Book Tour + Review: The Dragon Tamer by Ava Richardson
The Dragon Tamer
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: October 31st 2018
Summary
In Alveria, humans and dragons have existed side by side for centuries, but old tensions have grown and the kingdom is now divided between human nobles and the dragons that fear for the survival of their species. For the humans who serve the dragons, the future looks bleak: human Tamers outnumber the dragons and no viable eggs have been laid in over two decades.
For seventeen-year-old Kaelan Younger, growing up at the bottom of Alverian society has been hard, made even harder by the fact that she is loyal to the crown and has a habit of opening her mouth when she shouldn’t. But when her mother, dying of a mysterious disease, reveals the secret of her father’s identity, Kaelan is thrust into a world she was never prepared for – the opportunity to train at a prestigious school for those who share a dragon’s bloodline. The Alveria Akademy is a proving ground for humans and dragons alike, and could give Kaelan the chance to change her life forever.
Faced with a new life, and the gradual realization that she is meant for something more, Kaelan must reconcile not only her past, but also the course of her future. When her responsibilities as a Tamer collide with her feelings for Lasaro, Prince of Alveria and a powerful dragon shifter, it will take a strength she has never known to prepare her for the coming danger, and the fate of the dragons she has been sworn to serve.
My Review
5 Stars
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
Dragons, dragons, dragons!
It is not surprising that this is what caught my attention when I was given the opportunity to review this book. I love a good fantasy and throwing in some dragons never hurts. I mean, I guess it would if you didn’t implement them in the right way but that was not the case here.
I really enjoyed Kaelan’s outspoken and stubborn nature. Watching how she adjusts from training as a healer to dragon tamer made me like her character even more. Lasaro is a good guy but really needed to get it together in my opinion. There were times when I just wanted to smack him in the head, HARD. I look forward to seeing how their relationship grows in the next book.
The world the author created was captivating and incorporated a nice little spin onto the typical dragon lore. I look forward to what Richardson brings to the table with book two.
About the Author
Ava Richardson writes epic page-turning Young Adult Fantasy books. She creates lovable characters and drops them into intricate worlds that are barely contained within your eReader. Her current work is the ‘Return of the Darkening Series’, which features Seb, Thea and their shared dragon, Kalax.
She grew up on a steady diet of fantasy and science fiction books handed down from her two big brothers – and despite being dog-eared and missing pages, she loved escaping into the magical worlds that those authors created. Her favorites were the ones about dragons; where they’d swoop, dive and soar through the skies of these enchanted lands.
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