Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Firelight by Sophie Jordan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read this book as part of my twitter chat with #yearofya January topic of 1st in a female fantasy series when we will be discussing all of our read, please join us 1/30 at 8PM EST. Jacinda is a drake which is a dragon/human. She can become a dragon and lives in a pride with her mother (her father died) and her sister, Tamra who is not a draki at all. Jacinda is also a firebreather and there has not been one for hundreds of years so the pride wants her to make more fire breathing dragons with Cassian (a childhood friend) whose father is head of the pride. Jacinda can also take human form and remain that way but if she is angered or upset she can't help becoming a dragon and that is a big problem. Jacinda and her friend sneak out one night to fly around (prohibited) but find they are being pursued by the human hunters who hunt for these draki- in the process of getting away Jacinda's wing is compromised and she must hide in a cave which is on a pond. There a human hunter, Will, finds her but does not alert the other hunters instead telling them nothing is there. Jacinda gets in so much trouble, her mom panics and makes them all leave in the dead of night, but Jacinda can't stop thinking about the hunter, his eyes and his wet hair. Imagine her surprise when this guy is at her new high school and they are increasingly drawn to each other. I loved this first in a series and will be finishing the other 2 books. When I taught an online course at Arcadia University, my students raved about this book!

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