Fireborne

The Aurelian Cycle, Book 1

De: Rosaria Munda

Narrado por: Christian Coulson, Candice Moll, Steve West

"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.

©2019 Rosaria Munda (P)2019 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

★ ★ ★ ★ Four Starred Reviews!

A 2019 Cybils Award Winner

An Illinois Reads 2020 Selection

A 2020-2021 Maine Student Book Award Selection

An AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner

★ "This series opener thrills with dragon action, from aerial tournaments to wartime battles . . . a near-perfect work of high fantasy with wide appeal."—Booklist, starred review

★ "From the beginning, this book pulls readers in . . . full of drama, emotional turmoil, and high stakes."—Kirkus, starred review

★ "Thought-provoking and full of social and political intrigue.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Look up what Dystopian means

I have some mixed feelings. I usually like books that are an escape from life. They're usually a little more light hearted. This book is pretty heavy/political and the characters are put though some pretty rough stuff without many great outlooks on life. Me being unaware, it was a hard listen on my long road trip. They live in between a rock and a hard place the entire book. It's also a very slow build up. However, the writer is showing you the characters strengths, weaknesses, and who they are, which I really liked. You get a really good feel for the main characters and their rational. I feel like there might be something missing, but I can't for the life of me put my finger in it. Honestly, it might be some sort of happiness or contentment at all for the characters. For now, I think I'll choose something more uplifting, but I could see myself comming back to this when I want a more serious read. I know it's fantasy, but it's a more heartbreaking realistic version of fantasy, if that makes sense? The narration is decent!

Fantastic book

Fireborne was fantastic! The clever writing and story telling giving hints of a world that is not was it appears to be. The readers are great and normally I don’t like books with multiple readers. Looking forward to the next to.

Great book! Ready for more!

While it felt slow going at first, it really picked up over halfway through and I had finally fallen in love with the characters and was invested in the storyline. Ready for book 2!

Slow to start

Needs more world building. Took a while to get into. Not interested enough to continue the series

Great first book

The passing and content of the story was well done and I enjoyed it a lot. My main issue was the range of the performers was narrow. Many of the characters sounded the same. It didn’t not detract from the story but felt a little lack luster.

Beautiful written

I loved this book. The characters are well developed and nuanced. The writing beautiful, and the story intriguing, suspenseful, and unpredictable.
I originally thought it was a fantasy book but I think it falls into the dystopian category. Although labeled as young adult, it is a sophisticated read- much of the plot coming from Plato’s Republic. I’m an old adult and found it to be an extremely satisfying read. Narration was good, and it can easily be listened to at 1.25. The narrator for Lee started out slow, but he ended up being quite good.

Was so excited as I saw many compared this to 4th Wing…

Let’s just say it is not even close. I found this book to be slow and boring. Nothing like 4th Wing except young people in school and dragons.. perhaps the next book will help me understand why many compare to the Empyrean series.

Excellent World, Characters, Pacing, and Politics!

Firstly, this isn't Fourth Wing. Fourth Wing is for readers who don't engage with media beyond the words in front of their noses.

This story has a soul, it has thought, and care, and research, and questions to dissect. Besides a few minor issues with the military structure and schizo-tech, the world makes sense. The characters care about their place in their society, rich relationships are formed between multiple people, and a compelling tale and stirring questions unfold at a good pace.

It Tried.

I have this a go after reading Fourth Wing but it could not stand the test. It wasn't bad but the character development was limited due to being split between two main characters. I enjoyed the forethought but felt like so much more could have been developed. Will not continue the series. It was a little too predictable and less engaging than I prefer.

Interesting story

I did enjoy the hurdles that main characters had to overcome and there and more to come in future books. world building took s while. I think this is well a slow burn. I think maybe the book may give a better idea of why there are 3 voices used, but for me that was a bit confusing.