Wings of Fire

The Dragonets are coming.

Hi everyone! This review is on the series Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland. Sutherland has also written other books as well, several of which I have read and enjoyed. But back on track.

I read Wings of Fire a while ago, and decided I really liked it! This is definitely a good read for Middle School and Young Adult. I think people of all ages will enjoy the series, which follows different dragons in every book.

This review will be on the first book, the Dragonet Prophecy.  This is from the perspective of sweet and adventurous Clay.

Dragonet Prophecy.

There is a war on the dragon continent of Pyrrhia. Seven tribes are locked in a deadly three-way battle, over who will be the new queen of the Sandwings. (The tribes are Mudwings, Seawings, Rainwings, Nightwings, Sandwings, Icewings, and Skywings.)

A group of dragons from all of these tribes, The Talons of Peace, has heard a prophecy predicting the arrival of  five dragonets, (young dragons) who will end the war. On the brightest night, a group of dragons collects the dragon eggs. One, however, the Skywing, is broken. They decide to use a Rainwing egg instead for that one. (Rainwings are supposed to be lazy, but this one is definitely not!)

The five dragons grow up in a cave for the first six years of their lives. The dragonets are Clay the Mudwing, Tsunami the Seawing, Sunny the Sandwing, Starflight the Nightwing, and Glory the Rainwing. All five of these characters are really cool. They all share equal roles in leadership, though they tend to follow Clay too, who is their ‘Bigwings’.

Anyway, one day, when all five are bored out of their minds, they decide to escape. They escape their guardians, Kestrel, Webs, and Dune. Then the dragonets accidentally fly into Skywing territory, where they are taken prisoner by the mad queen Scarlet.

Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight are all forced to fight in an arena. After the fight, Clay befriends Peril, who attempts to help him.

Clay and his friends leave, and Glory even spits in Scarlet’s face on the way out. (Go Glory!)

They fly to Mudwing territory. Clay wants to find his parents, so he and Glory go into the Mudwing camp. (Rainwings have the ability to change their appearance, allowing Glory to look like a Mudwing.)

While in the camp, Clay finds his mother Cattail. Cattail doesn’t care about him, and tells him she doesn’t even know who his father is. Clay does, however find family living in the Mudwing camp. He is tempted to stay with them, but knows he has to fulfill the prophecy. He and Glory leave, and go back to the others. Morroseer, another Nightwing, tells Starflight to take the dragonets to the Seawing kingdom. The story ends here.

I really enjoyed this book. There is some violence in the prologue, but it’s not the main story. All the characters are really fun! I love all of them! Luckily, there are lots more books in the series right now. (There is also the Winglets series that accompanies the books, but I wouldn’t read it until you finish the series.)

Technically the series is eleven books, but I would read the first five as one series, and then read the sequels. I liked the first five books the best, but there were some really awesome characters in the latter series. (Turtle, you were such a sweet character. Winter! I wish I could read another book from your point of view!) But, the first five characters are really awesome.

Characters.

Clay

Clay was so funny! I loved his kind, clumsy personality, and his love for his friends. He is very much the ‘hero’ archetype, like in the Hero’s Journey. He is very cool.

Tsunami

Tsunami, Tsunami. Where do I start? The second book is from her point of view, which I enjoyed just as much as Clay’s. Tsunami is very loud, yells a lot, but means well. She is hilarious, without realizing it sometimes. She sometimes can act obnoxious, but we all have our flaws.

Sunny

I really didn’t care much about Sunny until her book, the fifth in the series. She sometimes is quiet, but is lovable and kind. She is a Sandwing, but for some reason doesn’t have the barbed tail. She looks weird as well, not like a Sandwing. She really cares about her friends.

Starflight

Starflight is a nerdy, smart, Nightwing. Nightwings are supposed to have mind reading abilities, but Starflight doesn’t have any. This doesn’t make him any less of a good character. He is a good friend and loyal dragon. He appears timid sometimes, but he is still a good character.

Glory

Glory! Glory is such a fun character… Just wait until you read the third book in the series. The great thing about the series, is all the books have different points of view. Glory is spunky, funny, and just a hoot sometimes. She is not the lazy Rainwing you expect her to be.

There you go! I encourage fantasy readers to read this book. Why? Because the characters are realistic, the plot is interesting, and the whole series is enjoyable! Just make sure you don’t skip a book, because all of these dragons have something different to say.

Nine Unicorns! (I took one off for a book twist in the later books, which I didn’t care for. But for the first five? Ten Unicorns!)

Please note: Unicorn Emoji is unavailable at this time. Otherwise, I would have nine unicorns lined up here. [Simulate unicorns dancing and vomiting rainbows, as sparkles rain down on Wings of Fire series.]

Well, anyway, this series is a really good one! Remember, read, read, read!