Quick summary
Researchers use dragon blood to create people that are impervious to everything (mostly).
May contain spoilers.
It was interesting how Ven is presented as the main character, but it is Mia that does most of the things usually associated with being a main character. She is the one with the impervious powers; she is the “only hope” to battle the evil. Ven, for the most part, acts like a sidekick.
The battle scenes are great. They actually sound like fights. It isn’t Mia punches Dami; Dami kicks Mia; the end. It sounds more like a fight you’d see in movie, just maybe a little shorter.
There is a bit of romance as Ven and Mia decide if they love each other; but don’t worry, this isn’t a kissing book (aka romantasy). (Sorry, Noah Isaacs and The Princess Bride, I couldn’t resist.) At times, the romance between Ven and Mia got to the point where it was like they couldn’t do anything without the other being in danger. There is one part where Mia thinks she could care less if a village is destroyed; but when she thinks of Ven being hurt, she decides to help.
I’m glad that Hunsaker added Ven’s hunt for answers to his parents’ death as a motivation. Also when Ven states that he is there to find out what happened to his parents not to stop dragonblood use or even save Mia, it showed some depth to him. He was more than a lovesick teenager. It also showed some character growth because before this he was “I’ll help anyone for any reason as long as they are hurting,” which got him into trouble.
The action didn’t rise like you’d normally expect for a book. The book was not boring—there was plenty of fights and intrigue (such as who was helping the antagonist of this book)—but it didn’t seem to more exciting. Each chapter does get more interesting and the stakes go from “don’t get caught spying to save the world,” but it isn’t edge-of-your-seat-suspense. There is suspense, action, and fear and you do feel each chapter being more active, but it isn’t that “explosions every five seconds,” “lights flashing” kind of action. Hunsaker makes you care for the characters, even if they might seem one-dimensional. You even feel for characters that you only see at their deaths because Ven and Mia care for them. You get to know them through Mia or Ven. So when the big action happens, you worry about these nameless side characters instead of them being cannon fodder. Hunsaker doesn’t make you feel bad about the deaths through gory descriptions but through the characters’ feelings and reactions.
4.5/5
Until the next wormhole…thanks for reading!
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