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Wings of Fire 4: The Dark Secret.

This one was not as good as the others I felt but I liked it all the same. Four stars for exciting read but not as good as the others. Starflight finally gets to meet his own tribe, the NightWings, but not at all in the circumstances he would've expected. They've kidnapped him and taken him to their secret kingdom and from there he's working to get out of there. unlike Clay, Tsunami, or Glory, the black dragon has a rather mousy and shy attitude and is more reactive as he eplores around to learn more about Nightwing politics and schemes, so the main driving force here is the intrigue again. This one has more gore then the other books and it definitely got darker in mood as well. Story ties pretty heavily into the events from the previous book, since again this is all main plot stuff rather than whatever was going on in book 2's palace intrigues so definitely read the earlier books first.
I know this sounds like a lot of praise for a book written for twelve year olds, but I'm just delighted to find a series for kids that doesn't pull it's punches with how much brutality they pack into this thing.


Next book will be Sunny which I expect will be the dragonets solving the war while she wrestles with her life's purpose being a lie because of the reveal at the end of this one.
4.25/5