Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire
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For fans of Abigail Owen and Samantha Shannon comes a breathtaking, energetic novel where the only way to defeat a dragon is to outsmart it... Most dragontongues don’t live long enough to learn from their mistakes. Lotte Meer is luckier than most, surviving long enough to communicate with the fierce, sullen, and temperamental dragons who are not above enjoying a human as a light snack. And she has the scars to prove it. Now a massive, foul-tempered dragon has taken over the town of Morwassen's Pass, taking the citizens hostage. As long as they bring him their gold and treasure, he won’t reduce their city to a smoking heap of ash and death. Only, the treasure is running out and Lotte—with the help of sharp-tongued, unbelievably cute Maryse Basvaan—is their last and only hope. But this dragon is more cunning—and more cruel—than any other. Not only is he holding Lotte’s estranged mom captive, but he has a taste for betrayal...and somehow he’s stricken some kind of secret deal with the girl who’s already gone and stolen Lotte’s heart. Lotte won’t fail. She can’t. Because if she does...everyone dies.
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When I started this I thought I would love it. Everything about this (the cover/synopsis) should've given me all the reason to love it and devour it in one or two sittings. Except it took me days to finally finish the book and I didn't have a good time throughout. Since I juggle multiple reads, if I'm not super interested in a book, I tend to take longer to read it. However, this is under 300 pages, so I should've read this in like 2 sittings.
I only cared for two (supporting) characters. If the book would've followed them instead of Lotte and Maryse, I would've (maybe) rated it higher. I found them both to be annoying and boring. Even when they were in danger or got hurt – I wasn't interested in it. The book is very dialogue-heavy – which I'm not bothered by in the slightest because I love dialogue – but since I didn't care for most of the characters – I was less interested in that.
I saw the plot twist coming a mile away and I was annoyed because of how it all led up to it and then everything afterwards. I think one of the biggest issues I had was the pacing and the plot twists. It was so incredible slow – and remember, it's under 300 pages. It should've flown by. But it didn't. A plot twist would happen and I'd look at the percentage and think “really? At this %?” like why are you putting a big plot twist at like 60% in the book?
I really wanted to like the book and I did really like the whole Dragon Tongue thing and I was interested in that. It was just everything else that wasn't working for me.
