- There’s a lot of buzz on this one, and .. dragons – after reading a successful mermaid story I had to read about dragons!
I also recommend:
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Summary from GoodReads:
Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.
Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will’s dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away—if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She’ll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.
My Review:
The first thing I thought when I put down Firelight was about how torn I was. It’s not often a book will make me feel both giddy and disgusted all at the same time! But Sophie Jordan has done it here, and I think she managed to pull it off because this book is such an incredibly guilty pleasure.
Firelight brought out the teenage rebel in me, but the mature adult in me wanted to smack Jacinda and try to shake some sense into her. The whining, oh the whining – it got to be so much and, while I could appreciate that it was warranted to some degree (what is it with books where the family are such douche-bags? Seriously.) it was so overboard that I felt it was choking the life out of the book.
I loved what little bits of lore were given regarding the Draki and the Hunters, but I wanted, craved more. Instead, I got a lot of teenage angst and sexual tension, and while that’s fine and dandy in its own place, I was needing more substance. I’m still intrigued enough to pick up Vanish, but I sincerely hope the whining has toned down or that may be where I stop.
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The cover itself puts a “pick me up pweety pwease” spell on me! But I heard a lot about the whining, which is a reading put off if it wasn’t justified.
Love the review.
I enjoyed this one but yeah the whining was a bit much. I’m looking forward to the next one!