Week 17 Review: The Sky on Fire

From Goodreads:

From the acclaimed author of the Chorus of Dragons series, this propulsive new standalone fantasy is Dragonriders of Pern for a modern audience.

Enter a world ruled by dragons…

Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the jungles of the Deep with the titan drake she keeps by her side. When an adventuring party saves her from capture by the local warlord, Sicaryon, she is eager to return to her solitary life, but this is no ordinary rescue. Anahrod's past has caught up with her. And these cunning misfits intend to spirit her away to the cloud cities, where they need her help to steal from a dragon's hoard.

There's only one in the cloud cities, dragons rule, and the hoard in question belongs to the current regent, Neveranimas―and she wants Anahrod dead.

Fans of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series and Rebecca Yarros's The Fourth Wing will enjoy this page-turning adventure with conniving dragons, high-stakes intrigue, a daring heist, and a little bit of heat.

My Review:
Oh yeah, I loved reading this book! I was a bit nervous when I started, because I really loved the Chorus of Dragons series, and this is unconnected, but oh, it was such a fantastic read! I've never read Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, but I saw another review that said this book was in conversation with it, so I might have to check it out! 

This world of dragons, and being superior to humans, I've never read it to this extent before. Usually, it it's leaning that way, it's more of a partnership. But here, the dragon can take over the human's body, any time they wanted, without offering their own body. So very much a system that needed to be taken down.

Watching this group come together, and execute this heist, was so thrilling! Anahrod has reasons to want to stay away, given that they tried to kill her, but it's also an excellent reason to go along with the heist. And some mixed feelings about some members of the group that complicated matters. 

I had no idea where the book was going to go, things had happened, but there was still like a quarter left of the book to go. I had to know what was going to happen next, and oh, it was so thrilling! The way things wrapped up was so excellent! 

This was a fantastic read and I can't wait to read more by Jenn Lyons! 

Author: Jenn Lyons 
Read: April 21st, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a RR Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tor Books
Expected Publication: July 9th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars