Fireborne: 1 (Aurelian Cycle)

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Fireborne asks its readers a really interesting question; what if the people who took down the evil monarchy are also evil?

And the exploration of the political and social aspects created an extra depth of reflection for myself that I feel I don't get with some other books (fantasy or not, just books in general). But of course, the military is not always pointed at those outside, and this is why I love how Munda uses dragons in this novel, because they are simultaneously symbols of the old regime that oppressed people in terrible ways, and the new, trying-to-be equitable regime, that is supposed to bring fairness and opportunity to everyone. also the writing not too heavy on world building being easy to absorb and elements of lore, history of the old regimes, impressive political intrigue, character bonds, bureacracy of the new regime, social class levels and of course the aspects of dragon riding in how it’s the nation’s core. I wanted to imagine an orphaned aristocrat who has every reason to seek revenge, until he realizes that maybe, his family did wrong, too. Revolutionary flames ignite around Annie, Lee, and a brand new character in the follow-up to Fireborne–now in paperback!

They are also a symbol of the state; a point of pride and military might, one that is supposed to evoke stirring feelings of being safe and cared for by one’s government. The first book is told from the POV of Annie and Lee, but the second book adds a new location and POV character (Griff! 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. On the other side of things, we have Annie, short for Antigone (love it), who watched her own family die at the hands of Lee’s very father and his dragon.

I'm always down for fantasy; I haven't read Seraphina, but I did read Red Rising and felt iffy about it; and I could barely get through the Aeneid and the Republic in college. I also felt the story could have flowed better between the characters sometimes along with needing to dig deeper into action.There’s this moment in Flamefall, the second book in Rosaria Munda’s Aurelian trilogy, where the protagonist asks one of the leaders of a scrappy band of rebel freedom fighters what they’re fighting for. Still, Lee and Annie (and Griff, now) keep striving to find justice in a world hobbled by the systems put in place by the last bunch of omelet-makers, idealists and pragmatists and tyrants alike. But the problems with the scene niggle the back of my mind: The bread is made from stolen grain; the luck of those who will receive it stems from their streets being within a walk of the Misanthrope, from living in the neighborhood of someone who dared rob a city granary. The story starts nine years after a bloody uprising against the triarchy, the dragonborn families (i. However, Annie noted how he looked similar to his father, many of the Golds knew his father way better than Annie did, even the new leader, I'm surprised no one noted the similarity.

But with unrest at home, enforcing the government’s rationing program risks turning her into public enemy number one. Thanks to BookishFirst and the publisher for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. There is an exquisite balance between resolution and hints of what is to come to really make me eager to see what's next. they were two opposing forces and while i couldn’t fully agree with lee’s choices up to halfway through the book, i still liked his character a lot.This is because she centers the story on two characters from different backgrounds and lets them discover and react to the ways in which the new regime, which they both believe in, is imperfect. The relationships between the characters are sometimes messy and complicated, but you can really feel their connections, even when they disagree with each other. Plus she was possibly flying her dragon for longer than Lee, and I suppose she would get better tutors. The same level of political and social exploration happens, but definitely in a manner that was more engaging for myself. 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.