Book: Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Published by HarperCollins

Purchased for my Nook (352 pages)

Genre: YA: Paranormal

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Goodreads Summary: A hidden truth. 

Mortal enemies. 

Doomed love.

Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.

Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will’s dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away—if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She’ll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.

Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.

The main reason I wanted to read this book is because it’s about dragons.  How often do you see a book focusing solely on dragons?  Not very often.

I wasn’t sure about this book at first, but I ended up really liking it.  I thought the characters were interesting, even the ones I didn’t like.  Jacinda’s mom and her sister Tamra were really irritating.

I just loved Jacinda, and how much being a dragon (or draki) means to her.  There’s an element of needing to stay hidden because they’re being hunted, and it’s even worse for Jacinda because she had to flee to the mortal world.  If she doesn’t stay in touch with her inner draki, she’ll become human, just like her mother did.  And since her twin (Tamra) never showed an ability to shape-shift into a draki, her mom let her inner draki die.  It was so hard to see them tell Jacinda it would be better once she was no longer a dragon and how desperate Jacinda was to stay one.

I love how the color of each draki indicates what their talent is.  That is such a great idea!  I really love what Jordan did with dragons.  Seriously, these are not your typical dragons.  Okay, so Jacinda is a fire-breathing dragon- which is really rare- and that she’s set to marry Cassian, the future alpha.  It was still an interesting story, and very unique.

It gets a 4 out 0f 5.