As the Dragon Heir, seventeen-year-old Kaia inherited the power of flame to protect her homeland from a godlike necromancer’s undead army. But after centuries of peace, the necromancer has faded to myth, and the Dragon Heir is feared by the people. Persecuted and cast out, Kaia struggles to embrace and control her seemingly useless gift while confined to her family’s farm.
But when the necromancer’s undead terrorize the land once again, Kaia runs away to join the battle.
With the help of her childhood rival, the handsome Shadow Heir, and a snarky, cursed cat, Kaia must figure out how to control both her fire and her confidence in time to save Okarria. If she fails, she will sacrifice her family, her new friends, and the enchanting world she has only just begun to see.
And time is running out.
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Like any 17-yr-old, Kaia is overconfident and yet doubtful. She’s emotional and despite training all her life, she’s not quite mastered the Dragon Fire. I blame her dad for some of that, but Kaia herself is her own worst enemy. She needs to get her shit together quick or all will be lost. That’s a lot of pressure. Yikes.
The secondary characters are great. Klaus is a bit annoying to me at first, but he grows on me. My favorite is Gus, Kaia’s ragehound. Because doggie! The plot moves along at a decent clip without getting bogged down. My only complaint is the battle scenes. They seem a bit far fetched, if that makes sense. I mean, I know this is fantasy, but I still like it to be a tad believable. It’s possible Kaia and Klaus could keep fighting with all their injuries by sheer willpower alone, but I’m not feeling it. Just my opinion.
If you like your Fantasy with an epic quest to save the world and characters who are worth following then do not pass this up.
Hayley Reese Chow is the author of Odriel's Heirs, the 2020 winner of the Florida Author Project. She also has short and flash fiction featured in Lite Lit One, The Drabble, Bewildering Stories, Teleport Magazine, and Rogue Blades Entertainment’s anthology, As You Wish.
Until recently though, she’s mostly done a lot of things that have nothing at all to do with writing. Her hat collection includes mother, wife, engineer, USAF veteran, reservist, four-time All American fencer, 100 mile ultramarathoner, triathlete, world traveler, book inhaler, and super nerd.
Hayley currently lives in Florida with two small wild boys, her long-suffering
husband, and her miniature ragehound.
But at night, when the house is still, she writes.
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