Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance reader's copy of the book. Holy fuck man. This book was amazing and that ending is just leaving me wanting more. I loved the world building and the way I am just sucked into this world. I didn't put this down until I had finished it. I love Tamsyn and Fell. I love the dragons and need to know more. Stig can just go fall off a cliff. My hats off to the author, this is a fantastic book. I will be recommending this to all of my reader friends. I hope it's not a long wait for the next book.

Thank you to NetGallery, Avon, and Harper Voyager for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

I was captivated from start to finish in this world where dragons are said to be extinct and witches have been hunted to eliminate all magic. Tamsyn is the royal whipping girl and is forced to marry Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands, to keep the peace with the warriors who offer protection for the home she has always known. This was a fun quick read with easy worldbuilding. The development of the plot had me not wanting to put this one down. I was able to predict a lot of what was going to happen but it in no way took away from my enjoyment.

The romance had me eating up every interaction between Tamsyn and Fell as those walls started slowly coming down. Fell is the possessive, brutal warrior and Tamsyn is the ordinary girl who starts to learn how extraordinary she really is. We get some of my fav micro-tropes: eyes on me, he falls first, and wound care. We also have a love triangle but it just added to Fell’s possessiveness so I did not mind one bit.

I loved the different take on dragons, the multi-POV, and the breakdown of the book into the five parts (the wedding was definitely my favorite). The ending has me excited for the next book to come as I need to know what will happen next! Overall, 4.25 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for allowing me a chance to read this ARC and review it.

This romantasy book has a lot of tropes that I love reading about!
- enemies to lovers
- arranged marriage
- touch her and 💀
- dragons
- strong willed FMC
- a little spice

Even with so many of my favorite tropes, the writing was just so-so and felt repetitive. It was hard to stay invested in the story and towards the end I was just ready for it to be over.

This was my first novel by Sophie Jordan and I enjoyed it. A Fire in the Sky is a fantasy book with romance and not a romantasy. There are a couple of steamy scenes between the FMC & MMC but if you are looking for lots of high spice this isn't the book for you. Tamsyn & Fell aren't revolutionary characters but they make a solid enemies to lovers couple. The surrounding cast of characters don't stand out as extraordinary but they make decent foils moving the plot along. I would have liked more of Fell showing his protective side toward Tamsyn rather than all of the internal monologue that happens. The "touch her and die" isn't as strong in some places as it could be. I did see the twist coming but I didn't see all of it so that was a nice surprise. This definitely leaves room for a sequel and I would happily read it to see what becomes of Tamsyn & Fell.

Overall I'd rate it 3.5 stars.

This was fine. It's very much an insta-lust romantasy with either Viking or Scottish barbarian types. The twist was more weird than interesting. Still, it was fun and light and I needed that.

3.5/5 stars.

Tamsyn, the royal whipping girl, seemingly on the cusp of earning her freedom is suddenly forced to marry the King of the Borderlands, Fell. As they set out for their new life together, loyalties are tested, strength found and secrets abound.

A Fire in the Sky interested me with the plot, and having read other books by Sophie Jordan, I was super excited to see this world. Overall, I liked the characters and the story, but the pace seemed a bit off. I felt like I was reading the internal thoughts of the characters more than I was what was happening to them, which seemed to slow the story quite a bit. I feel like with the setup of the story, there could’ve been more action for the characters. I am invested in the characters and want to continue to follow their story!

I really want to give this five stars. I was able to get completely lost in this world and found the main characters reactions and tenacity very relatable. One thing in the writing that started to get on my nerves and brought me out if the story was a penchant to repeat words. It was like the author couldnt think of a better way to describe something so she would just repeat herself. For example if she was talking about the character wanting hope she would say “hope hope hope.” It happened several times and not with only one character. I hope the editors remove this before publishing. Other than that one quirk in the writing I loved the build up of the love story. I loved the intrigue of all the plot twists and love triangle. There were some incredible quotes that resonated with me. “ There were some walks you must go alone in life.” and “ My grim fate yawned ahead, posts in a fence, one after another, days falling in succession, in sameness, in tedium.” Overall, I truly enjoyed this story.

Thanks to Netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager for an eARC. In a world where the dragons were all killed and the witches were hunted after that lived a girl who was the whipping girl for three princesses. Tamsyn was found as a baby and raised with the princesses but it was her duty to take the punishment for her sisters the princesses. She was happy to take that duty and protect her sisters. The Border King or The Beast comes and wants something for protecting their kingdom for so long. He wants to marry one of princesses. He is looked on as a Barbarian and the King and Queen need his continued help so they look to trick The Beast and give him Tamsyn instead. A story I couldn’t put down. Are the dragons really gone? Will Tamsyn protect her sisters again and serve in their place? Will she fall for The Beast? A story that pulled me in and desperately waiting for the next one!

this book has got so many of the things i love.....arranged marriage, touch her and die vibes, brute of a man, and a woman who’s more than she seems.....oh and not to forget about DRAGONS

tbh imo the writing isnt fantastic, some parts have a fair amount of repetition...but the entertainment value is there and the pacing is on point which had me reading this in one sitting and staying up far too later on a work night HA.
the spice was certainly spicin and the plot while predictable was entertaining.

Despite the personal issues that I had with this story, I did enjoy it. I liked it. And yes, I would read the next book. But I didn’t love it.

The book was very predictable down to every single aspect of the plot. So I wouldn’t call this thrilling or a nailbiting page turner.

We have an adopted “princess “who’s not really a real princess and she’s known as the whipping girl. Every time her sisters is getting in trouble. She’s the one that ends up getting the physical punishment.
When The Border King wants to claim a daughter for his own as a wife, the King and Queen sacrifice the whipping girl, their daughter, Tasmyn.

But Tasmyn is not a normal girl. Of course she’s not. And it’s very obvious from the very beginning what she is and who she is.
The internal dialogue is painfully repetitive. And I noticed that that’s a main issue for a lot of people reading early reviews as well. This book is repetitive as hell.
The book is also quite choppy. So there’s not a lot of description in certain scenes and they end abruptly. Chapters don’t flow easily from one to the next.
It’s a fast paced storyline. Some stuff happens, but also not really.
It’s strangely entertaining enough that I would read the next book, but I did end up canceling my pre-order for the hardcover because it’s just not a book that I loved enough to have on my shelf to be honest.

This is a very light fantasy novel. Very awkward sex scenes so a little bit of spice. Very little politics.
It’s the cliffhanger that got me with willing to try out the next book

Dragons no longer fly over Penterra but inside the palace life is still perilous. Tamsyn was raised in the courts alongside the princesses and it is her duty to be punished for their misdeeds. She fits in nowhere and only has the Captain of the Guard, Stig as a friend. To save the princess she is commanded to wear a veil and marry a brutal warrior and she must leave her entire life behind. The wedding night starts with passion but ends near violence when her trickery is exposed. Rather then start a war she is accepted as Fell's bride but can he accept all of her dark secrets. Magic is not dead only sleeping.

I really enjoyed this book, it had me hooked from the very beginning, It was fast paced but slowed down a bit after the wedding. The FMS was strong and the MMC was obsessed with her from the beginning. They had good chemistry. I love anything having to do with dragons and this book definitely delivered.

I was given an ARC from NetGalley with the request of an honest review…this is my review.
I have read other books from Sophie Jordan but not in this genre, and I can say I was not disappointed! The writing style took me a few chapters to get used to as each chapter is told by one character at a time. I was fully invested in each and every page as the story progressed, a story of a whipping girl who is so much more than she thought she could be. Tamsyn did everything she could as a whipping girl for the royal family, without complaints. One day, Fell (a warrior) came and demanded a princess for payment of protecting their land. The princess he got was not what he had asked for. Will Tamsyn and Fell work out their differences? Will they fully understand one another? You MUST read this book to find out. Hold onto your seat, because you are in for a wild ride!

Format: Ebook
Genre: Romantasy
Spice: 🌶️🌶️💫

Thank you to Netgalley for the Arc. I wanted to read it because of the concept it had. I love a book about Dragons and it seemed to meshed a few different world of them, witches, courts, and warriors.

While I loved the idea of the book, I wasn’t a fan of the execution. Was it an easy and enjoyable read? Yes. But the book felt very surface level in concept and connection. I didn’t feel as though the story was clear and where things were going. The relationship between Fell and Tas was not following. Also, with Stig? He was not my favorite.

Unfortunately, I was not a huge fan of this book. I had to force myself to finish it. The premise sounded intriguing - a royal whipping girl who is tasked with marrying the Beast of the Borderlands in order to spare her more fragile sisters. The pacing was inconsistent, with a large portion of the book just dragging and then a really rushed ending. I felt like the lore was not fully flushed out and didn't necessarily make sense. Tamsyn as a heroine was frustratingly obtuse at times. The relationship between her and Fell felt empty and lacked connection. There was way too much internal monologue and repetitive descriptions - it was a huge part of the pacing problems. This is a start to a series and I'm not sure I'll be continuing the journey.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC - all opinions are my own!

2.5⭐️
First time reading from this author. I fell asleep several times while reading it. The inner monologue was daunting and repetitive. So many inconsistencies throughout. Pacing was off. This is a shifter book. No character developments. I didn’t feel good chemistry between the FMC and MMC. Felt very YA with adult spicy scenes, the FMC seemed immature and had a hard time connecting. Little twist towards the end but ya knew something was up with the MMC, but the ending delivered.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishing for the eARC

I really enjoyed this book! It was an interesting take on dragons that I had never seen before. I love when there are multiple POVs in fantasy books, I think it just gives you so much more of the story that is very needed in a fantasy book, so I really liked that.

This book was really good. I don't usually like stories that are told from "back in the day", but this one wasn't bad. This girl goes through so much, but always seems to keep her head up and keep pushing. It was a little slow at the beginning, but boy does it pick it up when those magical beings start appearing. You will get more that one surprise along the way and of course you get a huge shock and then...cliffhanger for the ending. All in all, a good fantasy book! I will definitely read book 2.

Sophie Jordan is one of my favorite romance authors and this book did not disappoint in that category. However, I was also pleasantly surprised by the depth of the fantasy and character development in this work. Without giving too much away, there is a very unique perspective on dragons filled with internal conflict that I found very fascinating, and the twists and turns kept me up reading late into the night. I highly, highly recommend this book!!

I 100% took a chance on this book, and I don’t regret a single second.

Sophie Jordan was an author I read years ago, and I remember she wrote a YA dragon shifter trilogy when I was a teen. When I noticed this was an adult spin on a dragon novel, I just had to have it!

This book follows three perspectives: Tamsyn (FMC), Fell, (MMC), and Stig (the annoying boy who can’t take a hint 🙄). Tamsyn’s duty is to be raised alongside her princess “sisters” and take any punishment the sisters have earned. This leads to 20+ years of going to bed hungry, slaps, and whippings. Soon, Fell arrives with his troop to demand one of the princesses as his bride - a reward for guarding the kingdom from enemies. The king obliges and gives him…Tamsyn. Now married to a woman he didn’t originally want, Fell needs to get Tamsyn back home to his lands where he can plot his revenge. But along the way new enemies will be made, true identities discovered, and a love to remember will blossom.

This was so creative. It gave off Jennifer L Armentrout book vibes in the beginning, but it’s definitely a new spin and all its own.

I don’t want to give too much away, but here are my favorite aspects of this novel:
1. Fell’s kindness (eventually)
2. That bedding scene 🔥🔥🔥
3. Fell calling Tamsyn “my woman” or “my wife” Swoon!!
4. Tamsyn’s and Fell’s secrets!! 😱
5. New take on dragons

Things I didn’t like or wanted more of:
1. There was spice but I wanted it spicier.
2. I wanted Tamsyn to smack Stig across the face (sorry not sorry bro)
3. The book is divided into 5 parts and I loved the first 3, but the 4th and first part of the 5th were just eh. Could have used a bit more excitement.

Overall, I loved this book. I’m going to be searching everyday for the announcement for book 2. Gimme Gimme!!!

*An ARC was provided by NetGalley and the publisher Avon in exchange for an honest review. And honestly preorder this book right now!

ARC- Review

In a world where magic is decimated and dragons thought to be long extinct, a young woman is raised alongside the kingdom’s princesses to be the one to accept punishments for their misbehavior. When a warlord visits the palace on the heels of winning yet another battle at the border, he demands the hand of a princess for his hard work. The king, being an arrogant and cruel man uses Tamsyn as a pawn in his game to keep his daughters out of the hands of this border lord. Now, Tamsyn is left to navigate her sense of duty while also battling unshakable feelings for her new husband. When their journey back to her new lands brings about a whole slew of challenges, Tamsyn learns more about who she is at her core. Will her new husband accept who she has become? And more importantly, will she accept herself and embrace the changes that are bound to alter her perceptive of the world? Or will everything she know go up in flames?

I really enjoyed this read. It was shorter than I thought it would be, which made it a very quick read. I am very interested in seeing where the story goes from here, as we are left on quite the cliffhanger. I will say, I had a difficult time picturing how the dragons in this book were supposed to look. I will be looking into character art as soon as any becomes available. I don’t often struggle with imagery, but something about how these dragon shapes are described left me struggling to piece a full picture together. Overall, I look forward to reading book 2 whenever it comes out!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.