4⭐️s!

Fantastically executed second book!! This book was incredibly good. An incredible follow up to Dragonfall and it was SO easy to fall back into this wonderfully complicated world (which really surprised me!!). Lam’s writing in this series can take some getting used to, but this time round it was still so familiar and gripping despite it being over a year since I read book one.

This book is a love letter to magical schools and trials and destiny and grand purposes and it is WONDERFUL. From start to finish, the plot stays on track and the twists are detailed and shocking in some cases, without them being incredibly far fetched. I loved getting different POVs, all of them so distinctive from the others and each served a clear purpose but were also entertaining. I loved loved loved Everens POVs, they were one of my favourite things. The language used, the way that lam let us inside his head was incredible - I could feel how much he loved Arcady!

The setting of the university for this book was brilliant, I loved seeing Arcady mix with other characters from different backgrounds and learning more about the magic system while they were training. My only tiny complaint on this front is that I felt we could have had a little more detail overall about the little things while Arcady was there - we skipped a lot of time here and there and sometimes I wished I’d seen Arcady do some of the stuff written on page. Sometimes it threw me out of the book but nothing too drastic - I just want more because I love this world ok sorry.

Arcady and Everen were nothing short of fantastic in this book. Incredibly strong leads when they were apart and beautifully integrated when together. When they reunited I had little tears!!! I loved seeing their relationship grow and strengthen even when it looked like it was impossible (but they just needed to find how one would do it…) 🥹 Everen will probably be one of my most favourite characters for the rest of my life, I love that little dragon boy very much. Sorin was actually so much more interesting in this book than the last, and I enjoyed reading her POVs and seeing her and Arcady kinda become friends. All of the other side characters what were introduced were good, Willem specifically stood out to me and I would love to see him and Arcady become better friends in a future book!!

This book closed the series on a really nice note. I would absolutely love more from this world and these characters, but if nothing else is made then I am very content with the ending we got. What a wonderful world!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the eArc and thank you to L. R. Lam for writing a wonderful ending to characters I cherish.

I loved Dragonfall, so I was super excited to start this one!
LR Lam has taken a very unique take on dragons, which I enjoyed a lot.
I always find her writing style enjoyable and well executed. Love the characters and the world building. Great book!

Emberclaw by L.R. Lam is such a good book. Loved every single second of this lovely book!!! So so good. I loved every single detail in this story. So so good.