Wings of Fire

Wings of Fire

Book 1: The Dragonet Prophecy

By: Tui T Sutherland

Reviewed by: Madeline S.

The book Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy is by author Tui T. Sutherland. I think that Sutherlands’ style brings you close to the story because she tells it through an omniscient narrator that can see into the main character’s thoughts. I personally think that this book is for anybody ages 9+ who likes excitement, fantasy, and especially dragons.

 Before the book begins the reader is introduced to the dragonet prophecy:

When the war lasted twenty years…

The dragonets will come

When the land is soaked in blood and tears…

The dragonets will come

Find the Sea Wing egg of deepest blue.

Wings of night will come to you.

The largest egg in mountain high

Will give you the wings of sky.

For wings of earth, search through the mud

For an egg the color of dragon blood.

And hidden alone from rival queens,

The Sand Wing egg awaits unseen.

Of three queens who blister and blaze and burn

two shall die and one shall learn

if she bows to a fate that is stronger and higher

she’ll have the power of wings of fire.

Five eggs to hatch on the brightest night,

five dragons born to end the fight.

Darkness will rise to bring the light.

The dragonets are coming....

               There are seven different dragon tribes: IceWings, RainWings, MudWings, SkyWings, SandWings, NightWings, and SeaWings. They all are fighting because a scavenger (a human) killed the queen of the SandWings, Queen Oasis. She has three daughters, Blister, Blaze, and Burn, who all want to become queen. So the daughters each find allies and start a war over who will be the next SandWing queen. This book opens with a dragon named Clay. He is one of the dragonets from the prophecy but he doesn’t think he is the right dragon even though his egg was the color of dragon blood. He has lived in a cave with the four other dragonets ever since he was born. Four of the dragonets, including Clay, want to leave the cave and go into the real world. But their guardians won’t let them because they are the dragonets of prophecy and it is not time for them for leave yet. Events turn though when the dragonets get captured and are forced to fight to the death against other captured dragons. Will all the dragonets make it? Where will they go after the fighting is over? How will this turn of events affect the prophecy?

I really enjoyed the suspense that is present throughout the book; it makes it really hard to put down the book. You will want to keep reading the book until you are finished! There are some twists and turns that keep you guessing and Sutherland makes the story believable by using an all knowing narrator. The adventures continue in five other books. I am on the fifth book now and am excited to read the next one. The seventh book is coming out this summer!