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.

3.5 stars

Interesting storyline and plot, but the writing style and teen angst was a bit much for me.

This book just didn’t do anything for me

I watched a book review that said this series was better than the fourth wing series. I wish I could say that was true but so far I’m on the third book and I can barely finish it. The love story is mediocre. The whole book is drawn out and I wish I didn’t, waste my credits on it. With that said the narrations are good. The voices are good. It’s just the story for me. Don’t waste your time.

obsessed!

I read a review that says this book series is comparable to 4th wing. I may have liked this series even better!

All the Feels!

Get ready for highly relatable characters who make logical decisions and face conflicts that are absolutely heartwrenching. The moral dilemmas made it nearly impossible to put the book down, and I got way too attached to the characters. This book made me cry more than any book has in years. I’ve never seen an author build tension and stakes so perfectly. OH and the audiobook production is brilliant. All the main characters are voiced perfectly.

In response to the review stating that it’s too violent and they’re “too young” to be military leaders, the reasoning for this was explained very well in the story. As an Afghanistan veteran, I found the most heartbreaking and realistic part of the story to be the conflict between the characters’ humanity and their sworn duty to protect their nation. This, and the brilliant characterization, sets the Aurelian Cycle far above other titles in its genre.

A different kind of dragon story

While slow to get my interest, once the story line picked up a little (about half way through the book honestly!) I truly enjoyed it