Reviews by Tag: dragons

Teen Review
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy (#1)

By Tui T. Sutherland
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mininja5896
Mar 5, 2024

Summary: As war was raging out all across Pyrrhia (a dragon dystopian land), a prophecy emerged saying that 5 dragonets born on the 20th year of the war will rise up and end the ongoing conflict. Clay and the other 4 dragonets in the destiny had heard this story a thousand times, and given that they were stuck in a cave and raised by a group of rebel dragons only interested in the prophecy, they had to figure out how to get out and see the outside world. To escape though, may lead to dire consequences, making them question if their life in the isolated cave wasn’t so bad after all… 

Teen Review
Eragon

Eragon

By Christopher Paolini
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jan 21, 2024

Summary: Eragon by Christopher Paolini is a fantasy novel that follows the journey of a farm boy named Eragon who discovers a mysterious dragon egg in the Spine, a range of untamed mountains. When the dragon hatches, Eragon realizes he is now the last of the Dragon Riders, an ancient order thought to be extinct. As he raises the dragon, whom he names Saphira, Eragon becomes embroiled in a dangerous conflict against the tyrannical ruler, King Galbatorix.

Teen Review
Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing

By Rebecca Yarros
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Kadelyn B.
Jan 2, 2024

Fourth Wing, written by Rebecca Yarros, is the first book in her fantasy series named The Empyrean series. This book does contain a couple mature scenes, so I would recommend it mainly for teens at least 16 or older or adults. The main character Violet Sorrengail, daughter of the commanding general of Navarre, has been forced into becoming a dragon rider by her mother. She joins Basgiath War College where you either graduate or die a terrible death.

Teen Review
Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing

By Rebecca Yarros
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 13, 2023

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is a New Adult, romantic fantasy novel set in the Basgiath War College in the fictional country of Navarre. It follows Violet Sorrengail, a fragile twenty-year old girl who was trained her entire life to go to Basgiath and train as a scribe. In Basgiath, there are multiple wings and different academies: one for riders of dragons (who function as the airborne protection of Navarre against its neighbors), one for scribes, one for infantry, and one for healers.

Teen Review
Fourth Wing book cover

Fourth Wing

By Rebecca Yarros
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Caitlin T.
Nov 20, 2023

The book Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is an adventurous fantasy book that will take readers on a journey throughout the magical world the author has built up. Twenty-two-year-old Violet is considered fragile by her peers. Smaller than the rest of her family, she felt as if she was destined to be a part of the Scribe Quadrant, the people who live among the history and books of her world, but yet being the daughter of a military commanding general mother calls for other plans.

Teen Review
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland

The Dragonet Prophecy

By Tui T. Sutherland
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Pranav P.
Jul 6, 2023

The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland is a graphic novel which is very engaging and is the first installment of the series. As the war rages for twenty years, a prophecy is given to the land of Pyrrhia, claiming that the war will be stopped by five dragonets that will hatch on the brightest night. In the world of Pyrrhia there are 7 different types of dragons each with unique abilities. After the Sandwing queen died without a successor, her three daughters fought for possession of the throne.

Staff Review
The left hand with a dragon's talon growing in place of the ring finger, the background showing a very muted face of a dragon staring at the reader

Dragon's Keep

By Janet Lee Carey
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Anne G
May 31, 2023

“The real dragon haunted my head and heart.”

What makes Dragon's Keep work for me is its approach: a medieval fantasy written more like historical fantasy than high fantasy.  Yet it has that sliver of magic and magical creatures (dragons, of course) to spice up the lyrical story.   In other words, the author avoids over-doing the chosen one approach, and instead creates very believable characters in a believable world.

Teen Review

Eragon

By Christopher Paolini
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 29, 2023

Eragon lives in the dystopian Empire, and must hunt in the ominous woods of the Spine in order to survive. On one of his treks, he discovers a strangely smooth and hollow blue stone. He plans to sell it, but it is in fact not a stone at all but a dragon egg. This discovery launches him into a world filled with all that he thought was legend - the world of the Dragon Riders. But the Emperor is not happy with their revival, and Eragon must figure out a way to escape him, all while his dreams are plagued by a mysterious beautiful elven woman and he knows not who is friend or foe.

Teen Review
Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret

By Tui T. Sutherland
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
E Alstrom
Aug 17, 2022

After his friends help save the Rainwing tribe from the experiments of the Nightwings,
Starflight himself is captured by his tribe, where he is to be “trained in the Nightwing ways.”
While staying in his original home, Starflight discovers the truth about his tribe and is forced to
make the choice between his dragons and home or his friends and peace. In this book, the
reader can really get a genuine look at Starflight and see the reasoning behind his often
annoying actions and gives amazing depth to his character. By taking his tribe that he thought

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