Book review - DRAGONS OF WILD by Ava Richardson

DRAGONS OF WILD

(Upon Dragon's Breath Trilogy Book 1)

BY

Ava Richardson

In a time of darkness, unlikely heroes will rise.

The once peaceful kingdom of Torvald has been ravaged by evil magic, forcing Riders to forget their dragons and their noble beasts to flee to the wilds. Now, anyone who dares to speak of dragons is deemed insane and put to death. Into this dark and twisted land, Saffron was born sixteen years ago. Cursed with dragon affinity and magical powers, she has been forced into a life of exile and raised by dragons—secretly dreaming of a normal life and the family she lost. 

But as her powers become more uncontrollable, Saffron knows she must find her family before she hurts herself—or worse, her dragon clan.

Scholarly and reclusive, Bower prefers to spend his days reading about the legends of the Dragon Riders—even if being caught means death. But as the son of a noble house on the brink of destruction, it falls to him to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and save his kingdom from the rule of the evil King Enric—yet all he wants is to be left alone to read. When fate brings him into contact with Saffron, Bower gains a powerful ally—but one whose wild, volatile magic threatens their very lives.

Their friendship might just have the power to change the course of history, but when the Dark Mage King Enric makes Saffron a tempting offer, their alliance will be shaken to its core.

MY THOUGHTS…

*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review*

I enjoyed reading this book but have to say that it took a while to get started. The prologue made me think that the story would be about either Vance Maddox or the royal infant, and to begin with, I thought that Saffron was the royal baby, but I found that the actual story was set several generations later. Although there was no indication of the time that had passed, I soon picked it up.

I thought that there should have been some more about Vance. What happened to him after he was cursed? I would have liked to have read a little more about him and how he came to have a wife and daughter.

Another thing to point out is the grammar in this book. There are many misspelt words, random quotation marks in the middle of sentences. I noticed that the italic, meaning that Saffron and Jaydra were talking, sometimes didn’t stop or start where it should. There were several occasions where the two characters names were mixed up too. This distracted me from the story.

I thought that Bower seemed too young. Not much was explained about the appearance of Bower or Saffron, other than the fact that Saffron had wild, frizzy, red hair. It wasn’t until I was past the halfway mark that I found out that Bower thought that Saffron might be eighteen or twenty, which made me feel that Bower might be the same sort of age, if not older, taking in the fact that he was on the council. Until I reached that point, I thought that they were both very young and I had the feeling that Bower was about twelve and Saffron thirteen or fourteen. Their language wasn’t that of adults.

All things considered, I liked the story line of this book, and Jaydra had a curiosity about her that reminded her of me, but I do think that the grammar needs looking into.

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