The Summer Dragon First Book of The Evertide (Audible Audio Edition) Todd Lockwood Ali Ahn Audible Studios Books
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The debut novel from the acclaimed illustrator - a high fantasy adventure featuring dragons and deadly politics.
Maia and her family raise dragons for the political war machine. As she comes of age, she anticipates a dragon of her own to add to the stable of breeding parents. Her peaceful life is shattered when the Summer Dragon - one of the rare and mythical High Dragons - makes an appearance in her quiet valley. Political factions vie for control of the implied message, threatening her aspirations, her aerie, her entire way of life.
The bond between dragons and their riders is deep and lifelong, and Maia's desire for a dragon of her own to train, ride, fly, and love drives her to take a risk that puts her life at stake. She is swept into an adventure that pits her against the deathless Horrors, thralls of the enemy, and a faceless creature drawn from her fear. In her fight to preserve everything she knows and loves, she exposes a conspiracy, unearths an ancient civilization, and challenges her understanding of her world - and of herself.
The Summer Dragon First Book of The Evertide (Audible Audio Edition) Todd Lockwood Ali Ahn Audible Studios Books
I've been holding off writing this review - I finished the book about a week or so ago and I've just been ruminating on it since. I didn't want to just blunder through the review of OMGSOGOOD - because that's what it would have been. I wanted to give it a little bit more, because it deserves it.I'm very critical of books these days. I cannot help it. I've read a ridiculous amount of books - far more than the average, and that's simply because I've had the luxury of staying home with my children all their lives and so, I have had the time. I cherish it - the time with my children, but also, the life I've spent reading. It has given me a very particular taste and an extreme standard. I'm not a book hipster by any stretch - I still flip through Martin's ghastly writing in A Song of Ice and Fire because the story is just that good.
But it's a rare treat when a new Fantasy writer debuts, writes incredibly well, writes a female hero (exceptionally well) and then writes about Dragons - in the detailed Pern sense of Dragons, not as just some ephemeral plot point.
Todd Lockwood absolutely nailed it. His world building is fleshed out - but not TOO much. So many writers make the amateurish mistake of throwing too much at you at once. Not Lockwood. His world is fully realized and you see the corner you're meant to see. And that's it. It's mostly about the characters - which is the brilliant stroke! You're with Maia from the start. Along for the journey. She's not so blank you insert yourself into her (I just detest that kind of writing, it's lazy and easy) no, you hover over her shoulder and experience everything alongside her - just like excellent fiction is supposed to do.
There are some really great and unusual subtleties in this book that normally are seen in regular fiction, not high Fantasy like this. Rivalries, disagreements, bruised egos and feelings. All the negative emotions are not always directed at the "enemies" and this kind of subtle nuance is really welcomed in the genre, which is typically one-note in this regard.
The pace of the book is quite good - and I found myself dragging the book with me wherever I knew I'd have to sit for a bit, so I could read. I finished it faster than most books I read because I couldn't wait to see what happened next. The action was really exciting too, and visual. I still remember what everything looked like, so clear it is almost like a memory. But then my imagination is probably the most exercised muscle in my body ;)
It is at points charming, laugh-out-loud funny, exciting and heart-wrenchingly emotional. Yep, this book managed to get me to choke up and cry, too - in a couple places. Hard to do that these days, I'm such a cynic. Thing is - I'm really NOT - and my emotions can easily be teased out of me by excellent fare.
And The Summer Dragon is just that.
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The Summer Dragon First Book of The Evertide (Audible Audio Edition) Todd Lockwood Ali Ahn Audible Studios Books Reviews
The Summer Dragon
By Todd Lockwood
I have finished "The Summer Dragon" by Todd Lockwood. Honestly, I've been ruminating about it since I turned that last page, read those last words. When I picked this book up at Barnes and Noble at the beginning of May, I chose it solely because it was new, was about dragons, and because it was the first book of a series soon to be written. Inside, I began to get even more hooked. Artwork by the author himself of epic maps showcasing a new fantasy world littered the first few pages. There were sketches of dragons and the characters I would soon grow to love, and it all intrigued me to dive into this fresh world. It starts off with our main protagonist, Maia, and her family, who raise dragons for the war. She's a badass young woman who's quite positive she might be cursed. I mean, her mother even said so right before she died and those words cling to Maia constantly, thinking that it's probably true disaster seem to follow wherever she goes, after all. When Maia thinks she'll get a dragon of her own this year, she is soon turned down after she sights Getig, The Summer Dragon, in the woods near her home. A sign of change, everyone says. A sign of bad things to come. And it is because of this rare sighting that Maia's world completely changes. She will be plunged into a grand adventure, a war against horrific beasts, and thrust into her own inner challenges and struggles. This book completely surprised me. I thought about this book incessantly while at work, while driving, because I honestly couldn't wait to go home, get into my pjs, and continue reading. It's because of these types of books that I love telling stories. And it's because of these types of stories that I love fantasy.
Maia, the protagonist, is endearing and she doesn’t let anyone get in her way. She’s an inspiration. Maia’s one of those characters who is feminine, yet doesn’t mind getting down and dirty. She stands up for what she believes in and doesn’t let anyone tell her who she is but her. Maia proves to everyone that she can be more than just a curse; a hero.
Recently, a lot of books I've read have these AMAZING plots, and yet fail to connect me with their characters. Character drives plot. That’s how it should be, anyway. With Todd Lockwood's characters, I never felt like I was looking in on them through a foggy window, trying to understand how they were feeling. Too often that can happen, and I don't like feeling disconnected in that way. It can ruin a book for me. These characters had a drive, a force, and a reason and a motive. And they had heart. I really FELT for them, dragon and human alike.
I give this book a glistening 5/5
[...]
Todd Lockwood's Summer Dragon is a damn fine story. He brings together many fantasy elements I love a brave underdog of a heroine who doesn't take crap from anybody, ancient ruins, mysterious mountain caverns, and a variety of dragons, which he brings to life with passion and skill.
Maia, the young heroine, is the epitome of a tough female protagonist--she's the character so many people demand from fantasy these days. She stands up for what's right, very much at her own expense, and tries to do what's best for her dragon-breeding family, even when it puts her in danger.
If you're an animal person, and like dragons at all, you'll be satisfied with Lockwood's take on them. They remind me of dangerous family pets (which is GREAT). I choked up when one died, which surprised me, but he brought that scene to life with such vivid detail and legitimate emotion, that I knew the rest of the book would be excellent.
The Summer Dragon has earned my highest praise-- it leaves me wanting more. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
I've been holding off writing this review - I finished the book about a week or so ago and I've just been ruminating on it since. I didn't want to just blunder through the review of OMGSOGOOD - because that's what it would have been. I wanted to give it a little bit more, because it deserves it.
I'm very critical of books these days. I cannot help it. I've read a ridiculous amount of books - far more than the average, and that's simply because I've had the luxury of staying home with my children all their lives and so, I have had the time. I cherish it - the time with my children, but also, the life I've spent reading. It has given me a very particular taste and an extreme standard. I'm not a book hipster by any stretch - I still flip through Martin's ghastly writing in A Song of Ice and Fire because the story is just that good.
But it's a rare treat when a new Fantasy writer debuts, writes incredibly well, writes a female hero (exceptionally well) and then writes about Dragons - in the detailed Pern sense of Dragons, not as just some ephemeral plot point.
Todd Lockwood absolutely nailed it. His world building is fleshed out - but not TOO much. So many writers make the amateurish mistake of throwing too much at you at once. Not Lockwood. His world is fully realized and you see the corner you're meant to see. And that's it. It's mostly about the characters - which is the brilliant stroke! You're with Maia from the start. Along for the journey. She's not so blank you insert yourself into her (I just detest that kind of writing, it's lazy and easy) no, you hover over her shoulder and experience everything alongside her - just like excellent fiction is supposed to do.
There are some really great and unusual subtleties in this book that normally are seen in regular fiction, not high Fantasy like this. Rivalries, disagreements, bruised egos and feelings. All the negative emotions are not always directed at the "enemies" and this kind of subtle nuance is really welcomed in the genre, which is typically one-note in this regard.
The pace of the book is quite good - and I found myself dragging the book with me wherever I knew I'd have to sit for a bit, so I could read. I finished it faster than most books I read because I couldn't wait to see what happened next. The action was really exciting too, and visual. I still remember what everything looked like, so clear it is almost like a memory. But then my imagination is probably the most exercised muscle in my body ;)
It is at points charming, laugh-out-loud funny, exciting and heart-wrenchingly emotional. Yep, this book managed to get me to choke up and cry, too - in a couple places. Hard to do that these days, I'm such a cynic. Thing is - I'm really NOT - and my emotions can easily be teased out of me by excellent fare.
And The Summer Dragon is just that.
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