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Blazewrath Games
by Amparo Ortiz
2.5 stars.
I liked the first half or so of this, but as time went on I started enjoying it less and less. The writing is okay and there's lots of diversity (and also no romance subplot), but there are also a lot of problems I had with it.
-For a book that advertises its dragons, I felt like we got to see very little of them. Lana's position doesn't use a dragon, making her the only member of her Blazewrath team without one. As a consequence, we never get to see her interact with a dragon in a meaningful way past the inciting incident.
-All of the characters except Lana and maybe President Turner feel underdeveloped. They're all pretty forgettable and generally not interesting. Her team members definitely got the shortest end of the stick here.
-There's magic in this world in addition to dragons, which means there are also witches and wizards. I'm not sure why this is in the book besides.
-I did not find the villains compelling or interesting. They got a decent bit of screentime, and they're threatening, but I didn't care for them.
-The cover is ugly and whitewashes the protagonist, who we're repeatedly told has dark skin.
So, yeah. Maybe the Kindle Sampler I read set my hopes too high for this, but I was disappointed. A lot could've been trimmed down or cut so that the unique parts (the dragons and characters) could shine more. I probably will not read the sequel.
I liked the first half or so of this, but as time went on I started enjoying it less and less. The writing is okay and there's lots of diversity (and also no romance subplot), but there are also a lot of problems I had with it.
-For a book that advertises its dragons, I felt like we got to see very little of them. Lana's position doesn't use a dragon, making her the only member of her Blazewrath team without one. As a consequence, we never get to see her interact with a dragon in a meaningful way past the inciting incident.
-All of the characters except Lana and maybe President Turner feel underdeveloped. They're all pretty forgettable and generally not interesting. Her team members definitely got the shortest end of the stick here.
-There's magic in this world in addition to dragons, which means there are also witches and wizards. I'm not sure why this is in the book besides
Spoiler
climax drama and resolving the finale-I did not find the villains compelling or interesting. They got a decent bit of screentime, and they're threatening, but I didn't care for them.
-The cover is ugly and whitewashes the protagonist, who we're repeatedly told has dark skin.
So, yeah. Maybe the Kindle Sampler I read set my hopes too high for this, but I was disappointed. A lot could've been trimmed down or cut so that the unique parts (the dragons and characters) could shine more. I probably will not read the sequel.