I know, I know, I still haven’t gotten to a lot of the Wings of Fire books yet.
Believe me, I definitely plan to. Eventually. I’m still catching up on a ton of
books I still haven’t read that have been sitting on my shelves for ages yet. However,
I will try to individually review each Wings of Fire book as it comes out, at least the new ones. I won’t be doing the graphic novels, by the
way.
With that
said: Dragonslayer. I’d be lying if I said that I was very excited about
getting a human-POV book in this series that’s all about dragons, but, after
thinking about it, I did get interested. It’d be interesting to explore Pyrrhia
from a scavenger’s point of view. How do they live with dragons ruling the
continent? What exactly happened during Queen Oasis’ death? This is an
opportunity to answer a lot of questions. So, without further a due, let’s get
to Legends #2: Dragonslayer. Spoilers ahead.
Dragonslayer has, like Darkstalker, three protagonists, though this time they’re human. We
have Wren, a girl who survived being sacrificed to dragons by the dragonmancers
of her village, Ivy, daughter of the legendary killer of Oasis, and Leaf, a
wannabe dragonkiller and Wren’s brother. We explore the story of the first
Wings of Fire arc from their point of view. It answers a lot of questions we
might’ve had regarding the scavengers from those books, but also sets up a
whole new conflict with the Lord of the Invincible City, the Dragonslayer,
Wren’s friend Sky being kidnapped, and more.
I had an
absolute blast reading this one, and finished it within the span of a day. It
was everything I hoped it was. It answered questions we had regarding the first
arc, but built even further upon it.
The human
societies are interesting and all unique. From Valor to the Invincible City to
Talisman, they all feel unique and I loved exploring these locations. It’s also
great to see some already established places being seen from the eyes of a
human.
The
characters are great. Tui is just masterful at crafting unique and real-feeling
characters that never feel uninteresting. I enjoyed all of our protagonists and
Sky the most. Wren was definitely out of the three mains, though. I loved her
tough attitude.
There’s of
course plenty of twists and turns in this, and I didn’t see coming where it was
going pretty much through the entire book, and I love a story that can do that.
I’m also glad to see that the ending of this book is yet another cliffhanger
and setup for more, so we’ll see how things go after Dragonslayer.
The pacing
was just near perfect. I loved the circulating three POV’s and how they each
always stopped at the perfect moment before picking up later after the other
two. It continuously had me wondering what was going to happen next without
feeling either too slow or too fast.
What else
can I say? Dragonslayer is yet another masterful installment in Tui’s Wings of
Fire library. It definitely deserves to be looked at. I know the human POV
might be a turnoff for some, but trust me when I say it’s worth it.
I’m giving
Dragonslayer five out of five stars. It’s honestly just that good. Tui, you’ve
done it again.
Rating: 5/5
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