Title: Realm of Dragons
Author: Morgan Rice
Date: 2019
Quote: "There was no doubting the realness of this. This wasn't some joke...This was a dragon."
In the magical kingdom of this novel, dragons mate, lay eggs, and die. King Godwin and his Knights of the Spur find the dead mother dragon in chapter one.
Then we meet his family. Eldest son: eager to take over, willing to start a war while the King is trying to avoid one. Middle son: a sadist; you'll hope he dies, but in this book he doesn't. Youngest son: small, teased about looking girlish, fully heterosexual, love-starved, and vulnerable to a female spy. Eldest daughter: in love with love, engaged to an unworthy man. Middle daughter: stricken with Scale Sickness, which means she's either about to die or about to turn into a dragon unless she smashes a dragon's egg. Youngest daughter: wants to be an armored knight and fight duels.
This is volume one of a series so none of the six gets what he or she wants in this book. They're all taking the first steps toward their goals when a neighboring king declares war on their kingdom.
If we learn anything from this book it's that war is never a good idea. Most of us already knew that. But if you like magical kingdoms you may want the whole series you'll have to buy to find out how the six royal offspring's stories end.
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