This was a tough one. I picked this up as part of the Mychal Threets book club. It took me a second to get into as one of the two main characters, Faron, is not immediately likable, IMO. Lol. But, once author, Kamilah Cole, started peeling back her layers a bit, she grew on me. 😊

Once engaged, this book kept me coming back for me. It moves quickly and I was especially excited to get more dragons without the pages-on-end world building mythical creatures and magic often require in other books. I still think the author manages to craft an immersive world for readers to fall into, though.

However, the book moves at a speedy pace and jumps back and forth between Faron and her sister Elara, the other main character, for each chapter. I felt a little confused at times because, between the character jumping and time jumps, it seemed like we missed info about the plot moving forward. It also didn’t seem to give our characters room to process some of the major changes occurring throughout. 

This is book one in a duology and I already have book 2 on hold and am anxiously awaiting the release date so I can find out what happens next. It kinda ends on a cliffhanger! 😬

Overall, I would still recommend this for casual fantasy readers, especially.