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Court of Dragons
by Frost Kay
⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 3 stars
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
Court of Dragons is a story about Wren, who’s family is attacked on her wedding day. When she’s captured by the elves, she gets a choice: marriage or death.
The book is relatively short and reads very easily. Before noticing it, I had already read half of the book while thinking I wasn’t that far yet.
I liked the worldbuilding and the premise of the book, but it could’ve been a bit more detailed. A lot is left to the imaginary and especially when you see the map at the beginning of the book, I expected a bit more. The fact that only two places shown on the map are mentioned or visited shows the potential for worldbuilding in future books as well. I’m also anticipating more of the dragons in future books, as they weren’t as present as I would’ve thought with the title and cover.
I liked the characters. Wren was fierce and fought for what she believed in, which I admired. I do think she acted a bit rash sometimes. Arrik wasn’t really someone I got a good grip on. I feel like we’ve only seen the surface, but because of this he fell a bit flat. I hope we get to know his character more in dept in the future.
While it was off to a very good start, with a nice opening that introduced you to the world and the characters, the ending was really, really fast. I kind of had a feeling it was going to be like that. Around 25% Wren and Arrik meet, around 82% they come to an understanding and then the ending was quite surprising but felt a bit rushed. I would’ve liked it if the ending was given a bit more thought and was a bit more paced. I was a really big fan of the fighting scenes in the beginning, as they’re written in a way that’s easy to follow while what’s happening is absolute chaos.
Even though the ending was fast-paced, it did come with a twist I hadn’t seen coming, which I like. I also liked how Wren and Arrik weren’t rushed in a relationship at the very end of the book after they came to an understanding as happens in so many other books. It gives their relationship room to grow in a believable way. Honestly, it really is a good example of slow burn.
Overall, I really liked it and it has a lot of potential, so I’m looking forward to the sequel.
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
Court of Dragons is a story about Wren, who’s family is attacked on her wedding day. When she’s captured by the elves, she gets a choice: marriage or death.
The book is relatively short and reads very easily. Before noticing it, I had already read half of the book while thinking I wasn’t that far yet.
I liked the worldbuilding and the premise of the book, but it could’ve been a bit more detailed. A lot is left to the imaginary and especially when you see the map at the beginning of the book, I expected a bit more. The fact that only two places shown on the map are mentioned or visited shows the potential for worldbuilding in future books as well. I’m also anticipating more of the dragons in future books, as they weren’t as present as I would’ve thought with the title and cover.
I liked the characters. Wren was fierce and fought for what she believed in, which I admired. I do think she acted a bit rash sometimes. Arrik wasn’t really someone I got a good grip on. I feel like we’ve only seen the surface, but because of this he fell a bit flat. I hope we get to know his character more in dept in the future.
While it was off to a very good start, with a nice opening that introduced you to the world and the characters, the ending was really, really fast. I kind of had a feeling it was going to be like that. Around 25% Wren and Arrik meet, around 82% they come to an understanding and then the ending was quite surprising but felt a bit rushed. I would’ve liked it if the ending was given a bit more thought and was a bit more paced. I was a really big fan of the fighting scenes in the beginning, as they’re written in a way that’s easy to follow while what’s happening is absolute chaos.
Even though the ending was fast-paced, it did come with a twist I hadn’t seen coming, which I like. I also liked how Wren and Arrik weren’t rushed in a relationship at the very end of the book after they came to an understanding as happens in so many other books. It gives their relationship room to grow in a believable way. Honestly, it really is a good example of slow burn.
Overall, I really liked it and it has a lot of potential, so I’m looking forward to the sequel.