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A review by nclcaitlin
Dreams of Fire by Shauna Lawless
4.0
I don’t normally like novellas. I was tempted to skip this one. Yet the reviews were all full of praise. Boy, am I glad I did!!
This was one of the best novellas I have ever read!
Whilst you could read this before reading book one, I would recommend reading The Children of Gods and Fighting Men first otherwise I feel you would miss the impact and not feel the connection to the characters or pick up on things that will link to the rest of the series!
This tells the story of Rónnat who is fiercely protective of her younger sister Fódla before all the Descendants agreed to live in the safety of the Fortress.
Their father had let the two young girls father let run wild in the north. They grew up swimming, climbing mountains, hunting, and getting into fights with mortal boys.
However, they return to the Fortress for the Gathering where the Council talks about the increasing danger and Rónnat becomes more aware of the politics and rising figures.
A few of the older members had already started to speak of their memories, and soon the tears became mingled with laughter. Not all sorrow, not all joy, but a reflection of life itself. A weave. Threads moving around each other, sometimes pulled low, sometimes high
How Lawless manages to make your heart ache in just 100 pages is incredible. Despite the short length, her characterisations are rich and profound and her descriptions don’t even seem to suffer!
It also adds depth to the world, fleshing out the past and the characters who set the current events in motion. It also lies foreshadowing for the future.
”Death and fire are coming, child. Death and fire. A war within a war. There is a way to change it. A way to save your sister. Will you listen?"
This series is definitely one I will be recommending!!
This was one of the best novellas I have ever read!
Whilst you could read this before reading book one, I would recommend reading The Children of Gods and Fighting Men first otherwise I feel you would miss the impact and not feel the connection to the characters or pick up on things that will link to the rest of the series!
This tells the story of Rónnat who is fiercely protective of her younger sister Fódla before all the Descendants agreed to live in the safety of the Fortress.
Their father had let the two young girls father let run wild in the north. They grew up swimming, climbing mountains, hunting, and getting into fights with mortal boys.
However, they return to the Fortress for the Gathering where the Council talks about the increasing danger and Rónnat becomes more aware of the politics and rising figures.
A few of the older members had already started to speak of their memories, and soon the tears became mingled with laughter. Not all sorrow, not all joy, but a reflection of life itself. A weave. Threads moving around each other, sometimes pulled low, sometimes high
How Lawless manages to make your heart ache in just 100 pages is incredible. Despite the short length, her characterisations are rich and profound and her descriptions don’t even seem to suffer!
It also adds depth to the world, fleshing out the past and the characters who set the current events in motion. It also lies foreshadowing for the future.
”Death and fire are coming, child. Death and fire. A war within a war. There is a way to change it. A way to save your sister. Will you listen?"
This series is definitely one I will be recommending!!