Dragon Rider

While this isn't the best book I've ever read, I think the world and the concepts behind it have a ton of promise! The world is very Roman-coded if not just outright Rome with the names changed, but it's done in a way that doesn't make it feel too limiting. There's also a lot of Eragon vibes to the journey which I enjoyed. If you're going into this book with a critical mind, maybe don't? Because overall there's a lot of fun to be had if you can just let yourself be swept along by the story. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

I don’t have a lot of feelings in any direction for this book. I thought it was a good fun read, there are better, there are worse. Some things were predictable, some were surprising. Some things felt immature and some felt harrowing and dark. It’s a good book and I could see how some people will love this, but I’d just as soon understand someone not liking it. It is perfectly snug in 3-star territory for me.