BOOK INFORMATION
Stormrise
by Jillian Boehme
Publisher: Tor Teen
Release Date: September 10th 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dragons
Publisher: Tor Teen
Release Date: September 10th 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dragons
Synopsis:
A combat warrior will risk everything
to awaken the dragons and save her kingdom in Jillian Boehme's epic YA Fantasy
debut, Stormrise, inspired by Twelfth Night and perfect for fans of Tamora
Pierce.
If Rain weren’t a girl, she would be
respected as a Neshu combat master. Instead, her gender dooms her to a
colorless future. When an army of nomads invades her kingdom, and a draft
forces every household to send one man to fight, Rain takes her chance to seize
the life she wants.
Knowing she’ll be killed if she’s
discovered, Rain purchases powder made from dragon magic that enables her to
disguise herself as a boy. Then she hurries to the war camps, where she excels
in her training—and wrestles with the voice that has taken shape inside her
head. The voice of a dragon she never truly believed existed.
As war looms and Rain is enlisted into
an elite, secret unit tasked with rescuing the High King, she begins to realize
this dragon tincture may hold the key to her kingdom’s victory. For the dragons
that once guarded her land have slumbered for centuries . . . and someone
must awaken them to fight once more.
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REVIEW
I received an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
A book with dragons?
Check.
Mulan inspired? Yup check.
Also forbidden romance? Triple check!
Stormrise caught me from the moment the cover was revealed. It caught the ferocity of the dragons and the ferocity, combined with bravery, a girl takes as war looms closer and closer.
Rain and her twin brother Storm live in a village where, tales of old dragon magic make people fearsome and others, trying to exploit them. There's old lore about the time of the dragons but there are none alive. Training to become a Neshu fighter, despite not being allowed to be one due to her gender, Rain doesn't have time for marriage proposals.
Knowing that her brother won't make it, she disguises herself as a boy by also taking a mix of dragon powder in order to sound like one. And from there training begins friends and alliances.
The book was more a military YA fantasy than a dragon-centered one. I enjoyed seeing Rain become stronger and discovering her potential along with the lore of the old dragons. I also loved the romance and how sweet it was with its moments and stumbles.
A stand-alone YA fantasy worth the read!
A book with dragons?
Check.
Mulan inspired? Yup check.
Also forbidden romance? Triple check!
Stormrise caught me from the moment the cover was revealed. It caught the ferocity of the dragons and the ferocity, combined with bravery, a girl takes as war looms closer and closer.
Rain and her twin brother Storm live in a village where, tales of old dragon magic make people fearsome and others, trying to exploit them. There's old lore about the time of the dragons but there are none alive. Training to become a Neshu fighter, despite not being allowed to be one due to her gender, Rain doesn't have time for marriage proposals.
Knowing that her brother won't make it, she disguises herself as a boy by also taking a mix of dragon powder in order to sound like one. And from there training begins friends and alliances.
The book was more a military YA fantasy than a dragon-centered one. I enjoyed seeing Rain become stronger and discovering her potential along with the lore of the old dragons. I also loved the romance and how sweet it was with its moments and stumbles.
A stand-alone YA fantasy worth the read!
AUTHOR INFORMATION
JILLIAN BOEHME is known to the online writing community as
Authoress, hostess of Miss Snark's First Victim, a blog for aspiring authors.
In real life, she holds a degree in Music Education, sings with the Nashville
Symphony Chorus, and homeschools her remaining youngster-at-home. She's still
crazy in love with her husband of more than thirty years and is happy to be
surrounded by family and friends amid the rolling knolls of Middle Tennessee.
AUTHOR LINKS
Website: https://www.jillianboehme.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillianBoehme
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillian.boehme/
PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN
All the info for the preorder
campaign is here: www.jillianboehme.com/preorder
A direct link to ordering
SIGNED/PERSONALIZED COPIES is here: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/stormrise
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