Firebolt by Adrienne Woods⭐⭐⭐⭐ GoodFirebolt is the first ...
Firebolt by Adrienne Woods
⭐⭐⭐⭐ GoodFirebolt is the first in the Dragonian series, focusing on the main protagonist, Elena, who finds herself suddenly caught up in a land of magic and dragons. The story itself was interesting and I will confess that I want to find out what happens next! However...There were quite a number of grammatical errors, missing words, incorrect pronoun use, etc. Not enough that I stopped reading, but enough that I felt the need to reduce the number of stars to give it, especially since this was published four years ago and the errors haven't been fixed.
There were also a few other things that mildly bothered me. For starters, there are quite a few different dragon classes as well as their various abilities that I thought could have been introduced in a clearer way. I felt like I needed a cheat sheet to keep them straight. Secondly, there were parts of this story that reminded me too much of Harry Potter... particularly in the teaser for book 2 where they attend some dragon based sport in an arena (Hello Quidditch!), and hints that a missing child may be the answer to their problems. Not deal breakers, and fairly common themes in general I guess, but it was enough that I felt the need to eye-roll a bit. Thirdly, I kept waiting for her to have this great breakthrough in her abilities, and I never felt fully satisfied in that aspect. Maybe it increases as the series progresses?
Also, and I think this may be more of a personal preference thing but...most of the characters are around 16 years in age, and I just have a doubtful attitude about teenagers behaving like adults, risking everything to save the world, and falling in soul-crushing love. Again, maybe people tend to like this kind of story line just fine, so I won't hold it against her.
All in all, it felt like a nice start to a series if you enjoy fantasy, magic, and dragons. But a bit more editing and character development would have been nice.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ GoodFirebolt is the first in the Dragonian series, focusing on the main protagonist, Elena, who finds herself suddenly caught up in a land of magic and dragons. The story itself was interesting and I will confess that I want to find out what happens next! However...There were quite a number of grammatical errors, missing words, incorrect pronoun use, etc. Not enough that I stopped reading, but enough that I felt the need to reduce the number of stars to give it, especially since this was published four years ago and the errors haven't been fixed. There were also a few other things that mildly bothered me. For starters, there are quite a few different dragon classes as well as their various abilities that I thought could have been introduced in a clearer way. I felt like I needed a cheat sheet to keep them straight. Secondly, there were parts of this story that reminded me too much of Harry Potter... particularly in the teaser for book 2 where they attend some dragon based sport in an arena (Hello Quidditch!), and hints that a missing child may be the answer to their problems. Not deal breakers, and fairly common themes in general I guess, but it was enough that I felt the need to eye-roll a bit. Thirdly, I kept waiting for her to have this great breakthrough in her abilities, and I never felt fully satisfied in that aspect. Maybe it increases as the series progresses?
Also, and I think this may be more of a personal preference thing but...most of the characters are around 16 years in age, and I just have a doubtful attitude about teenagers behaving like adults, risking everything to save the world, and falling in soul-crushing love. Again, maybe people tend to like this kind of story line just fine, so I won't hold it against her.
All in all, it felt like a nice start to a series if you enjoy fantasy, magic, and dragons. But a bit more editing and character development would have been nice.
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