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DragonFire #1
Sphere of Eternity
Dragonfire - Sphere of Eternity, is the first epic instalment of the Dragonfire series. An exciting new fantasy novel for fans of dragons, griffins and high-fantasy in general.
Blaze is a far from normal resident of an isolated village. When the illusion of his life reveals itself, he is set on a path of discovery into an unknown reality where he must find his true belonging. However, in this vast new world, such a thing may be the least of his worries.
This year, the revised first instalment of the fantasy trilogy introduces readers to a vast new world, where magic reigns, dragons fly, and mystical beasts roam the land under the gaze of dark and powerful beings.
Dragonfire - Sphere of Eternity tells the tale of one such dragon, as he is forced to leave his home behind and adventure into a world, he never even considered existed.
Blaze is a far from normal resident of an isolated village. When the illusion of his life reveals itself, he is set on a path of discovery into an unknown reality where he must find his true belonging. However, in this vast new world, such a thing may be the least of his worries.
This year, the revised first instalment of the fantasy trilogy introduces readers to a vast new world, where magic reigns, dragons fly, and mystical beasts roam the land under the gaze of dark and powerful beings.
Dragonfire - Sphere of Eternity tells the tale of one such dragon, as he is forced to leave his home behind and adventure into a world, he never even considered existed.
433 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 26, 2015
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November 29, 2020
(This review is geared toward all three books in the Dragonfire trilogy)
This trilogy had amazing potential. The world, the dragons, the lore, details, the plot twists, almost everything was fantastic and original. I raced through these books in a matter of days because of it, I didn't want to stop. Unfortunately, there were a few setbacks that keep me from truly liking this trilogy. There were numerous paragraph errors and grammar issues (for example: Tarwin's "waste" should be "waist"), some of the side characters had absolutely no presence or personality, and then there is Blaze, our titular protagonist.
(Note: It has been a number of years since I last read this trilogy, so Blaze's character may not be entirely accurate to how I remember him.)
Like the story, Blaze's character had great potential, but sadly falls short for me. Why? Blaze is the most unbearable, self-centered, "woe is me" git that I have ever read. Not in a completely selfish way mind you, but rather in a: "I am a danger to everything, so I will stay away from everyone I love and do absolutely nothing even though the world is about to end, and I might be the only one who can stop it" way. I wouldn't mind this so much if he came to this conclusion in the third book, but he has this mindset throughout the entirety of the trilogy.
To be fair, he does have a number of very good reasons as to why he is this way, and when he tries to change or fulfill his destiny, his efforts tend to end in failure, but it doesn't change the fact that I wanted to scream: "Will you shut up, and grow a spine already?!" every time something goes wrong and Blaze goes: "Oh no, I hate myself and I hate what I am, I should hide forever!"
Overall: I want to love this trilogy, I really do, but the insufferable main character and some of the grammar errors take me out of it. I hope the author comes back to this story one day and fixes some of the issues.
This trilogy had amazing potential. The world, the dragons, the lore, details, the plot twists, almost everything was fantastic and original. I raced through these books in a matter of days because of it, I didn't want to stop. Unfortunately, there were a few setbacks that keep me from truly liking this trilogy. There were numerous paragraph errors and grammar issues (for example: Tarwin's "waste" should be "waist"), some of the side characters had absolutely no presence or personality, and then there is Blaze, our titular protagonist.
(Note: It has been a number of years since I last read this trilogy, so Blaze's character may not be entirely accurate to how I remember him.)
Like the story, Blaze's character had great potential, but sadly falls short for me. Why? Blaze is the most unbearable, self-centered, "woe is me" git that I have ever read. Not in a completely selfish way mind you, but rather in a: "I am a danger to everything, so I will stay away from everyone I love and do absolutely nothing even though the world is about to end, and I might be the only one who can stop it" way. I wouldn't mind this so much if he came to this conclusion in the third book, but he has this mindset throughout the entirety of the trilogy.
To be fair, he does have a number of very good reasons as to why he is this way, and when he tries to change or fulfill his destiny, his efforts tend to end in failure, but it doesn't change the fact that I wanted to scream: "Will you shut up, and grow a spine already?!" every time something goes wrong and Blaze goes: "Oh no, I hate myself and I hate what I am, I should hide forever!"
Overall: I want to love this trilogy, I really do, but the insufferable main character and some of the grammar errors take me out of it. I hope the author comes back to this story one day and fixes some of the issues.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2022
A fairly good fantasy from the pov of a young dragon raised among human villagers.
There is a comprehensive world building, only partly used in this first book, however it shows some planning - which is encouraging for the sequels. The main characters are good enough to get involved; just a damper about Blaze relentless self-whipping attitude getting a little on my nerves, and making it more difficult to get along with him. The reasons for his attitude will become clearer in the second book, but IMO throttling this aspect down would have left him more easily endearing.
The plot though classic for this first installment, ends with leads for twists and developments, which left me curious for the next.
Unsurprisingly as the author was quite young, this books shows a few freshness flaws in the flow, treatment of characters features and dramatic tension. This, however, can only improve with time and the most important thing - one's involvement in their writing - is there.
There is a comprehensive world building, only partly used in this first book, however it shows some planning - which is encouraging for the sequels. The main characters are good enough to get involved; just a damper about Blaze relentless self-whipping attitude getting a little on my nerves, and making it more difficult to get along with him. The reasons for his attitude will become clearer in the second book, but IMO throttling this aspect down would have left him more easily endearing.
The plot though classic for this first installment, ends with leads for twists and developments, which left me curious for the next.
Unsurprisingly as the author was quite young, this books shows a few freshness flaws in the flow, treatment of characters features and dramatic tension. This, however, can only improve with time and the most important thing - one's involvement in their writing - is there.
December 14, 2025
OMG, I love this book! This is the most original dragon PoV story I have seen in some time. The world is so rich and unique, and the main character so clearly real. You really feel like you’re inside his head, but I can see how that may be tedious for some.
The side characters are great too, I particularly love Risha, she’s got such cute mom energy! I just wish this story had an audio book. That said, I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
The side characters are great too, I particularly love Risha, she’s got such cute mom energy! I just wish this story had an audio book. That said, I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
August 20, 2026
Very good read/listen. Revisiting this world is like returning to a good friend. Well written and the audio book was well read.
April 24, 2022
altho the worst book of the 4 this book is still an amazing start for the series, every character is well fleshed out and their backstories deeply thought about, altho many of their personalities are nothing i havent seen before they are well played out in this instance, the bond that quickly grows between the dragons is rather realistic if a little rushed for story purposes, the bbeg is a rather one dimensional and flat necromancer working for a bigger bad but its obvious he is just a stepping stone to future villans like the orkin warlords.
the only things i didnt like in this book were the overly long exposition scenes from the dragon elders, the floating orb of the creators (that i dubbed the exposition orb) and the bbeg himself, all pulling the story to a screeching halt for pages at a time.
rereading it after reading the first three really shows all the subtle setups for the future books, showing how well this series was planned out, as a stand alone book it would be a 3 or 4 out of 5 stars, as a great if expositiony start to an amazing series that is still being made it easily brings it to a 5/5 and i highly recomend it.
5/5 would watch main character get kicked in the face during the final fight again
the only things i didnt like in this book were the overly long exposition scenes from the dragon elders, the floating orb of the creators (that i dubbed the exposition orb) and the bbeg himself, all pulling the story to a screeching halt for pages at a time.
rereading it after reading the first three really shows all the subtle setups for the future books, showing how well this series was planned out, as a stand alone book it would be a 3 or 4 out of 5 stars, as a great if expositiony start to an amazing series that is still being made it easily brings it to a 5/5 and i highly recomend it.
5/5 would watch main character get kicked in the face during the final fight again
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 24, 2022
Is a very good book. It had me excited to see the characters as they learned about the world and had me cry at times
April 21, 2022
Woof
I went into this re-read hoping I could give it a better review than my last. I felt like it was pretty harsh, especially when I went and read the free preview on Amazon recently, just to see if it really was all that bad.
The verdict?
Eh... it kinda is that bad, yeah. I won't be changing my rating, at any rate. I did actually slog through and finish the whole thing, giving it the benefit of the doubt the whole way. And unfortunately, all I can say is that the author obviously cares about these characters, and this world.
But despite my best efforts, I couldn't bring myself to care about any of it.
The good first, of course. The visuals in this book are actually quite stunning. Davies does an excellent job painting a picture with words, and for the most part I can visualize the settings quite clearly, in a way that's rather pleasant.
The concepts and the intended theme for this book is also one I approve of. About the concept of home, change, found family, finding friendship, and even the magical elements which — while borderline cliche with the protagonist being a reluctant chosen one ultimately fated to face an ancient evil (in the form of a necromancer of course), are charming in their own right, and can still be done well, even if cliche.
But this book just falls flat at every opportunity. At every moment, I am being told exactly what to feel. The protagonists internal dialogue is repetitive, consistently self-deprecating for what seems like no reason really, and ultimately just incredibly annoying. It's hard to describe it, really, except that the perpetual pattern would be: Event happens --> characters physically react --> Blaze immediately breaks down the events again and tells me how to feel about it in the most oversimplified way possible.
Over, and over, and over again. Every time anything happens at all. To say it grated on my nerves would be an understatement.
The plot overall was, again, good in concept. But poorly executed. Spoon-fed to me at multiple points by seemingly wise elders and mentors whose only roles in the book appeared to be to tell Blaze things that apparently upset him, even though I couldn't follow half of what was being said myself. The villain of the book rarely felt like a danger, and just kinda... popped up at the end because the plot told him to—in fact pretty much every encounter felt like that. The plot needed to move along, so it dragged the characters into it for no reason, giving me no choice but to follow, or just stop reading altogether.
So to repeat my past self: I really wanted to like this book. I love dragon protagonists, and I want more of them. The dragons in this book are beautiful, well built, and interesting. There were multiple elements about them—and even Blaze's unique abilities—that were genuinely cool. But, on theme with the rest of this book, just poorly executed all around.
All that said, there's a decent chance I'll pick up book two. Solely because I am hopeful that the author has improved their writing since this first one, and so maybe book two will be more compelling. I'm willing to take the risk for good dragon content.
OLD REVIEW BELOW
I wanted to like this book, I really did. And in all fairness, it does have potential. But I just couldn't keep reading after about the 20% mark. Something about the writing style felt off from the start, and it didn't get better. The prose was repetitive, bordering on long-winded, and did not do well with showing over telling.
All that said, if this were a child's first introduction into a fantasy story, then I could see it being enjoyable. The story was very tropey, but not terrible. If you can get past the writing style, then it's not all bad. Just not for me.
I went into this re-read hoping I could give it a better review than my last. I felt like it was pretty harsh, especially when I went and read the free preview on Amazon recently, just to see if it really was all that bad.
The verdict?
Eh... it kinda is that bad, yeah. I won't be changing my rating, at any rate. I did actually slog through and finish the whole thing, giving it the benefit of the doubt the whole way. And unfortunately, all I can say is that the author obviously cares about these characters, and this world.
But despite my best efforts, I couldn't bring myself to care about any of it.
The good first, of course. The visuals in this book are actually quite stunning. Davies does an excellent job painting a picture with words, and for the most part I can visualize the settings quite clearly, in a way that's rather pleasant.
The concepts and the intended theme for this book is also one I approve of. About the concept of home, change, found family, finding friendship, and even the magical elements which — while borderline cliche with the protagonist being a reluctant chosen one ultimately fated to face an ancient evil (in the form of a necromancer of course), are charming in their own right, and can still be done well, even if cliche.
But this book just falls flat at every opportunity. At every moment, I am being told exactly what to feel. The protagonists internal dialogue is repetitive, consistently self-deprecating for what seems like no reason really, and ultimately just incredibly annoying. It's hard to describe it, really, except that the perpetual pattern would be: Event happens --> characters physically react --> Blaze immediately breaks down the events again and tells me how to feel about it in the most oversimplified way possible.
Over, and over, and over again. Every time anything happens at all. To say it grated on my nerves would be an understatement.
The plot overall was, again, good in concept. But poorly executed. Spoon-fed to me at multiple points by seemingly wise elders and mentors whose only roles in the book appeared to be to tell Blaze things that apparently upset him, even though I couldn't follow half of what was being said myself. The villain of the book rarely felt like a danger, and just kinda... popped up at the end because the plot told him to—in fact pretty much every encounter felt like that. The plot needed to move along, so it dragged the characters into it for no reason, giving me no choice but to follow, or just stop reading altogether.
So to repeat my past self: I really wanted to like this book. I love dragon protagonists, and I want more of them. The dragons in this book are beautiful, well built, and interesting. There were multiple elements about them—and even Blaze's unique abilities—that were genuinely cool. But, on theme with the rest of this book, just poorly executed all around.
All that said, there's a decent chance I'll pick up book two. Solely because I am hopeful that the author has improved their writing since this first one, and so maybe book two will be more compelling. I'm willing to take the risk for good dragon content.
OLD REVIEW BELOW
I wanted to like this book, I really did. And in all fairness, it does have potential. But I just couldn't keep reading after about the 20% mark. Something about the writing style felt off from the start, and it didn't get better. The prose was repetitive, bordering on long-winded, and did not do well with showing over telling.
All that said, if this were a child's first introduction into a fantasy story, then I could see it being enjoyable. The story was very tropey, but not terrible. If you can get past the writing style, then it's not all bad. Just not for me.
January 18, 2024
I couldn't connect with the writing style of this book, couldn't finish it. Too... naive in many aspects.
I think it would be just fine for a younger audience, though.
I think it would be just fine for a younger audience, though.
June 5, 2022
I seriously loved these books. Excited to read more.
September 27, 2026
Love this series. It offers a fresh take on the standard fantasy genre and doesn’t rely heavily on normal tropes. The series overall is a delightful breath of fresh air.
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