Fireborne

By Rosaria Munda

Book Overview

"One of fantasy's best series." --Booklist, starred review

Game of Thrones meets Fourth Wing in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance . . . and dragons.

Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone--even the lowborn--a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders.

Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds that couldn't be more different. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven years of training have made them rivals for the top position in the dragonriding fleet.

But everything changes when survivors from the old regime surface, bent on reclaiming the city.

With war on the horizon and his relationship with Annie changing fast, Lee must choose to kill the only family he has left or to betray everything he's come to believe in. And Annie must decide whether to protect the boy she loves . . . or step up to be the champion her city needs.

From debut author Rosaria Munda comes a gripping adventure that calls into question which matters most: the family you were born into, or the one you've chosen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525518231
• ISBN13: 9780525518235
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Here be Dragons!

In Fireborne, you are introduced to a variety of complex, solid characters. As I read through the story, I was struck by how solid the protagonists’ relationship was throughout the story, even through the conflict. In a story filled with dragons, politics, and a revolution, Rosaria Munda captures the depth of a true friendship, while still expounding upon the concept of the corrupt politics and rebel groups. The dragons, I found, were incredibly memorable in their characterization and how they were portrayed, I only wish there was a bit more description of them. While it may be a bit hard to begin, this book is overall a wonderful read and is sure to reward you well by the last page. My review copy was provided by Bookishfirst

This is a new favorite

Okay, first of all, this book was amazing. If I hadn’t been exhausted from other things happening, I would’ve finished it in a few hours. Second, the Game of Thrones comparisons couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes it has dragons, but that doesn’t mean Game of Thrones is in anyway similar. With that being said, it was addicting, it was shocking, it was incredible! I honestly hated putting it down and couldn’t wait until I could pick it up again. Wins: -the world building. There is no beginning and end to how incredible this world was. From the dragons, to the country Rosaria created, down to the history of the country. It was all insanely amazing. I want to live there! -the characters. Literally from chapter one I was in love with our main characters. Lee and Annie were layer after layer of creation, their backgrounds heartbreaking. Annie’s character arc is even just the first book has got to be one of my favorite character arcs of all time! I was rooting for her the entire time! It was super conflicting because I loved Lee just as much, he had almost an as good character arc as Annie, but in a very different way. His childhood was taken in front of his eyes, and turned out to be a lie, and he had to handle it. Along with this, I have to praise the supporting characters. Cor, Duck, Crissa. All of them were full of depth and stories. You get super close to them, and some of them complicate the main romance, which absolutely added everything to me. Their personalities and interactions we’re phenomenal. And shoutout to Crissa and Annie for being some badass female characters for girls to look up to! Loved it! Even our villains were spectacular! Forcing one of the main characters to trust them just to mess everything up. Ugh! I was here for all of it! -the action packed fight scenes. The first one was insane. I was open mouthed, shocked, already ready to be broken hearted. It was high flying action (literally). And it continued to come back throughout the novel in the competition to be the best-of-the-best, and even beyond that! -those last 100 pages. Omfg omfg omfg. Heart breaking all the way around, addicting, didn’t want to put it down. The conflict was insane! Opportunities -there were some very long run on sentences that got confusing, hopefully that’s fixed in the final novel, but I didn’t feel like it took away from the novel too much. -I want more from Pythians. It would’ve been incredible to see where they’re at, so hopefully for book 2! -WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG FOR BOOK 2??? All in all, it was a spectacular debut, and I’m already prepared to shelf it as an all time favorite. I will be purchasing a finished copy when it comes out, and I look forward to rereading the finished book, that was absolutely insane, and I loved every second of madness!

Dragons!

Books that include dragons are always a win for me and this one was definitely a good one, especially for being a debut book. My favorite parts were the dragons and their training and the tournaments to find the First Rider who was going to lead the dragons against the enemies that would show up eventually. The political parts were okay at times but it also frustrated me that the revolutionaries overthrew the old regime because of the atrocities of the dragon lords but by the end it seemed like they were sliding that way themselves. I sure hope Annie and Lee and the other dragon riders can stop it as there is definitely more that can be written about this world. This was a very vivid world that the author created and it was easy to lose myself in this book. I hope Rosaria Munda writes more.