*Fiasco* by Constance Fay is an engaging and dramatic exploration of personal turmoil and the consequences of poor decisions. The story centers around characters whose lives spiral out of control, each facing the fallout of their actions. Fay's writing is sharp and raw, capturing the emotional depth and complexity of her characters. The plot unfolds with unexpected twists and turns, keeping readers hooked as they witness the characters' unraveling. Themes of redemption, failure, and self-realization are thoughtfully explored. *Fiasco* is a compelling read for those who enjoy character-driven stories that delve into human flaws and the messy realities of life.

I knew this book was going to sweep me away and yet I was not prepared for just how much I was going to love every page.

Jenn Lyons is an absolute master of her craft and an auto buy author for me. She weaves epic fantasy in an effortless way and yet each element of fantasy is well thought. And also always surprisingly funny.

A queer normative world always brings me joy and this book was no exception. I would like to request 12 more in the series.

Also the dragons - so different and so amazing!
Cannot recommend this book enough.

Anything with dragons and I am sold. "The Sky on Fire" was no exception.

I was so fascinated with the twist that the dragons ruled the world. It was truly enjoying to read the world building that was taking place along with the story of a heist. I believe this would be a fun read for fantasy lovers and fans of the found family trope.

Thank you NetGalley and Tor Books for gifting me this ARC. I enjoyed it and can't wait to tell people to get this one.

Heist fantasy with dragons.

This book was a wild mix of many things, started as an escape from hunters and confusing as hell with this world building where no much made sense, and for a moment I even thought it would be a competition fantasy or that it would lean heavily in the romance, which it didn't in either case.

There are dragons plotting against dragons, with dragonriders using magic and a heist in the core of it.

It gave me Treasure Planet vibes for a moment but that was a faint.

The world building seemed rather small, and it's heavy on the character work, but the characters were rather funny and unique.

There was even a super horny conversation very out of pocket.

I would be down for another standalone in this universe with these characters.

This book was honestly set up well in the synopsis, but the journey with Anarhod was a bit cumbersome and to be frank, also a bit lacking in the personality department.

The cast of characters also started to blend for me, and at times I couldn't tell if the dragons were the one talking or the humans were the one talking.

By the time the heist happen, I just wanted the book to be over. I felt as if there was too much in the plot trying to be executed all at once.

DNF at 10%.

Unfortunately, this book wasn’t for me. I couldn’t get into the story and was just confused about what was going on. It felt like I was thrown into the deep end without any explanation or information.

I thought this was very good and I will have to add this to the shop shelves. Thank you for the chance for us to review.

A beautiful story that transports the reader to a world filled with danger, fantasy, dragons, and a world that is so rich in detail it feels alive. Jenn Lyons' has done it again.

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

The Sky on Fire is an interesting story about a woman named Anahrod who teams up with a group of misfits to execute the biggest and most dangerous heist of all time. I had a good time with this one but I felt like a lot of the story was underdeveloped. I never felt connected to the characters or fully understood their motivations. I felt like there was a bit too much going on at times and we didn't get to spend enough time in one place or focus enough on certain aspects of the world. I would of liked a lot more from this story and would have loved to see this expanded into a series to be able to add more to the story.

Thank you to the publisher for gifting me an ARC of this book!

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Fun fantasy book in the realm of Forth Wing. I would recommend this book to most.

Good book, incredible world building and characters. I just wanted to see that this book would have been better fleshed out as a trilogy. One book was simply not enough for me especially when the ending left me wanting more about how the rebuilding world would be.

This felt kind of all over for me. You get thrown into a battle right off the beginning, but then there's dialogue that felt like it went on for ages. I liked the idea of the dragon riders and the non riders, but I just really struggled to get into this one.

I started this book, but it wasn’t for me. I didn’t care for the writing style, so I decided not to get all the way to the end of the book. I had similar issues with another book by this author, so I would actually recommend this book to people who like the author’s writing style and are interested in the premise!

Hot damn, I do not like this book. I had an eARC and tried for too long to get through it prior to its release date, but put it down at over 60%. I decided to wait for a library loan of the audiobook to try and finish it that way, and after ten days of trying that I’m pulling the plug.

What initially put me off was the constant insta-lust. It’s jarring and takes me right out of the story. Then, the story has a weird habit (trope? maybe?) of the FMC getting knocked unconscious. It seems like a lazy way of resolving conflict, and it just forces characters along in the plot. This happens at least three times that I can think of. The pacing itself had me constantly questioning why it was either dragging along or at a peak seemingly out of nowhere.

Outside of all that, there are a few characters that I can appreciate. I still don’t know for sure who is who when it comes to side characters, but a couple of them had funny quirks and were fairly witty.

I don’t typically like to write “negative” reviews, but maybe there’s someone out there who loves the things that I don’t about this book. I hope that’s the case because honestly the cover is really cool and I was genuinely excited about this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor for allowing me to have this Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for my honest review!

The Sky on Fire follows our FMC Anahrod. She has grown accustomed to her solitary life when one day she is captured by the local warlord. Thankfully she is sprung from her capture by a band of misfits and after separating ways, Anahrod thought she was going back to her every day life. Much to her surprise, such was not the case. She is now being roped in to accomplish the biggest heist ever, stealing a dragon’s hoard. There’s just one major issue, this specific dragon wants Anahrod dead!

Although I have some degree of understanding of the story and the plot, I read 45% of the book before deciding to DNF. The synopsis was captivating and I really wanted to read a heist story that would blow my socks off but half way through the book I didn’t understand what was going on! There were so many characters and so many pieces of the story given to us that I couldn’t figure out what was relevant to the overarching plot. I wish the story wasn’t so muddled with information so it would be easier to follow. Maybe I will try this again in the future but for now I’ll have to leave it behind.

I think it’s been a while since I read a fantasy book with dragons, even though I do love them quite a bit. I was definitely glad this is a stand-alone because I’ve become horrible at keeping track with series. And this was quite enjoyable.

Firstly the narration of the audiobook was very good, and especially helped me with the pronunciations of everything. But I did get too impatient in the second half of the book and just read my ebook instead of the audio, coz I just wanted to get to know what was gonna happen, as soon as possible. The writing itself was easy to read, full of fun banter and humor, and some great friendships and romantic entanglements, that it made for a lovely read which had me smiling while also being quite edge of the seat.

While there were places where we get a lot of info dumps about the world and the magic system, and some plotlines were just left hanging without satisfying exploration, I still thought the author did a good job making it an overall fun fantasy read. The dragon/dragonrider dynamics, the eclectic group banded together for an impossible heist, a very unexpected and instalovey but ultimately adorable throuple, and a very action packed last quarter, make this definitely one of the books that I had most fun reading this year.

I liked this one. I think it had a fun and unique approach to dragons while also hitting all the familiar tropes. As always, Lyons approaches sexuality in a unique and interesting way. My main issue was that this book was trying to do too many things at once to where you couldn't dig deep on any one element. I wanted a bit richer world building. I also felt like the pace was breakneck while not really moving the plot forward until about 40%. At that point, the plot moved, but it was still SOOOO fast that I didn't get to enjoy anything. Dig deeper into anything. I did like the plot and the characters I just wanted more depth

I didn’t get to finish this book, I got a new Amazon prime account and my kindle deleted everything associated with my previous account including all of my downloads and I only just figured out why it wasn’t appearing whenI tried re-sending to my kindle multiple times. Now I’ve finally found the source of my problem and changed/updated the kindle email and can now download books again. It really messed up my reviews for all of the books I’d requested over the past few months, I apologize. I liked what I was able to read so that’s what I’m rating. I will purchase finish and properly review this and thank NetGalley for the ARC at a later date.

I was able to read this because NetGalley provided with an arc. I loved this romantasy. Great Read. I would read more by this author.

Absolutely loved this book. The characters all had great depth, interesting motives, and the plot twists were awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the protagonist’s romance(s), the flirting & emotional turmoil she went through as she tried to sort through her feelings. The ending was extremely satisfying, without the overdone “and they lived happily ever after.”

One aspect I really adored throughout the book was the garden rings— how individuals ‘shared’ their gender identity, including whether they were trans, and both their romantic and sexual orientations. It was a brilliant way to show how normalized & accepted queerness was in the book, as well as being a great bit of worldbuilding.