THE DRAGONIAN SERIES by Adrianne Woods
Can I just start by saying how much I love this series? Becouse I do love it. A LOT.
I bought the Dragonian series completely on my kindle and while I usually prefer having the actual book to read, after finishing this series I have a new found apreciation for ebooks. Firstly because to be honest, when I bought the first book in the series (Firebolt ) I literally expected nothing from it other than to pass the time untill I was able to buy the book that I really wanted and Secondly it was cheap and the right amount of money I had left over from a previous £10 amazon gift card and I probably wouldn't have bought it otherwise . Shameful, I know.
But God was I wrong! After the first few chapters I found myself so immersed in the book that before I knew it I had finished the whole thing in a couple of hours! And from then on my obsession with this amazing series spiraled out of control and ended with me reading all three of the main series books ( Firebolt, Thunderlight and Frostbite ) aswell as the two novellas ( venom and poison ) within, like, 5 days.
Let me start by listing the things that I love about this series :
1 ) THE CONCEPT / THE WORLD
While I get that the idea of dragons turning into people or vice versa is not that original, compared with the usual YA supernatural / fantasy books about vampires and werewolves or angles and demons, to read about dragons for a change was extremely refreshing, especially since dragons don't seem to be all that popular as of late ( don't understand why. . ) and woods succeeds beautifully in reminding everyone why they were so popular in the first place. I also adore the creative original ideas such as the dragonians, the rubicon, the dark mark, the prophecies and of course the dents * squeals like a true fangirl * ( the dents and other character pairngs in the book are amazing but i'll get onto that later ). All of these things tie in to make the story what it is and the fact that pagania (were the novel is set) is such an intesting place and the idea of it being the bermuda triangle with a giant wall that once humans cross they can never go back is so intriguing you can't help but want to know more!
2) THE CHARACTERS
The MC in this series is Elena Watkins, a 16 year old girl who gets taken to pagania when she finds out about dragons after her father is killed by them while there on the run for reasons unknown to Elena. Right I've got to be honest with you I wasn't a huge fan of Elena at the beginning of the series, I felt she had no courage or bravery, no apparent strength of character and was too wimpy and whiny over somethings such as going outside the hospital, being a dragonian, flying and about her dad moving them, I mean did it never register to her that there was obviously a good reason for doing so and that he was probably doing it to protect them? Nope insted she just blames it on paranoia over nothing and never questions it further. Sometimes throughtout the series I just wanted to scream "STAND UP AND BE A MAN ELENA!". Despite this after the mission to retrieve the sword of lions and finally showing some bravery I felt these occasions getting less and less until, to my complete surprise, I found myself respecting her and the way she handled blake in the chapter from Moonbreeze at the end of poison.
Next lets talk about Lucian and Blake. Lucian is Elenas first love intrest in the series and despite it being an insta-love I really liked them together and really liked Lucian himself, I found myself buying into his good, caring and funny nature and was truly devestated when he died (like bawling-into-my-pasta-infront-of-all-my-family devestated). Blake was a different story as until there time training together in Frostbite I kind of just thought he was a huge dick and was confused on wether they would end up together but looking back on it now i'm so glad that we didn't get to know him earlier on as it would've taken away from lucian and elena, as im now a huge blake x elena shipper yay dent! , and it avoided an annoying and outright love triangle and insted only gave the hint of one which was nice. As for the other side characters such as Elenas two best friends Sammy and Becky and there boyfriends/ dents Dean and George , Tabitha, Adrianna , Master longwei etc I think that each persons personality fit there character and role perfectly and the diversity in them ment nothing felt missing. The only complaint I have is about Becky sometimes I found her getting on my nerves and I'm not sure wether its a character fault or just me. Probably just me.
3) THE PLOT TWISTS
When you think about it there are so many freakin plot twists in this series its astounding were not all totally and completely lost. And you want to know why were not all totally and completely lost? Because they actually make sense! Shocking, I know. Its something that I absolutely love about the way woods writes as she has the ability to keep the reader intrested and guessing but not in a bad, mixed up way but in a way we can understand as any answers that are given or mysteries that are revealed are explained thoroughly and clearly with no loose ends just flapping away in the hypothetical wind.
But God was I wrong! After the first few chapters I found myself so immersed in the book that before I knew it I had finished the whole thing in a couple of hours! And from then on my obsession with this amazing series spiraled out of control and ended with me reading all three of the main series books ( Firebolt, Thunderlight and Frostbite ) aswell as the two novellas ( venom and poison ) within, like, 5 days.
Let me start by listing the things that I love about this series :
1 ) THE CONCEPT / THE WORLD
While I get that the idea of dragons turning into people or vice versa is not that original, compared with the usual YA supernatural / fantasy books about vampires and werewolves or angles and demons, to read about dragons for a change was extremely refreshing, especially since dragons don't seem to be all that popular as of late ( don't understand why. . ) and woods succeeds beautifully in reminding everyone why they were so popular in the first place. I also adore the creative original ideas such as the dragonians, the rubicon, the dark mark, the prophecies and of course the dents * squeals like a true fangirl * ( the dents and other character pairngs in the book are amazing but i'll get onto that later ). All of these things tie in to make the story what it is and the fact that pagania (were the novel is set) is such an intesting place and the idea of it being the bermuda triangle with a giant wall that once humans cross they can never go back is so intriguing you can't help but want to know more!
2) THE CHARACTERS
The MC in this series is Elena Watkins, a 16 year old girl who gets taken to pagania when she finds out about dragons after her father is killed by them while there on the run for reasons unknown to Elena. Right I've got to be honest with you I wasn't a huge fan of Elena at the beginning of the series, I felt she had no courage or bravery, no apparent strength of character and was too wimpy and whiny over somethings such as going outside the hospital, being a dragonian, flying and about her dad moving them, I mean did it never register to her that there was obviously a good reason for doing so and that he was probably doing it to protect them? Nope insted she just blames it on paranoia over nothing and never questions it further. Sometimes throughtout the series I just wanted to scream "STAND UP AND BE A MAN ELENA!". Despite this after the mission to retrieve the sword of lions and finally showing some bravery I felt these occasions getting less and less until, to my complete surprise, I found myself respecting her and the way she handled blake in the chapter from Moonbreeze at the end of poison.
Next lets talk about Lucian and Blake. Lucian is Elenas first love intrest in the series and despite it being an insta-love I really liked them together and really liked Lucian himself, I found myself buying into his good, caring and funny nature and was truly devestated when he died (like bawling-into-my-pasta-infront-of-all-my-family devestated). Blake was a different story as until there time training together in Frostbite I kind of just thought he was a huge dick and was confused on wether they would end up together but looking back on it now i'm so glad that we didn't get to know him earlier on as it would've taken away from lucian and elena, as im now a huge blake x elena shipper yay dent! , and it avoided an annoying and outright love triangle and insted only gave the hint of one which was nice. As for the other side characters such as Elenas two best friends Sammy and Becky and there boyfriends/ dents Dean and George , Tabitha, Adrianna , Master longwei etc I think that each persons personality fit there character and role perfectly and the diversity in them ment nothing felt missing. The only complaint I have is about Becky sometimes I found her getting on my nerves and I'm not sure wether its a character fault or just me. Probably just me.
3) THE PLOT TWISTS
When you think about it there are so many freakin plot twists in this series its astounding were not all totally and completely lost. And you want to know why were not all totally and completely lost? Because they actually make sense! Shocking, I know. Its something that I absolutely love about the way woods writes as she has the ability to keep the reader intrested and guessing but not in a bad, mixed up way but in a way we can understand as any answers that are given or mysteries that are revealed are explained thoroughly and clearly with no loose ends just flapping away in the hypothetical wind.
These are just a few of the many reasons I love the dragonian series and would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of YA fantasy romance books. I promise you wont be disappointed!
Love, M x
P.S- I am however disappointed in the lack of dragonian series Elena and Blake fanfiction. If someone would get on that it would be much appreciated
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