Firebolt

Oops! I've Already read this one for some reason I thought it was a new one! I liked this one I thought it was engaging and fun I liked all the different kinds of dragons and the way the world was laid out.

Firebolt was a fantastic read that kept enraptured me from start to finish!!
Elena grows up thinking that dragons and magic only exist in fairy tales... And boy, is she so in for a wake up call!

Loved it

A fully imagined magical world loaded with intrigue, harrowing fight scenes, mythical creatures, prophesies, quests, and even romance. It's a book that, by the time you get to the end you crave the next book as if it were the most addictive chocolate.

I am so thrilled that I found this series. What an entertaining read this was for me and even though the writing isn't perfect I got sucked in within the first couple of chapters and was reading more for enjoyment than from a critical point of view.

Elena is a fairly normal sixteen year old girl - or so she thinks. Her paranoid father has uprooted them every three months (for reasons unknown) since she was born so there's always been that aspect of her life that wasn't exactly normal - living on the run. What she didn't realise is that her father was actually a dragon. A real live (and massive) dragon. In this fantasy world, dragons are able to shift into humanoid form. There are two types of dragon's - metallic and chromium. The chromium dragons are... not as nice as metallic dragons and have, in the past, given all dragons a bad name and dragons were hunted by humans to the point of an all out war between the two species. The slaughter of the dragon's continued until a King of Paegeia fell in love with a dragon and they discovered that the metallic dragon's didn't pose a threat and that the dragon's could be ridden. The rider is called the Dragonian and each dragon can be claimed by a single Dragonian. An enchanted wall was created between the human world and the realm where humans coexist with dragon's and magic (Paegeia),but not to protect the humans - to protect the world of magic from those that wanted to harness and abuse it for themselves.

The entire world is complex and fairly well thought out and written. Some of the dragons (mainly the chromiums) have specific powers like breathing fire or spitting acid, healing etc.

There's far more I could go into but suffice to say it's an interesting concept and Woods managed a balancing act of fleshing out the plot, keeping the action up and making the entire story flow well from start to finish.

This book is definitely YA, and is centred around a group of teenagers that act fairly true to their age, so if you're an adult and/or are expecting or wanting the kids to think/act more mature than they are then this probably isn't for you.

As I have mentioned, it isn't perfect. Sometimes some of the plot devices feel a little clunky and there's a certain air of predictability about this, although not a lot is revealed within the first book. There's quite a lot of teenage drama and blushing involved, as well as a few points where I actually was jarred out of my 'zone' and thought really? but I was truly entertained and let myself get lost in the book. Before I knew it, it was all over and I was reading an excerpt from book 2. I suddenly realised that and I am going to need to purchase the next book in this series as soon as possible!

If this book even remotely interests you, try it! It is currently only 0.99c on the Kobo Store (as of the date of this review).

Thank you NetGalley and Fire Quill Publishing for this opportunity to read and review this book

*This book was provided via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

This was an amazing book with intriguing characters and a great plot. I liked the story although the only criticism I have is that at times the plot was a little slow moving as the author gave detailed descriptions of scenes. While this works for some people, for me I just felt like a few of these scenes could be cut back a bit to get more action in. This, however, was only a minor issue and didn't impede on my enjoyment of this great book. This is a must-read for fantasy and dragon-lovers!

'Firebolt' leads readers through a richly imagined world where dragons are real. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter!

i really enjoyed this and cannot wait for the sequel. this story follows a naïve Elena. She's a normal girl grown up in the modern world except for some unapparent reason her father moves every 3 months leaving her to think her dad has serious paranoia or loves a change in scenery. However at the age of 16 when her and her father are moving again one night when a figure flew past the window a dragon.

i loved the characters for this book and i enjoyed the premise of this book and i would definitely read more from this author