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The Return of the Dragon Queen

(The Avalonia Chronicles #3)

Farah Oomerbhoy (Goodreads Author)

4.46 · Rating details · 269 ratings · 31 reviews

The epic conclusion of The Avalonia Chronicles is here . . .

War is on the horizon. Queen Morgana’s power grows every day, aided by her army and unseen dark forces. Illiador and Eldoren have fallen completely under her reign. There is no one who can stand against her now—except one.

Aurora Firedrake has finally come to understand the power she is capable of wielding, but i ...more

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Published November 26th 2019 by Wise Ink Creative Publishing

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Sep 02, 2019 Irene Sim marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, young-adult

This book comes out exactly 2 years after I read the previous books and I have a vague recollection of plot and characters. I hate reading series that aren't out as a whole, solely because I have to reread the previous installments to remember what happened.... ...more

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Nov 27, 2019 Kim rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Mar 04, 2020 Pamela rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Sigh. I just finished this. I don’t know that I’ve ever before stuck with a series just for the hope it would get better. I guess I just really liked the idea behind this one. I was hoping the writing would be better and the characters more developed, but it was just more of the same. More characters, more powers, more types of magic, more places. And, therefore, more situations for Aurora wax on for paragraph after paragraph about her self doubt only to realize she had what she needed inside he Sigh. I just finished this. I don’t know that I’ve ever before stuck with a series just for the hope it would get better. I guess I just really liked the idea behind this one. I was hoping the writing would be better and the characters more developed, but it was just more of the same. More characters, more powers, more types of magic, more places. And, therefore, more situations for Aurora wax on for paragraph after paragraph about her self doubt only to realize she had what she needed inside herself the whole time... again and again. I was hoping the ending would be tolerable, but it felt so cheap and convenient.
Even though there was that big war going on, none of the important good guys died... except Aurora’s friend, Vivienne. But, no worries about that because after they leave the place where she died, she isn’t really brought up again. Neither is Aurora’s cousin who had a thing with Vivienne. So, conveniently, we don’t have to deal with that. Any of the other people you might expect to not make it to the end, actually do. Including - spoiler alert- Aurora’s father. Apparently he was alive the whole time. And, she figures out how to get all the ancient elves out of the Dagger so they’re all back too and so is Aurora’s mom. Even Rafe starts to die and Aurora can’t save him because she knows that’s not allowed. Remember, bad things ALWAYS happen if you try to bring someone back from being too far gone? MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE! Luckily some dead fae can do it for her without any of those consequences though, and they can make Rafe immortal too. So that’s nice. None of that tragic and beautiful Arwen and Aragorn nonsense here. And, just to go back a bit., Aurora is still, crushing on Rafe through this whole book. And he’s still being a selfish turd. He finally does consent to listen to her and admits he loves her too. That’s why he was being such a turd. The whole thing was ridiculously obvious - except to Aurora. (Can I just interject that when you have a story written in first person, ALL the information the reader has is from that persons thoughts and observations. So if something is obvious to the reader, you make your main character look really dumb if they don’t catch it.) Oh and to make it even more ridiculous, we find out that Aurora was betrothed to Rafe since birth? How did that work with his other betrothal? Remember? To the evil woman that he wouldn’t leave because his mom apparently liked her mom?
Anyway, Kalen, who has, unfortunately, become a mostly silent plot device, is apparently Tristans brother, and a super powerful elf. Tristan, who spends half of this book moping about Aurora not wanting to marry him (even though he doesn’t want to marry her either??) actually finds a badass warrior witch to fall in love with. So that’s helpful. Auroras uncle sort of dies but it’s so matter-of-factly mentioned out of the blue, (after its made clear that the bad guys can’t kill him because they need him) that you don’t actually believe it. And, then he shows up alive later, right on cue.
The dragon, doesn’t really do anything to help at all. Except, he lectures Aurora on and off and talks her out of her, “ I don’t think I can actually do anything” moods. He shows up at the end to burn up Morgana and the book. But, it makes you wonder why he didn’t do it earlier if it was so easy for him to destroy both the bad guys and his own book. He also comes along to help keep Kalen’s jerk dad from trying to make Aurora marry Tristan. I think he might have been more useful for the war part of the story though, right?
There’s so much. I really honestly wanted to like this. I was hoping the good characters would get some “screen time” and we wouldn’t have to hear Aurora moan so much about her powers or Rafe... maybe she’d grow a bit. Maybe Rafe would turn out to NOT be such a turd since we’re supposed to like him so much. Sigh. As for any of the other people we found interesting in the other books, they’re mostly not in this one. They weren’t much a part of moving Aurora to the end of her story, so they’re just not in it anymore. Which is a shame, because most of my favorites became cameo appearances or bit characters for this. ...more

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Feb 19, 2020 Andrea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, books-read-in-2020, fantasy-paranormal, 2019-release-date, scribd-listened-to, 2nd-time-around

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Oct 06, 2020 Albany Fernandes rated it it was amazing

I'M DONE WITH IT & I CAN FINALLY SAY IT!
I have waited so damn long so that I could read the last book in this AMAZING series; even though I had like a lot of school work I stayed up late at night somehow completed it finally. This series as a whole had a tight grip on me from the start {it was through The Avalonia Chronicles only that I discovered my love for reading & was my first book to read too so...that's something}.
As soon as I got my hands on the book I couldn't help myself by reading til ...more

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Nov 27, 2019 Sarah Horger rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I highly recommend reading!! I didn’t (and couldn’t) put the book down. Got me emotional at some points.. I love reading books that have this capability. The characters and storyline are amazing. You really bond with the characters and feel for them. It will be worth rereading the series if you have already read the previous novels- trust me!

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Dec 02, 2019 Danielle Betts rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Took a while to get into as it's been 2years since the previous book, but then it all came flooding back and I loved it!

I laughed, I cried, and had goosebumps. Farah you truly are an amazing author I love getting sucked into the magic you create! I'm sad this is the end of Aurora Firedrakes story but happy with the ending. I really hope you publish more books full of magic soon :) ...more

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Dec 10, 2019 Sherita rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A perfect conclusion to an amazing adventure! The book is well written and sucks you in for an amazing ride. Like the first two books that I read back to back I couldn't put this book down either. This is definitely a series I will read many times in the years to come and I am looking forward to reading the next book she writes! ...more

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Feb 20, 2020 MistyWish rated it it was amazing

I can't believe it's over! I absolutely LOVED this trilogy!! It was a beautifully detailed magical world and easy to follow not overly complicated which I highly appreciate. Everything that I wanted to happened, happened and I couldn't be happier and more in love! Bit heartbroken that it's over.
Goodbye to all my beloved characters. ...more

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Apr 22, 2020 Book Seeker rated it it was ok

The story is exciting and entertaining. I was intent on finishing the series, yet I'm not inclined to give more than 2 stars, perhaps 1 star is equally suitable. Why? The bad writing.

While Oomberhoy is good at descriptions, creating an intricate fantasy world, many plot twists, and diverse characters, her overall writing abilities are elementary. The book is filled with plot holes, inconsistencies, cliches, redundancies that get old of reading, poorly written paragraphs, foreshadowing that inher ...more

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Nov 26, 2019 c.chadbone rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Excited

OMG
Just finished 'Return of the Dragon Queen' it was such an amazing book and this third and final instalment to this series was definitely worth the wait. I loved ths twists, turns, the new characters and all the old favourites. It was a fitting end and I enjoyed the book that much that I had trouble putting it down.
Love love love this book and actually the whole series. ...more

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Jul 14, 2020 Jaclyn rated it it was amazing

I’m so bummed it’s over! This was a great conclusion to an excellent series. I really enjoyed this authors writing style and will look for titles she writes in the future. The strong heroine is young and grows a lot as she transforms into the leader that she must become. I liked that she shows flaws, yet seeks to do the correct thing. Lots of fun magical elements that enhance the story. All together a fun young adult series.

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Nov 28, 2019 Alyssa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A fantastic story!

I can't believe this is it! I don't want Aurora's story to end, but it was a satisfying conclusion to a fantastic series. Thank you, Farah, for creating this beautiful world of Avalonia! ...more

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Apr 24, 2020 gj indieBRAG rated it it was amazing

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We are proud to announce that THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON QUEEN (The Avalonia Chronicles #3) by Farah Oomerbhoy is a B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree. This tells readers that this book is well worth their time and money!

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Aug 21, 2020 Jasmin rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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This book can best be described as a miserable copy of Harry Potter and at worst as a 13 year old’s fantasy.
The first book was promising.. a well established alternate universe, and characters you wanted to know more about. The second book had me raising my eyebrows like you really wanna do that ... and well the third book well.. it was below rock bottom.

There were numerous problems. The dialogue was uninspired and the lead characters made you want to drive a fist thr There are a lot of spoilers.
This book can best be described as a miserable copy of Harry Potter and at worst as a 13 year old’s fantasy.
The first book was promising.. a well established alternate universe, and characters you wanted to know more about. The second book had me raising my eyebrows like you really wanna do that ... and well the third book well.. it was below rock bottom.

There were numerous problems. The dialogue was uninspired and the lead characters made you want to drive a fist through the wall, while the secondary characters which are usually very important to add depth and intricacy to the storyline were cheaply used and ingloriously discarded.

Aurora is not someone I felt like rooting for very hard. She is first heaped with powers, suddenly looses it and then gets it back in the most yawn inducing, predictable way possible. Her constant longing for Rafe gets boring. Like woman get a grip on yourself there are more pressing matters. Also if you look closely he doesn’t really have much role. Yeah he is mentioned a lot of times.. but he honestly comes across like aurora’s chauffeur. Tristan just exists... barely. Like suddenly his story becomes quite interesting and he has a lot of powers but his story is not tapped to its full potential.Once again more characters are introduced, more powers, more places, without the existing ones being fully exploited. Classic case of quantity over quality .

You still read hoping it will pick up at some point but it just falls painfully flat on its face. The ending is extremely anticlimactic. The jaw dropping moments that are supposed to be there when a Saga culminates are non existential. It takes you reading two more pages to realise that something important happened. It’s very underwhelming. You get the impression that even the author was bored out of her mind and just wanted to finish it.

A characters death is very painful. But sometimes getting rid of that very important one backfires. (Not that the death of any character in this book would have bothered me much. I personally was rooting for rafe to be eliminated). Aurora’s father is alive as well. Yay!Somewhere in between rafe is almost about to die...Aurora dear is not able to heal him and just all of a sudden a bunch of dead fae queens pop out of nowhere and heal him and take it one step further.. they make him immortal.. just like that.

The great wise dragon gets a screen presence of grand total of three times. He might as well not have been ever mentioned.

So it ends with both of Aurora’s parents alive.. Tristan finds a random warrior witch with whom he falls in love with. Very conveniently.
His dad is adamant to get him still married to aurora so it is revealed that aurora was engaged to rafe when she was born itself.. like what?

All in all it was a clumsy attempt at a novel . I felt that a lot of concepts had been pilfered from Harry Potter including the names . Skip the book go read something else. ...more

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Apr 09, 2020 Absolute Thoughts rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is the third and the last book in Avalonia Chronicles and as the name suggest it has Dragon in it just one though not three like in Games of Throne. So Aurora our protagonist hae recently learned about her Dawnstar power which are even more formidable than high Fae Powers and also she is a Dragon Lord of Abraxas who can communicate and guide her in mind just like her Pegasus Snow. Aurora already was a powerful Mage and now she has powerful Fae magic of Dawnstar, so she has become a powerful This is the third and the last book in Avalonia Chronicles and as the name suggest it has Dragon in it just one though not three like in Games of Throne. So Aurora our protagonist hae recently learned about her Dawnstar power which are even more formidable than high Fae Powers and also she is a Dragon Lord of Abraxas who can communicate and guide her in mind just like her Pegasus Snow. Aurora already was a powerful Mage and now she has powerful Fae magic of Dawnstar, so she has become a powerful contender to become the Queen of Illiador. But she has a grave task in hand to convince the other kingdom of Avalonia to fight with her to take back her kingdom. One would think why would anyone want to help her in fight which was not even theirs to begin with. There is reason they have a common enemy Evil Queen Morgana who seemingly wants to destroy Avalonia to control all Avalonia and she has alligned with Dark forces, Drakar. Even if Queen Morgana is not inflicting enough damage on Avalonia then she wants to raise Dark lord Dragath who the most powerful Fae couldn’t control(FYI Fae are more powerful than Mage). If Morgana find out the third key she will soon open the book of Abraxas and then Aurora will have to deal with the Dark Lords army which is no mean feat and even the light bringer our Dawnstar can’t defeat alone (or can she?) If this is not enough for you to pick up this book then there are two devastatingly handsome Prince’s who are vying for the affection of Princess Aurora Firedrake of Illiador. One is our loving Prince Rafael Ravenswood of Eldoren a mage, helper of the weak and other is a Dark Prince Tristan Nightshade of the Night Court who is a High Fae of Elite in Elfi which can kill any creature, human, mage, Drakaar or even dark Fae without blinking an eye. And Aurora is tied up between the two, Aurora heart goes to Rafe but she betrothed to Tristan and without both of their help she can’t fight Morgana. She needs as much as allies as possible otherwise if Dark lord is awaken Avalonia will fall into Dark times.

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Dec 21, 2020 Jennifer rated it liked it · review of another edition

Good storyline, weak writing

I really enjoyed the actual story but the main character was such a weak crybaby up until the end. And her repeatedly breaking down then finding her strength got old pretty quickly. Anna the author spent way too much on these moments going into details about how the character felt every time. Yes, we know she thinks she can't and yes, we know she (and her flying friend) convinced herself to she can. I was so annoyed every time one of these scenes came up. There was so ...more

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Jan 01, 2020 Tharian rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Excellent rate of creativity

The book creates a sense of curiosity after every line in the book.
The thriller makes you want to read the book altogether at once.
I would surely vote for this as the best book.
Farah Oomerbhoy is an excellent author and I deeply respect her.

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Jan 16, 2020 Dahle Enneper rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really good series. If you like magic and alive story with lots of twists and turns this series is for you

Really good series. If you like magic and alive story with lots of twists and turns this series is for you

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Jan 05, 2021 Silver Swan rated it it was amazing

A lovely conclusion to a wonderful series with epic and deeply emotional moments. It was hard to say goodbye to the characters!

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May 07, 2020 Jannelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was so pleased with this book. I am sad there will not be another in the series but I look forward to the author's next ideas. ...more

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Mar 20, 2020 M Angel rated it it was amazing

Best book ever. To bad this is the last book. I loved it!

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Mar 16, 2020 Dua rated it it was amazing

Couldn't hope for a better ending! ...more

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Dec 03, 2019 Lorin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019

I really loved reading this wonderful book! I loved the characters and the plot! I had a hard time putting this wonderful book down! I loved all of the books in this wonderful series!

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Feb 16, 2020 Kia rated it it was amazing

Amazing story, but too quick!

I read this 3rd book, and the first two in the past few days. I had stumbled upon them here based on previous books that I had read. I blew through the first two, and then came to this one. I think it could easily have been double the pages with the amount of story crammed into it.

I was so conflicted with the bit of a love triangle, as she wrote both male characters so well that I love both of them! Rafe is still one of my fave characters completely, but Tristan is ...more

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Jan 21, 2020 Amber rated it liked it

This wasn't my favorite from the series unfortunately but I still really enjoyed it and will always love this series. It is such a great fantasy that's so easy to dive into and fall in love with the characters. I will always recommend this series to any one looking for a light and fun fantasy. ...more

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Dec 23, 2019 viji rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wonderful

Had to read the whole 3 parts once again to get the continuity, but never felt bored and not even single character out of place

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Jan 05, 2020 Zoe Litherland rated it it was amazing

An amazing finish to an amazing series.

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Jan 13, 2020 Rachel rated it it was amazing

A thrilling conclusion to the trilogy. I didn't want it to end! Great book! ...more

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Farah Oomerbhoy is the international bestselling author of The Avalonia Chronicles. Her first book, The Last of the Firedrakes, was originally published on Wattpad where it gained over two million reads and a Watty Award. Since publication, The Last of the Firedrakes and book two The Rise of the Dawnstar have gone on to win numerous awards, including matching silver medals in IBPA’s Benjamin Frank ...more