The Alchemists of Loom (Loom Saga, #1)

by Elise Kova

that they placed tiny bioluminescent scones about every two pecas.

Everything focused on the importance of gold: steel refined a final time with the presence of reagents—Dragon organs and blood.

Harnessing enough magic to use a glider was something not every Dragon could do. Even Chimera—Fenthri outfitted with Dragon blood and organs—stood no chance of using them; too much magic was required.

Finally get an explanation of what they are

A dull thunk reverberated up through the Rider’s body and into Cvareh’s hand as a dagger plunged into the man’s heart. Cvareh felt Ari’s magic pulse through the Rider; the dagger twisted, pulverizing the heart before it retracted into her waiting palm. It was the first time he had ever been relieved to see one of those blades. “You idiot,” Arianna muttered, before she started on one of the other Riders.

Sybil had no tact, no reason. She reaped chaos, but it was too easy for things to be lost in chaos.

Her sister said there’d been a Fen and Chimera helping him. Leona had smelled Chimera blood thousands of times from the slaves at the Rok estate. Their blood was black for a reason—it was dirty, muddled, rotten. This was clean and sharp, but unlike anything she’d ever inhaled before.

Adulthood just meant finding the variety of crazy that resonated the most with you and doing it until you died or it killed you—whichever came first.