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A review by the_cover_contessa
A Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Harper Voyager for an egalley of this title to read and give an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
Jordan has long been a favorite author of mine. I love that she is versatile and can write in several different genres as well as age groups. I have read many of her YA books and her new adult. I've seen how well she writes contemporary, historical fiction, and fantasy. So I had no doubt I would enjoy this new one from her. And I was not wrong!
The first thing that drew me to this book is the dragons. They are very in right now (sailing on the coattails of Fourth Wing). What I hoped for was something unique and I do think I got it. The book was reminiscent of the Talon series by Kagawa but with a bit of an older crowd and some twisting involved. I see it being heralded as a romantasy and I will give it props to that because there is a lot of centering around the romantic relationship in this book. But that is not all it's about.
The world building is a little lite with this one. I kind of wanted more depth. Jordan does seemlessly weaves in the background of our character's fates and how the current world we are reading about is formed. There is some historical fiction in the form of a whipping girl; a throwback to 18th century aristocracy. But, don't get me wrong, this book really is pure fantasy about dragons and their history as it pertains to the world we are reading about. There is a bit of repetitiveness with the story line. Characters having inner monologue that is the same over and over again, giving nothing to actually move the story forward. So those bits were slower to absorb for me.
Jordan's characters are well fleshed out enough. The story is told in alternating points of view from Tamsyn, Fell, and Stig. There is one chapter from another character that plants some background. I kind of wish we had a few more of those as they would have leant to more world building. The points of view give good insight into who the characters are. The romance was ok. You know there is some connection by how the characters react in each other's presence. The romance becomes forced proximity. I wanted there to be more of a build up between the two characters romance wise, though. I felt like the chemistry was just a bit off. Characters are too quick to accept things, as well.
If you like twists, this story has a big one towards the end. I sort of figured it out but wanted to see how it would be revealed. The pacing was a bit more slow than what I would have liked before about the last 25% but it was fast enough that I wanted to see where things would go.
I was entertained enough that I would move on to the next book in this series. The ending definitely leaves all the room for that as it's basically a cliffhanger scenario. I need to know what happens next.
3.75 stars
Jordan has long been a favorite author of mine. I love that she is versatile and can write in several different genres as well as age groups. I have read many of her YA books and her new adult. I've seen how well she writes contemporary, historical fiction, and fantasy. So I had no doubt I would enjoy this new one from her. And I was not wrong!
The first thing that drew me to this book is the dragons. They are very in right now (sailing on the coattails of Fourth Wing). What I hoped for was something unique and I do think I got it. The book was reminiscent of the Talon series by Kagawa but with a bit of an older crowd and some twisting involved. I see it being heralded as a romantasy and I will give it props to that because there is a lot of centering around the romantic relationship in this book. But that is not all it's about.
The world building is a little lite with this one. I kind of wanted more depth. Jordan does seemlessly weaves in the background of our character's fates and how the current world we are reading about is formed. There is some historical fiction in the form of a whipping girl; a throwback to 18th century aristocracy. But, don't get me wrong, this book really is pure fantasy about dragons and their history as it pertains to the world we are reading about. There is a bit of repetitiveness with the story line. Characters having inner monologue that is the same over and over again, giving nothing to actually move the story forward. So those bits were slower to absorb for me.
Jordan's characters are well fleshed out enough. The story is told in alternating points of view from Tamsyn, Fell, and Stig. There is one chapter from another character that plants some background. I kind of wish we had a few more of those as they would have leant to more world building. The points of view give good insight into who the characters are. The romance was ok. You know there is some connection by how the characters react in each other's presence. The romance becomes forced proximity. I wanted there to be more of a build up between the two characters romance wise, though. I felt like the chemistry was just a bit off. Characters are too quick to accept things, as well.
If you like twists, this story has a big one towards the end. I sort of figured it out but wanted to see how it would be revealed. The pacing was a bit more slow than what I would have liked before about the last 25% but it was fast enough that I wanted to see where things would go.
I was entertained enough that I would move on to the next book in this series. The ending definitely leaves all the room for that as it's basically a cliffhanger scenario. I need to know what happens next.
3.75 stars