The Dragonet Prophecy

Wings of Fire #1: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui Sutherland
Scholastic Press - July 1, 2012
336 pages

After the death of Queen Oasis, her three daughters Blaze, Blister, and Burn have been competing for the SandWing throne. They turned it into a world-wide war, dragging in the various other tribes of Pyrrhia. However, there is a prophecy that five dragons: a MudWing, a SandWing, a SeaWing, a SkyWing, and a NightWing, will save Pyrrhia and determine the new queen. However, the SkyWing egg was dropped and hastily replaced with a RainWing. No one knows if the prophecy will still work, but the enthusiastic Tsunami leads the other dragons out of the cave two years early and into the clutches of danger.

Tui Sutherland was one of the later authors of the Warriors series, which is reviewed elsewhere. I had high hopes for this. Fortunately, the majority of them were met. The characters were developed, although most of their behavior seemed to revolve around either a singular or dual character trait, and their little quirks did not shine as they could have. The pacing was quick, however, and secrets were unveiled to reveal the truth in a quickening beat. The amount of characters that died, however, was a little too many for my tastes too soon after introduction. Maybe prologues in the next books will tell us more about them?

Grade: B+