Fireborne: 1 (Aurelian Cycle)

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I wanted to imagine an orphaned aristocrat who has every reason to seek revenge, until he realizes that maybe, his family did wrong, too. There is such a huge focus on government corruption and its ability to make anything seem alright with the right words. My friends, she does not, because under no circumstances can you make a motherfucking omelet without killing a few people.

Emotional turmoil, political intrigue, the horrors of the past and the hopes of future peace may rest on the shoulders of young dragonriders who have trained together and are now faced with heart wrenching decisions. There is a bisexual main character introduced in book 2 who gets a POV, and a gay male character who gets a POV in book 3. Someone charismatic can be in charge, and I will be the shadowy advisor who comes up with practical ways to achieve their lofty idealistic goals.The story starts nine years after a bloody uprising against the triarchy, the dragonborn families (i. She also does harken back to the Aeneid and Republic in some ways, glorifying their ancient poetry and texts that are oh so similar to the Aeneid and the Republic.

Recommended for both teens and adults who enjoy a mentally stimulating novel and for those who wish to lose themselves in a world full of dragons. Tension between characters that continuously changes and morphs as new developments emerge--especially when the tension is between the two main perspectives and there is a love and fondness between the two, but the stakes are high and they each have polarizing motivations. Surprisingly, there are quite a few emotional moments as you follow the characters' hardships and see how their worlds fell apart and came back together. After I got into the flow and beyond the "dragon school" elements, I was hanging on every word of the book.You get the sense that Atreus must once have felt the way Griff does now: angry and tired, and desperate to find any way to free his loved ones from the dragonlords’ yoke.