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Ascendant (Songs of Chaos, #1)
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I am a huuuuuge dragon lover. Like, I don't care what happens to anyone in books or movies or on TV shows so long as the dragons therein are fine. *lol* It's been like this since I was a teenager and read Paolini's series. So when my buddy-reader told me he had heard only good things about this one - and considering I needed a fix - I immediately agreed.
The story is that of a lowly kitchen helper scrubbing pots and pans who comes across a dragon egg that was abandoned because the dragon baby inside wasn't strong enough (he's blind) and dragons as well as this world's leading caste, Dragon Riders, only accept the strongest.
So the boy rears the little dragon that is soon not quite so little anymore. As it turns out, that is quite a good thing for everyone, too, because what plagues this world seems to be winning because it cannot be defeated "the old way".
So we have not one but two underdogs proving their worth to society. And "coincidentally" both have a secret power their world desperately needs. I always had a problem with this trope. Just thinking outside the box and working hard can and should be enough. The whole "chosen one" schtick ... I dunno.
But I liked Holt's dragon. Though I have to admit that after reading some LitRPG because my buddy-reader made me, this had too many similarities for my taste. We even got some foods that triggered cerain abilities. Meh. I'm more a fan of classical fantasy. That's just personal taste though.
The writing in this was very good, as were the worldbuilding when it came to the dragons and enemy, and the characers overall (like I siad, I don't usually care too much about anyone but my beloved dragons). There was tragedy aplenty here though and yes, I'm talking body count. *sighs*
Sadly, this "new version of fantasy" isn't too much my liking. I wouldn't mind it having a very similar structure to other stories, but I do mind everything being lumped together to make some sort of video game experience. Like I said: meh.
Nevertheless, I got dragons and the dragons were pretty darn great.
The story is that of a lowly kitchen helper scrubbing pots and pans who comes across a dragon egg that was abandoned because the dragon baby inside wasn't strong enough (he's blind) and dragons as well as this world's leading caste, Dragon Riders, only accept the strongest.
So the boy rears the little dragon that is soon not quite so little anymore. As it turns out, that is quite a good thing for everyone, too, because what plagues this world seems to be winning because it cannot be defeated "the old way".
So we have not one but two underdogs proving their worth to society. And "coincidentally" both have a secret power their world desperately needs. I always had a problem with this trope. Just thinking outside the box and working hard can and should be enough. The whole "chosen one" schtick ... I dunno.
But I liked Holt's dragon. Though I have to admit that after reading some LitRPG because my buddy-reader made me, this had too many similarities for my taste. We even got some foods that triggered cerain abilities. Meh. I'm more a fan of classical fantasy. That's just personal taste though.
The writing in this was very good, as were the worldbuilding when it came to the dragons and enemy, and the characers overall (like I siad, I don't usually care too much about anyone but my beloved dragons). There was tragedy aplenty here though and yes, I'm talking body count. *sighs*
Sadly, this "new version of fantasy" isn't too much my liking. I wouldn't mind it having a very similar structure to other stories, but I do mind everything being lumped together to make some sort of video game experience. Like I said: meh.
Nevertheless, I got dragons and the dragons were pretty darn great.
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I have to read this book--I keep seeing reviews that are promising. You seem to like the same books I like so that's it--I'm ordering this asap. Thank you so much for such great information!
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Em wrote: "I have to read this book--I keep seeing reviews that are promising. You seem to like the same books I like so that's it--I'm ordering this asap. Thank you so much for such great information!"You're very welcome. :)
