Aaaaaaaaaaaa I just can't get enough of books about dragons/featuring dragons. I'm utterly obsessed!

If you love dragons you will love this book!

Dragons, heists and romance... What else do you need in a book!

LR. Lam has created a world I just want to be a part of and i cannot wait to read the rest of the world!

Unfortunately this one was a DNF for me - I felt like the book read like it was meant for a younger end of YA audience rather than the adult audience it was marketed to.

I didn't like the writing style and found both main characters to be irritating so I dnf'd at around 150 pages.

I knew within moments of starting this book that I was going to absolutely love it. I was instantly hooked and needed to know more about what was going on. I found it very difficult to put the book down once I had started it as I was just so very eager to know where the story was headed.

L. R. Lam has such an interesting way of interweaving the plot of the story and keeping you well and truly hooked. Switching between characters and giving you just enough information without releasing all of the information, this book was exceptional and keep you turning the page. Add an incredibly alluring and enjoyable story on top and you might just see why I am raving about Dragonfall.

On top of the plot line, the book is also full of rich characters that you can't help but want to root for. The first is Everen. He is a character full of heart and I simply adored him. You could feel the complex emotions he was dealing with and I just enjoyed reading about his journey and witnessing how much he grew and changed throughout. Then there is Arcady. Another character that fully imprinted on my heart. Arcady starts with a closed off heart. They have a mission and they're not going to let anything get in their way. Witnessing their transformation throughout the book was heart-warming and I was fully rooting for them by the end.

The ending of this book was better than I could have asked for. It has left me anxiously awaiting the next book in this series which, frustratingly, isn't out until 2025 but I will be grabbing it off the shelves as soon as I can. In the meantime, I will be making sure to recommend this book to everyone I can to ensure that the magic and fantasy of it goes far and wide.

So, if you love LGBTQ+ adult fantasy books with dragons and romance, make sure that you give this book a read!

I am always looking for new EPIC fantasies, but sadly, this one was not for me. I wanted to like this book, but finishing it was a struggle. My biggest disappointment was that, despite being about dragons, Everen spends most of his time in human form. The writing is detailed but fails to explain the world or magic effectively—I couldn't tell you much about either. The writing started strong, with interesting dragon concepts in Everen’s POV, but soon became overly detailed in ways that didn’t enhance the story. The worldbuilding felt generic despite attempted complexity and unnecessary monologues bogged down the narrative. Using first, second, and third-person POVs was confusing, and there were too many characters, many of whom felt unnecessary.

The romance lacked chemistry, making it hard to care about the characters. Although I appreciated the gender inclusivity, the plot dragged, and I skimmed to reach the end.

Interesting concept but no reason to care
Became too much of a romance which I didn’t expect when I picked up a book about dragons. I don’t want shifter romance and I don’t want weird dragon who accidentally turned into a human romance. If you removed the budding romance I’d be into this but it just lost my interest. I happened across a review stating it was a romance and I was like oop I don’t want this. As I continued I tried not to be bothered by it but I just couldn’t feel any chemistry between the main characters.

This also feels a little bit too much of a book I’ve seen before which again, it’s a shame.
I really hoped this was going to be like a reluctant allies kind of thing and if you’d removed the romance I really think this would have been for me.

It’s probably my fault for going into this relatively blind but I am a little tired of romantasy which does not hold up if you take the romance away.

Please stop making dragons sexy in the year of our Lord 2024. I just want them to be cool. Dragons are the most asexual mascot stop taking it away lol.

The prose was enjoyable though and the concept and world very interesting so I would read more by this author if it was a straight up fantasy.

We all love dragons..don’t we? And when they come in a high stakes high fantasy, with the elaborate world-building in which you can lose yourself, we get our heart’s wish.

Dragonfall is one such new series that you can look out for. With a gender-fluid thief, Arcady, and a dragon expected to deliver their kind from utter doom, Everen, it has the elements that make me love a story. It even has a great heist and an exciting cliffhanger.

What I liked best about the story is that it's one of a kind that truly represents gender-fluid characters. Their society has a system of addressing each other without assuming genders or attaching labels.

And of course the heist. While the start of any new fantasy can be slow, this heist comes at a point where you know the characters better. So it's more interesting and feels better paced.

The narration alternates between Arcady and Everen which gives you a deeper perception of them but it can also mean confusion in the beginning and some repetition. And there was a lot of backstory. I think this slow pacing converted it from a best read to an average read. I love books that grip me from the very beginning. But I had to keep myself motivated to keep learning about the people, places, language, and other intricacies in this one.

But I’ll still like to read what happens next. Because that cliffhanger just blew my mind.

Dragons! Queers!

If that doesn't convince you then it's probably not for you... If it does, absolutely pick this up. It took me a while to get into the writing style but once I did I really enjoyed the story.

I don’t know why it took me so long to read this book but I was hooked. I couldn’t put it down and the story of Arcady and Everen was enthralling. I loved the bond, the banter and above all the dragons and magic.

As a huge fan of Seven Devils, when I saw that Lam had another book coming out, I knew I needed to read it. While I wasn't completely sold, I'd still recommend Dragonfall because it has a very interesting and original premise (who doesn't like vengeful god-like dragons?) and I enjoyed the story and Lam's writing.

*Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review

I thought the writing was excellent and the plot was very interesting.
There were some parallels with the dragons in the Priory of the Orange Tree universe. The idea they lived among people and were then worshipped, for example.
Definitely worth a read.

I don't normally DNF books. I hate doing it. But on this occasion I had to make an exception. I couldn't gel with the characters and it all fell a bit flat for me.

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Wonderfully queer and a story with dragons? What isn't not to love? This book is awesome and so so recommended!

This was really good! It was a bit slow to start, but I enjoyed the outcome and am a little book-hungover after that finish. I know there's more to come in future publications, but I wish I had it in my hands already! Dragons may be my guilty pleasure read and I love a good shifter romance novel. This ticked all the boxes for me.

As I've loved books written by L.R. Lam in the past, I was very excited about reading Dragonfall. Unfortunately despite trying several times in the last six months I couldn't get into this one at all. I might try again in the future because I love fantasy books that tackle gender issues but sadly this is a DNF for now.

This book was simultaneously a good time, and a disappointment. Dragons!! Always here for dragons! But the worldbuilding was quite forced (lots of tell and not show) and the character development was really missing the spark that would get me to connect with them. Despite those negatives I'm still giving this 4*s and I'll definitely be carrying on with the series because there's a lot of potential here. It feels really weird to be disappointed in a 4* read, it wasn't bad at all. It's just that I could tell there was the potential there to be amazing, and it didn't quite reach that. Regardless I'm looking forwards to further books in this series.

I heard Laura Lam talk about Dragonfall at Cymera Festival and immediately knew I had to read it. The story follows Arcady, a thief who dreams of a life studying at the University as one of the drakine. To succeed in this goal Arcady steals a seal from the bones of the Plaguebringer – the most hated person in Lumet history. When Arcady casts a spell that drags Everen – the last male dragon – through the Veil, he is told he must convince Arcady to trust him and then kill her in order to bring dragons back to Lumet. Who will succeed and at what cost?

Dragonfall is a really fascinating read and there is lots about this book that I really enjoyed. The worldbuilding is well crafted – the world feels really fleshed out and detailed. I liked Lam’s writing style that was beautiful and compelling. The society Lam has created in this world is also really fascinating and I enjoyed the discussions around gender and identity. This story has a lot of elements that fantasy fans will fall in love with, including dragons, enemies to lovers, and a plot that centres around a heist.

I would have loved to see a bit more of the dragons in their home world, but that is hopefully something that will come in book two. I also found Everen’s chapters a little bit jarring because they are written to Arcady. Overall the characters are well developed and while I did like Everen and Arcady, I am particularly intrigued by Sorin and am excited to see where their story goes next. Dragonfall is a well crafted and entertaining read, one that many fantasy fans will fall in love with.

Had this recommended to me by a friend and as I assumed, it was wonderful! Any book with a dragon in it for me is a win but El's writing is so unique that it gave the somewhat overdone dragon tropes new life.

I've tried a couple of times to get into this one but the writing style just isn't for me. It's not gripping me in any way whatsoever which is a shame as I was looking forwards to this but just didn't work out sadly.