I just now realized
how many Young Adult books that I read.
I didn’t realize how many until I actually started to keep track. I actually had planned on reading a Lora
Leigh book for this series. She is well
known for her Breed series. All of
those book have a darker side of romance to them. Are they hot?
Yes, extremely, but when it came down to it, all I wanted this time was
a light, uncomplicated read. I think I
got that with this one.
FIRELIGHT by
Sophie Jordan
Book 1 in
the Firelight Series
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.
Marked as special at an early age,
Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her
own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly
pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was
sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki, a descendant of dragons
whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.
Forced to flee into the mortal world
with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only
bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life.
Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will's dark secret: He
and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner
draki is slowly slipping away; if it dies she will be left as a human forever.
She'll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most
dangerous enemy.
Mythical powers and breathtaking
romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose
love crosses an ancient divide.
MY REVIEW
3.5 out of 5 *Stars*
Let me start off by saying that I
had never read a story based on dragons before.
Werewolves… yes. Cougars…
yes. Along with many other shifter
books, but never dragons. The way that
Jordan describes the texture of the skin or the way she wrote about their different
colors, it’s as if I was running my hand over one and seeing it through her
eyes. When she talks about them flying,
it’s the same thing. It’s like I’m right
there in the air with them. The way she
wrote the story and vividly described all aspects, made it a thoroughly
enjoyable book to read. It was the story
itself that I had a few issues with.
Here’s the biggest…
I don’t think I have ever been as
mad at a mother in a story as I was with Jacinda’s mom in this one. Yes, there are others that were mean and I
didn’t like, but that was who they were.
This one was a selfish bitch under the pretense of looking after her
daughter. Every draki can transform into
human. If you stay human too long
without morphing, your draki dies; not just goes dormant, but DIES! That is the equivalent of killing off part of
your soul. Well, here is a woman (the
mother) that chose to let hers die when one of her daughters never manifested
into a dragon. She decides to break away
from the pack, taking both her daughters along with her. (For a good reason. I will give her that.) Instead of moving
someplace where her one daughter’s draki can flourish, she moves somewhere in
the hopes that it will die off. Basically,
she wants a part of her daughters SOUL to die, and shows not a bit of
remorse. I wanted to reach into that
book and smack her mother around a bit.
Maybe it would knock some sense into her.
If that wasn’t bad enough, the only
other person that Jacinda had was her sister, a twin no less, the one that
never had a draki. I understand the
sister had it rough when she lived with the pack, always being an
outsider. It almost made me feel sorry
for her, but the moment she opened her mouth, my sympathy for her flew right
out the window. Her sister was
suffering, emotionally and physically.
When she saw this, she would say, “I’ll never forgive you if you ruin
this for me.” When Jacinda had an issue
at school that was entire NOT her fault, her sister chose to berate her for it
rather than be supportive. It was infuriating!!
You’re a twin. Aren’t you supposed to be
there for each other, no matter what? Jacinda’s
mom and sister were two peas in a freakin’ pod.
With the unbelievable amount of
support she received, it was not surprising that Jacinda thought she was the
one being selfish and had an extremely negative opinion of her self-worth.
She had an opinion on what her mom
thought about her. That she was…
“Someone she had to love, but wouldn’t
have chosen.”
I know that all of it is probably
contributing to the grand plot corresponding between all the books, but it’s
still hard to read and not get irritated.
See, I said that Jordan was a good writer. She would rather me get some emotion from her
story rather than feel nothing at all.
Overall… It was a wonderfully
written story. The love story kind of
fell second nature to what was going on with her, but I’m not disappointed that
I read it. Do I recommend it
though? Not sure on that one. I guess it goes like this. Is it a good book to have under your
belt? Yes. Is it absolutely imperative that you do? No.
Now, I have the dilemma of my own.
Do I continue on with the series?
Do I want to read Jacinda getting belittled by the very people that are supposed
to love her unconditionally for another whole book? I ordered the next book
from the library, but I’m still not sure if I’m going to read it. Stay tuned to find out…
16 books down, 36 to go!!
Happy Reading, Everyone!
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