competition. The way Amparo Ortiz writes the matches is so incredible, I was at the edge of my seat the entire time while the matches took place, cheering the Puerto Rican team.
The plot revolves around a conspiracy surrounding the Blazewrath Games and it's very engaging, the characters are amazing, there's a found family element that's heartwarming, and it includes diversity in an effortless and organic way (most of the main characters are POC, and there's also queer, trans and disabled characters).
The only issue I had is that a lot of convenient things happened and even some unrealistic things like the fact that the main character learns to fight in a few days and she fights well enough to beat people that have been training for a lot longer.