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Scales and Honor: City of Light
The third book in Veledar's quest to retrieve his stolen treasure. He and his group of adventurers find themselves in the heart of the Lumarian empire, facing danger at every turn. It is within this place that a darkness brews, lying just below the surface, waiting for our heroes to uncover. Veledar will find himself tested, with numerous chances to show others what true strength and courage means, and perhaps, find a greater treasure than the one he lost. Lets just hope his pride isn't destroyed along the way.
1099 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 7, 2024
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May 1, 2025
My feelings about this book are mixed. I absolutely adore a lot of the ideas. The universe's acceptance of LGBT, gryphons as equal citizens, the mature tone of the book and there were legit a lot of emotional moments that were perfect. The affection shared between Arcturus and Veledar was very emotional to read.
Unfortunetaly I'm struggling for exact same reason ive struggled with book 1 and 2. City of Light could easily be half it's lenght, because of the amount of filler dialogue. Most chapters will be 45 minutes of characters talking, joking around and making the same sort of quips they've been making all of the first two books, with very little actually being said and done.
Its not a matter of chapters being long and filled with dialogue, that in itself can be good. But a large amount of the scenes in City of Light feels like they lack purpose. It was prominent enough that it got impossible to ignore.
It was still one hell of an adventure and despite my rating, i did enjoy reading it, with the kind of take on creature fantasy that i had been waiting for. And so will i continue the series at some point
3.5 stars
Unfortunetaly I'm struggling for exact same reason ive struggled with book 1 and 2. City of Light could easily be half it's lenght, because of the amount of filler dialogue. Most chapters will be 45 minutes of characters talking, joking around and making the same sort of quips they've been making all of the first two books, with very little actually being said and done.
Its not a matter of chapters being long and filled with dialogue, that in itself can be good. But a large amount of the scenes in City of Light feels like they lack purpose. It was prominent enough that it got impossible to ignore.
It was still one hell of an adventure and despite my rating, i did enjoy reading it, with the kind of take on creature fantasy that i had been waiting for. And so will i continue the series at some point
3.5 stars
December 29, 2024
More of the shady aspects of Lumara become apparent.
The second installment already gave away some of it, but only from the outside.
As Veledar and his minions... uh sorry... companions go further on their quest in the kingdom's capital city, they discover more dark secrets than they would have expected.
If you've been wondering where Lumara got their fancy crystals powering their various devices, you'll wish you've never asked...
Also, new characters are introduced and many interesting details are revealed on the main ones, but heh... chonky book (twice as long as the previous installment), it can't be all fights and pesky elves making fun of the poor dragon !
Adventure, fights and chill moments, sprinkled with comedy and moments of romance, but also darker moments and loss.
Despite Veledar and Arcturus's friendship and more, they also have secrets difficult to share, threatening to drive them apart.
The second installment already gave away some of it, but only from the outside.
As Veledar and his minions... uh sorry... companions go further on their quest in the kingdom's capital city, they discover more dark secrets than they would have expected.
If you've been wondering where Lumara got their fancy crystals powering their various devices, you'll wish you've never asked...
Also, new characters are introduced and many interesting details are revealed on the main ones, but heh... chonky book (twice as long as the previous installment), it can't be all fights and pesky elves making fun of the poor dragon !
Adventure, fights and chill moments, sprinkled with comedy and moments of romance, but also darker moments and loss.
Despite Veledar and Arcturus's friendship and more, they also have secrets difficult to share, threatening to drive them apart.
December 24, 2024
I love this series. If you love dragon books and want to read a story where the dragon is actually a character then this series is for you. City of Light has a good mixture of action, emotion, comedy and romance. The characters all feel unique and interesting each with their own personality that brings life to this amazing story.
5 out of 5, if you love dragon stories with people, this is the story for you.
5 out of 5, if you love dragon stories with people, this is the story for you.
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