I really enjoyed this book, there’s lots to love from revolution, dragons and suspense.

The story begins with a brutal revolution where the majority of the leading families are killed to make way for the new. Lee watches as his family are killed and he is spared. He lives on and hides his identity to survive. He trains to be a dragon rider but his past comes back to bite him.

Will he live? Will his identity be revealed. I was stressed reading this, I can’t even tell you. I loved getting to know the characters and as events unfold I was worried about what would happen to them. Also can’t help but love the dragons.

I would recommend this for lovers of fantasy, drama and action.

Annie and Lee are great together! 😍

The world building is fantastic! Also the social dynamics of all the characters and the writing was brilliant and really sucked me in.

I was fully invested in the future of these characters in the new world that was created from the ashes of Lee's life 😭. Listening to their past and then what they are going through in the present is heart-breaking. It really shows the reality of what happens after a revolution and it is tragic but a fascinating and gripping read.

Lee's and Annie's backstories clash and watching them reconcile with this and choose each other was just *chefs kiss* I loved reading every minute of it and I want more.

I cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for an eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I've already read this book, but I loved it so much before I couldn't resist a reread!
One of my favourite series, and I'm so happy its officially being published in the UK.
Warning, will make you desperate for a dragon of your own!

A peasant and a high lord thrown together in a new regime where they must face their pasts and decide their futures.

“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙪𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙬𝙚'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩.”

Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's noble family was murdered by revolutionaries. Raised together as orphans forged their friendship, and seven years of training have made them rivals for the top position in the dragonriding fleet.
Everything is thrown awry when survivors from the old regime surface, bent on reclaiming the city.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚'𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.

Read this for:
The focus on characterisation and inner struggles with each other’s identities.
Politics.
Enemies to friends to enemies to …. ??
DRAGONS.

I recommend for fans of Termeraire!