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A review by books_with_benghis_kahn
Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5.0
Sometimes a read comes along that just sweeps you away and takes you for a rollercoaster ride that you just never want to come to the end of. This was a perfect book for me. I was never once bored or taken out of the narrative. It features two of the best sieges I've ever read, and one that blew me away both from a strategic/action standpoint and from an emotional one.
At the same time I was growing more connected to all the main characters, and the one I hadn't been too fond of (Totho) in book 1 became an extremely deep and complex character study in this one.
The POVs we start to get from inside the top of the Wasp Empire were magnificently done, as were the ant POVs with such an interesting insight into that extremely different and well developed culture.
I just couldn't put this book down and am thrilled to say with this one that Shadows of the Apt is no doubt among my favorite series.
At the same time I was growing more connected to all the main characters, and the one I hadn't been too fond of (Totho) in book 1 became an extremely deep and complex character study in this one.
The POVs we start to get from inside the top of the Wasp Empire were magnificently done, as were the ant POVs with such an interesting insight into that extremely different and well developed culture.
I just couldn't put this book down and am thrilled to say with this one that Shadows of the Apt is no doubt among my favorite series.