Elena's life is turned upside down when she discovers the truth of her father's identity and finds herself at a school for dragons and the humans who can control them. She has a lot to learn at her new school and readers may be overwhelmed as Elena's new friends educate her in the ways of her new environment in large data dumps.
The story moves very slowly, with the protagonist ignoring clues which are frustratingly obvious to readers, until about 70% in when Elena and her friends finally embark on their quest.
At the end of the book readers may be disappointed by the number of questions left unanswered. There is a second book which may address readers'' pressing questions but as a single title this book fails to deliver.

I can't get enough of this book! This is not your typical "just another dragon story" this one is action packed and very interesting.
Long story short. Elena and her father moves from place to place to hide/run away from something/someone. Elena wants to know the knowledge behind her father's decision until one night she finally found out a part of the reason why behind her father's decisions.
Everyone must read this book. It's amazing and it will suck you right into the story. The author, Adrienne Woods, is phenomenal when it comes to describing the emotions the character is feeling and the setting. Paegeia sounds like such a wonderful place that you want to live in.

Awesome book, got lost in reading it, would recommend to YA readers.

Here’s the cliff notes version. Elena is on the run with her dad who she thinks is just paranoid and over the top. Poof there are dragons, Poof Dad is a dragon she’s in a medical facility Dad is dead she gets a crash course on dragons being real and starts to attend school with the rest of Paegeia bad stuff happens and Yay they save the day.

Honestly I have really mixed feelings about Firebolt. I mean it started out quick paced and on fire. no really dragons and fire… it was great and I was super excited thinking I found myself in a modern times Lord of the Rings. However, after the first couple chapters it started to roll downhill a bit. The author introduces you to this whole new world and you are awaiting its wonders but nothing. You get a slight introduction to Paegeia but that’s it. The same thing happened in regards to romances between the characters it was more like “ Hi nice to meet you, now let’s kiss and be head over heels” There was really no build up it just happened with no explanation. On top of missing information there were pages and pages of just information overload that left you more confused and with more questions than when you started. To be honest this felt more like a filler novel or even a prequel than the actual beginning of a series. Dear lord the characters, in a word. Flat. They weren’t well developed or believable and by the end I wanted to reach in the pages and strangle Elena myself. Why is she crying all the time? It’s like the author can’t decide if she is the Heroine or the Damsel in Distress. The imagination behind the story is amazing but the liftoff crashed and burned shortly in. I am going to continue on with the series in hopes that it lives up to the ideas presented.

To be honest all I am left with after reading this book is a desire to stay away from blueberries.

~1/5~
Note: I read about a quarter-way through the book and just skimmed the rest of it so I wouldn't waste as much time, mostly because the writer's writing style was very irritating.


From the start, I felt like the author was trying too hard to portray the main character as a nonchalant-Carter Kane-like kind of character. The "oh yeah, this is just a typical day" sort of air to the beginning rubbed me off the wrong way. Rick Riordan does the same in his books, but he pulls it off well by adding humor and everything to his writing on top of his extremely developed world. This novel uses the Bermuda Triangle as well, and even though it isn't a big deal, the combination of the Riordan elements produced a questionable mixture.


The beginning in general was not my cup of tea. Really though, there wasn't a buildup to anything and, all of a sudden, it was just like whoosh this is happening, accept it. A lot of the book was the same way. Things just occurred. The distance from Point A to Point B was pretty much nonexistent. I could explain more, but I don't want to go into too much depth about the book.


Woods's writing style just wasn't my favorite. Here are a few partial quotes from the first quarter or so of the book so you can somewhat see where I'm coming from:

"...Matt said with a darkness returning to his eyes."
"...she pleaded with my immobile body."
"She had an air of a pixie running on adrenaline."
"...pleading with my eyes for any way out of this situation." (didn't want to put in two pleading-related quotes, but it captures her writing)
"You're a prince for real?"



Maybe it's me, but I kind of feel like either cringing or laughing, definitely not a good way. Cons of reading, I guess. You hardly ever know how much you'll like a book until you actually read it. With Firebolt, I wasn't happy with much of anything about it other than the dragons. The book gave off some Harry Potter vibes in terms of the world, but the same can't be said in terms of the writing, which is a bad thing. Dragons and fantasy are nice, but not enough to cover up the rest of the messier elements.


The characters lacked depth. Lacked any substance. Even Elena, the main character. She was just...there. Her love interest too. I don't even know how they got together. Talked a few times, that's all, and then they're together. Okay...


The author seemed to try to add some mystery to the fantasy land, but I wasn't into it at all. From the summary/preview, I thought this would be a pretty good read, but I guess I was wrong. It was a like a terrible high school book in a different setting. Not kidding.


I felt like I was reading the same words over and over again. Too much begging and giggling.


Basically, I wouldn't recommend this book to you Harry Potter lovers. It had iffy writing, an iffy plot, and was just very shallow and dull. There was a decent amount of potential, but if high school stories in a fantasy setting are your thing, then I guess Firebolt might be worth the read.


Thanks to Netgalley anyway for letting me read this.

Captivating plot, engaging prose and intriguing characters. I loved it and would recommend it to everyone. It was a one sit read for me.

I loved the idea behind this book, I love dragon books and when I first heard about this book I was super excited to read this book and I started it as soon as I received it. I'm disappointed to say that I didn't like this book at all, I had such a hard time getting through it, I liked the concept of the story, and I love the magical world with the dragons, I had a hard time connecting with the characters, I found that I just didn't care what happened to them. However, I would say that my biggest issue with this story is the writing, to me it looks like the writer has a hard time with dialogue, it looks some how incomplete with the short paragraphs. Regardless I'm not giving up on the writer or the series, hoping the writing improves.

Firebolt is like a breath of fresh air. The ideas in the story are ingenious and unique. The author captures the mannerisms and characteristics of a sixteen-year-old girl beautifully, while not allowing the story to take on a juvenile tone. This is the beginning of a promising, “edge of your seat” series about dragons, magic, danger, love, loss, and coming of age.
As the very first chapter unfolded, I was on the edge of my seat, wanting to know what happens to our main character, Elena. I was hit with intrigue, peril, and heartache. I was brought to believe that dragons were real, and introduced to Dragonia. Instead of bringing me in to an unbelievable fantasy world, the author took me in to a world quite similar to our own, minus dragons. I was able to relate to and live through our heroine as she built relationships in this new, but somewhat familiar, world that she was thrown in to. I learned of the histories of Dragonia, along with Elena, and fell in love with all the beautiful teenage boys with the same unadulterated teenage hormones she felt. When Elena makes her choice to take on her heroine’s journey, I was making the choice right alongside of her.
By time I finished this book I had already bought the next few in the series. Adrienne Woods did a fantastic job of creating this world that is full of magic, splendor, and unbelievable things, all while keeping you grounded with the major ties to the real world. Her creation of characters that are both human and dragon to go along with the old idea of “dragon riders” is definitely new and exceptional. I thoroughly believed I was taking this journey with a group of sixteen-year-old kids, yet never felt like the story was “too young” or immature for me. I cannot wait to finish this series.

This book was pretty awesome. The heroine of this book in my opinion has times that she is really strong and others petty but all in all i like her. The storyline is amazing. I liked this book so much i literally just got the reat of the series.

I really enjoyed the story. The characters were interesting in the storyline was very easy to follow. I will suggest a story to my friends.