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I really wanted to love this book, but I have mixed feelings about it. There were some parts that I really enjoyed, but unfortunately also some parts that I personally didn’t like.

The beginning, maybe the first 25% of the book, seemed really promising. I liked the Tangled/Rapunzel vibes of a princess being locked away in a tower while everyone in the kingdom thinks she’s dead, and of course the dragons. Also the world seemed really interesting and was described well.

The beginning of the quest also seemed interesting, but unfortunately, after that the storyline went a bit downhill.

The whole book takes place in about 10 days and there was way too much happening in those days (enemies to lovers, quest, finding a dragon, discovering powers etc) and everything happened way too fast. I personally would have preferred the pacing to be a bit slower, so there would have been more time to explain and explore things a bit better instead of running around and rushing through the whole story. Also, the timeline could have been a bit longer. Maybe this could have been separated into two books?

The FMC was quite naive, and I don’t think she really grew up or learned that much during the story. And again, the relationship development between the FMC and the MMC just felt rushed. They went from fully enemies to lovers in a few days.

There were some things I wish would have been explained more, and also explained earlier in the book. For example the whole reason why the FMC was “locked away” wasn’t clear to me at first. Also, the whole Scalekind thing would have, in my opinion, needed more explanation (why/how the FMC was Scalekind, what does it mean other than being able to communicate with dragons etc). Also at one point her blood was being drained and drunk without any explanation.

While I usually enjoy descriptive writing, there were some instances where things that weren’t really important for the story were described in too much detail. Also, at times I would have loved things to be shown instead of being said/told.


This book was really YA, and I’m sure a lot of younger readers will really enjoy this book, and I think I would have loved it as a child. The fact that it was YA didn’t affect my rating because I knew that before reading.

I always feel bad saying negative things about debut novels, but these are just my honest opinions. I don’t think this was a bad book by any means, and writing this is a huge accomplishment, but it could have maybe used a bit more work and editing. There were for example multiple paragraphs throughout the story that said exactly the same thing with slightly different wording.



Also, this book has been marketed as a mix between Fourth Wing, Powerless & Lightlark and/or Fourth Wing & Tangled, and I’m afraid that comparing this book to FW might unfortunately cause some problems, because then people are expecting the book to be more like FW and if/when it’s not, it might affect their opinions about the book and the ratings. That said, the comparison didn’t affect my experience with the book or my rating.



I received an ARC of this book and I am voluntarily leaving a review. Receiving ARC didn’t affect my opinion of the book.