Dragon Bonds

Return of the Darkening, Book 3

By: Ava Richardson

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

The Darkening has risen...

Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith now face an overwhelming enemy. The rapid spread of the Darkening, a threat arising from the mists of legend, looms over the entire land. With both their families torn apart by the conflict and betrayal lurking around every corner, one mistake could doom the kingdom.

They'll have to decide where to put their faith: blood ties or newfound friends?

After the destruction of the Dragon Academy, it's up to Thea and Seb to gather their loyal comrades - and forge uneasy new alliances - to quell the ancient menace and face the evil Lord Vincent.

With civil war raging, the Dragon Riders must race against time to find the legendary Dragon Stone, the only tool they have to fight against the endless darkness that threatens to swallow them all.

©2017 Relay Publishing (P)2017 Relay Publishing

Satisfying Conclusion

WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The Darkening has risen...

Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith now face an overwhelming enemy. The rapid spread of the Darkening, a threat arising from the mists of legend, looms over the entire land. With both their families torn apart by the conflict and betrayal lurking around every corner, one mistake could doom the kingdom.

They'll have to decide where to put their faith: blood ties or newfound friends?

After the destruction of the Dragon Academy, it’s up to Thea and Seb to gather their loyal comrades—and forge uneasy new alliances—to quell the ancient menace and face the evil Lord Vincent. With civil war raging, the Dragon Riders must race against time to find the legendary Dragon Stone, the only tool they have to fight against the endless darkness that threatens to swallow them all.

MY TAKE
This is a fun conclusion to the trilogy. I listened to the audiobook, and Tiffany Williams does a great job as always. The story works up to the satisfying conclusion as the characters wrestle with the right path to take to save their people and even their world.

4 1/2 stars

A Good Performance And Story...

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes...This Is A Nice Book For Fantasy Lovers...

What other book might you compare Dragon Bonds to and why?

I Haven't Read A Book That Talks Solely About Dragon Riding...It Was New And Refreshing

What does Tiffany Williams bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I Absolutely Loved Her Voice With Kalax..I Fell In Love With This Dragon

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes...It Was Very Entertaining...

Any additional comments?

“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.”

great series

This story is great for young kids, and for those that are kids at heart.

Interesting

I'm not entirely sure why but I had a difficult time being engaged with this book. I did like the story, the narration was very good. I can only attribute it to a distracting toddler interrupting all the time. Lol. I found that things didn't feel like they were explained very well.
The characters in the story were given strong and distinct personalities and you could imagine what each of the main characters would want or think.
I thought the second book was the best of the three in this series.

Rushed

The story was good and flowed well from the other books, but when you get to the last 2 chapters you almost want to think there would be another book. You get pumped, but then the last chapter comes along and it's over just like that.

Dragon Bonds

This was good.It was long and at times overdone.Thea and See are dragon riders for good.They must gather more dragons from the wild to fight the Darkening that is threatening the world.Tiffany Williams is good at narrating, though sometimes it comes across as whining.I was provided this book for review by the author, narrator or publisher.

Great end to a wonderful fantasy series!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Awesome teen/YA series that all adults would like too!

Any additional comments?

Dragon Bonds: Return of the Darkening, Book 3
Written by: Ava Richardson
Narrated by: Tiffany Williams
This book ends a great series with lots of battles, magic, emotions, thrills, and surprises. A great series and I must say I will miss the dragons and their riders! I may not be a teen or young adult but I enjoyed this series too. Lots of special powers are exposed and the one behind the darkness. Everything comes together nicely. The narrator is wonderful to continue the great with consistency, emotions, and so much more. Perfect for these books!

great ending to this series

loved the connection between the three main characters. it made me feel as though I was there. loved it.

Was That It?

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was the final novel in the Darkening series. There were a lot of things to love in this book - the relationship between Thea, Seb and Kalax is probably the best part of the novel. It was enjoyable, I just didn't enjoy it as much as Book 2. It wasn't always easy to follow or clear, but the characters are well characterised and easily recognised from previous novels. The ending itself felt incredibly rushed and I found myself asking, 'was that it?'

Good book

I thought that the books were very interesting! I got to know & love a lot of the characters.

I gave it this rating because I think that it had a lot of good elements like lots of adventure, some good characters, and lots of emotion. I loved the friendship that grew between all these characters. When I first began to listen to this book I really loved Seb and grew to love Thea. At first her attitude really bothered me, as well as the other nobles. But, I was grateful that she warmed up to Seb and I was grateful that most of the other people warmed up to Seb too. I loved how good he was but, how he was still human and imperfect. I also love Thea’s sass and I think they balanced each other out very well.

However, I was disappointed by numerous things. I think that my number one issue with the book was that the book hinted many times about Thea’s romantic interests but I felt that the book didn’t recognize it enough. I was waiting at the end for something to happen, but then it never did. I could never tell if Seb was just a friend or more. I feel that if you’re going to hint about that, than you should get into it and talk about it, or not really do it at all.

The attitude of the nobles bothered me and I feel they never really changed. But I’m grateful for the obvious change in Thea’s attitude, again, I loved how you could see she was more tough and didn’t think about being higher than anyone else at the end.

Also, I didn’t like how many of the chapters stopped abruptly. This also kind of happened at the end, I think there were more loose ends to tie up. I wondered about each of their families, some of the characters disappeared, and of course the other things I mentioned.

In all I think the book is good for ages 11-13 depending on the person, especially because there are older kid sort of things in the book, but there is also a sense of adventure and fun that’s good for this age. I would not recommend this book to anyone who cannot stand cliffhangers or loose ends. Also, to anyone who dislikes fantasy. If you are a dragon lover, you will most likely fall in love with this book though ;)