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Air Riders (Equilibria, #3)

Echo Fox (Goodreads Author)

4.44 · Rating details · 9 ratings · 6 reviews

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Tai is in love and he wants to fly across the mountain shouting it to the skies. He is ready to share his life with Keiko, when a strange event turns his world upside down.
The Daiku, long-time prey of Tai’s tribe of Zephyrus, start fighting back. With the whole tribe in danger from the reptilian creatures that roam the dark ...more

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Published October 1st 2014

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Oct 13, 2014 Brittany rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, zchallenge-2014, 4-stars, fairy-tale, fantasy-paranormal, fiction, mythology, reviews, romance, young-adult

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Air Riders is written by Echo Fox and is book 3 in the Equilibria Series. It is featured around the main character of Tai who is from a race of people that live in harmony with the wind.

The Zephyrus build things with wind, create wind weapons from any semblance of a sound and live in a world with two other races. There are the less flying creatures known as the Daiku who seem to resemble some sort of flying Check out my blog to see Reviews of Books and Movies as well as Recipes and DIY projects

Air Riders is written by Echo Fox and is book 3 in the Equilibria Series. It is featured around the main character of Tai who is from a race of people that live in harmony with the wind.

The Zephyrus build things with wind, create wind weapons from any semblance of a sound and live in a world with two other races. There are the less flying creatures known as the Daiku who seem to resemble some sort of flying reptile that are a defensive breed by nature. Then there are the ground bound Riku who are described as fast and reptilian like that will attack either Daiku or Zephyrus for food if they are within reach.

Air Riders starts out with a Prologue that shows us the character of Aiko going through an intense defensive and emotional time. As I woman I felt for Aiko and was intrigued by her as a character. This prologue painted a picture of her which would stick with me through at least the first third of the book. Following the prologue we are immediately introduced to Tai, who is a young up and coming leader in the Hunting Wing who has proven his skills in hunting and earned much respect. He is pledged to bond with a beautiful Zephyrus from the Teaching Wing named Keiko.

Tai lives and breathes his hunting wing and can only be distracted by his love for Keiko. The Daiku have all of a sudden begun attacking the Zephyrus, which leaves me as a reader quite suspicious and also throw the entire lives of the Zephyrus into chaos. Tai must do all that is in his power to defend his love and his people from succumbing to the attacks coming from the Daiku, but more importantly those coming from within his own people.

I did not read the first two books and initially I thought that they may have answered some of the questions that I had within Air Riders, however as I have looked into them, they seem to overall be standalone books about entirely different races and main characters with only an end game lead up in common. With that being said I want to talk about the few negative aspects I felt were found within Air Riders. There were many things that were described that seemed to need to be assumed by the reader, whereas I would have liked to have gotten a better grasp on things. For instance, the other Zephyrus, there was not much talk about their living arrangements, how they would communicate across distance and what would happen to them during the coming together of the battle. I also was never able to fully grasp just how many people we were talking about. In a way, I found some of the Zephyrus qualities akin to Native Americans had they held mythological beliefs. Although many of the Daiku and Riku are talked about, it was hard to get a really clear picture of exactly what they would look like, for me anyway. Lastly I felt as if they Zephyrus were a bit TOO ignorant and unquestioning of anything going on or of all the people who wound up missing.

Brilliant points to this novel will first start with the sheer genius possessed by Echo Fox in her creation of many aspects of this world. The air elements and how many things that she utilizes them within her story were wonderful. It was nice to use a familiar religion base that was not overbearing but still was able to shed light onto some of the beliefs and culture of the Zephyrus. Tai and Keiko was real, as was the pain that was felt by Aiko in the rare moments that it was glimpsed. The end held a big shocker for me and I definitely found myself with tears in my eyes. Echo did a superb job of creating relatable characters with real personalities.

Overall I give this book 4/5 stars. It was definitely a wonderful read, it could use a tad bit of extra explanations within the story for lesser aspects but overall it is a solid good book. I would love to read the first two books in the series as well as any that follow. I highly recommend her writing style and her genuine sense of great story telling. This book held aspects for any interested in fiction, mythology, fantasy, romance, suspense, mystery, young adult, etc. ...more

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Jan 03, 2016 K.S. Marsden rated it it was amazing

Tai is a promising young hunter of the Zephyrus people, and engaged to the love of his life. But things become stressed as the once-passive Daiku (winged creatures, ugly but tasty) start to become aggressive; and the tribe begins to fracture as new powers rise up.

This is the third in the Equilibria series (reviews of #1 - Wave Singers, and #2 - Earth Drummer), and like its predecessors, Air Riders can be read as a stand-alone, or as part of the series.

Something is fundamentally wrong with Tai is a promising young hunter of the Zephyrus people, and engaged to the love of his life. But things become stressed as the once-passive Daiku (winged creatures, ugly but tasty) start to become aggressive; and the tribe begins to fracture as new powers rise up.

This is the third in the Equilibria series (reviews of #1 - Wave Singers, and #2 - Earth Drummer), and like its predecessors, Air Riders can be read as a stand-alone, or as part of the series.

Something is fundamentally wrong with Pangaea. As with many problems with nature, the animals are the first to give clues that all is not right. Their behaviour changes, helping unnerve the people around them.
In Earth Drummer, the result was animals getting past fencing to further damage crops already ruined by drought. In Air Riders, there is a much more violent outcome as the Daiku start to swarm and attack the Zephyrus.

Air Riders has an Oriental influence, from the names, to their way of life and respectful behaviour to elders. Not to mention the flying skills, which felt like they could come straight out of House of Flying Daggers.
This all works very well, and gives the story its own flavour and a refreshing new background to work from.

I really liked this book; I enjoyed the tribe life, with its different units of teachers, weavers and hunters all working together. You get to fly with the hunters, down the mountainside, crafting weapons from the air itself.
There's a great build of tension as Aiko, the best hunter in the tribe, conveniently gains power when the rest of the Zephyrus panic over the new threat. Her manipulations are subtle, but surely it's only a matter of time before they are noticed.
Aiko was definitely my favourite character - what can I say, I think the bad guy makes/breaks the story. She has no love for tradition, or for the rules that bind the Zephyrus; Aiko is ready to take every measure to make the tribes bow to her.
I also like how she had a soft spot for the hero - Tai. It seemed very honest, as though she saw him as a younger brother. I often wondered how real it was, or whether it was just another of her lies.

Overall, a very creative adventure. I think Earth Drummer is still my favourite, but this was pretty close.
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Aug 28, 2014 Alex Dovey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

Fantastic. Air Riders is the best in the series so far. I loved it, even cried a little.

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Dec 03, 2014 N. Jr. rated it liked it

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YA fantasy adventure.
I liked the cultural aspects of the story - a positive aspect for young readers.

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Jan 05, 2016 Marina rated it really liked it

A wonderful fantasy novel! When the Air Riders peaceful way of life is threatened by the Daiku, the Hunting Wing steps up to protect the village. But there's more to it than meets the eye, and confrontation could mean death. Read my full review here: http://forums.onlinebookclub.org/view...

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