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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Review: The Dragon Throne by Ava Richardson

Title: The Dragon Throne
Author: Ava Richardson
Series: Alveria Dragon Academy #3
Genre: Fantasy/Dragons/YA/Romance
Publisher: Self
Publication Date: February 27th, 2019
Edition: Kindle Edition, 394 pages
Source: Purchased
Purchase: Amazon US 



Synopsis:
  Whispers of war become a battle cry in this epic series finale. 
  Invasion is imminent. Skirmishes have erupted all across Alveria’s borders, but the lingering effects of the sickness have left the dragon guard weakened. Unprepared for a strike at the heart of the kingdom, difficult alliances must now be made to protect them all. 
  Circumstances at the Akademy are no better. Kaelan Younger’s attempts to learn more about her renegade father and the Terra dragon fighting for the enemy are complicated by tapestries that refuse to reveal their secrets. And when the queen’s efforts to stop the war involve Prince Lasaro, Kaelan is forced to confront the growing feelings she has for her dragon. 
  Their only hope to stem the tide of war is to find the long-forgotten Standing Stones and harness its ancient power. It is there that Kaelan and Lasaro’s love will face the greatest test. 
  And one will make the ultimate sacrifice. 
Review:

The third and final book in this series is a really satisfying conclusion. Reading these in an eBind-up made it kind of hard to track my reading progress of each book individually, as I chose to count them as separate books. Anyways, on to my review.

I really enjoyed this book. I really love Kaelan and Lasaro, and how they treat each other as equals. They make a great couple, and the love they have for each other feels real. They were attracted to each other since they met in book one. But they didn't call it love right away, it was a slow build up to love.

I like that this book had a more central plot than the last one. This book was more focused on the coming war, and everything was a build up to that. I was frustrated right along with Lasaro and Kaelan over everybody ignoring the threats. But also at this point, I felt that the distrust her classmates had for her was a little unjustified and that perhaps there was some tamer magic involved in fueling the distrust. But it seems that they are all just a bunch of jerks.

The stakes also felt higher, to me, in this book than they did in the others. Everybody was more active with their situation, less talking about forming a plan, and more actual planning.

The last few chapters were really fantastic too, and it did end the way I was hoping it would. I'd actually like to read more about these characters, and hope in the future more is written about them at least in a novella.

This was a really good series, and I hope more people check her books out.

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