Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10) (10)

This is the 10th book in the Wings of Fire series. This was a really excellent continuation of the series. This book ties up the story arc dealing with Darkstalker and starts up a new one. Sutherland has said that there are going to be another 5 books in this series (bringing it to a total of 15 books). I have enjoyed this series but mostly continue to read it because my 10 year old son adores this series and we talk to each other about it a lot. This book centers around Qibli; the dragon who had a rough childhood and desperately wants animus magic. With most of the dragons enchanted to follow Darkstalker, Qibli is one of the few who can stop Darkstalker. Qibli uses his wits and intelligence (along with some magic objects from Turtle) to break Darkstalker’s enchantment on the other dragons and stop Darkstalker from taking over the world. We learn a lot about Qibli’s past and there is a lot about his birth family as well. As with previous books there is a lot in here about using power responsibly and about the importance of friendship. Additionally Qibli realizes that even though his birth family is pretty horrible, he can create himself a new family out of the friends and dragons who support and love him. I always think the topics and events covered in this series are a bit advanced for middle grade readers. However my son (who is 10 now) has been reading these books since he was seven or so and really loves them. These books are fun, interesting, and engaging. They also provide some food for thought. Overall this was a fantastic continuation of the Wings of Fire series. I really loved how the Darkstalker storyline was wrapped up. These books are always easy to read, engaging, and well written. I would definitely recommend to middle grade and older readers who love dragons, adventure, war, and magic.

As a mom of a 4th grader, I can’t say enough good things about this book! Darkness of Dragons hooked my child from the very first chapter—he couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. It’s full of action, emotion, and important lessons about courage, forgiveness, and self-belief. Qibli is such a great character for kids to relate to—he’s clever, kind, and learns that being brave doesn’t always mean being perfect. I love that this series encourages reading, imagination, and empathy all at once. *Tip: My son loves these books and uses them for his reading homework so a win-win! We also love to get the audible version, wonderful bedtimes stories. I highly recommend this book & I hope you find this review is helpful 👍🏻

I had to call my grandson ( age 8yrs. and a proficient reader ) to remind me of this book, the series ( which I purchased for him, after I found that he had read the first book in this series at school ) and the author. I was informed that this was a terrific book and the series was fantastic! Also to mention that every one of her books are so well written and extremely engaging, making it difficult for him to have put them down. They were all read within 2-3 days although having quite a number of pages ( at the time, his parents and I had to request that he not rush through them). He has now completed 2 of her book series and is now looking for a third. The author is now one of his favorites..

This book is amazing and highly inspirational, wrapping you up in a tight blanket of suspense, thrill, action, mystery, and loyalty. The characters eminate a glow that makes you feel their love, hatred,and both hopefully and hopelessness. Occasionally you simply must giggle or smirk or flinch or squeeze your kindle so hard it pops. A thick, vivid world is created, scenes are painted both beautifully and tragically, and you just can't help but feel a tingling feeling, more than simple satisfaction, when you turn the lat page of this marvelous tapestry of a book. IT BETTER NOT BE THE LAST ONE. If there happens to BE a next book, ( of which I am hearing soepeople say they loved the " series finale" and some writing they are eager for the next ( or five? ) books) I hope the narrater will be for Moon or Kinkajou. Honestly, this book was fanominally breathtaking, but Moon Rising was my second, due to character perspective and events. I love it when authors give you a hint or a detail beforehand in the book that presently seems dirley insignificant and turns out to carral all the story and make you bubble with anticipation and think WHY DIDN'T I NOTICE THAT. Meanwhile, Kinkajou is a ferociously wonderful butterfly of loyalty, a well- formed character who can only be described as teeming with strong joy that is only given to her - nope. Her joy is given to her friends AND all those aroud her, whether they like it or not, no matter how adorably annoying she may be. She is above and beyond the dictionary description of lovable. It would be equally fascinating to see the Jade Winglet's next adventure through her eyes. And then there is Clay. He started off this series, so why shouldn't he finnish it? ( Not that the next book should be the last one. It better not. ) Finally there is " The Legends " . I strongly believe and suggest that there be at the least one more Legend book, regardless of what dragonly tale and\ or secrets it behold. One more thing: enemies. Exquisite. Darkstalker could be both loathed and empathised, and often an unstable combination of both. But by far my favorite villan was Queen Scarlet. A refreshingly evil female; powerful, clever, and you couln' t think she was good. Never. True, Darkstlker was a great nemesis, a simply ( almost ) indestructible challenge, but no one was as thirsty as Queen Scarlet. Revenge- wise, power- wise, and blood-wise. I know spreading out the evil amoung characters is good, but have a truly COMMON enemy. P.S. : These books are plain amazing. Once diving in, there' s no diving out from Sutherland's WONDERFUL series brimmed with action, color, betrayal, love and DRAGONS.

My child love it! Good deal!

I actually enjoyed this conclusion WAY more than I enjoyed the conclusion to the Dragonets of Destiny arc. I was blown away by the twist ending and how issues were dealt with. I'd had an inkling from Moon Rising that I would enjoy Qibli's story, and it is safe to say that he is my number one favorite dragon after Glory (because she is QUEEN). Qibli's backstory was heartbreaking and made him that much more of an amazing character because he came out of a horrific situation as a good person. He struggled with doubt, always fearing he would be like his family, which is a normal thing to deal with when you're family is a bunch of raging murders and psychopaths. When Qibli saw his family again, I was genuinely worried he would fall for their tricks and become a villain (which would have been an interesting twist in the series for sure), but he stayed true to his friends, even in the face of temptation later on, and it made him that much better. I thought it was interesting that Qibli, out of all the dragons, struggled with animus magic, even though he had no powers. The concept of magic and how you could feasibly use it to fix every problem worried him more than anyone else, and he was constantly wishing he could fix everything with magic. The series ending was satisfactory and not at all what I was imaging would happen. The bridge into the next series arc was subtle, and I think it would have packed more of a punch if I didn't already have the eleventh book sitting on my shelf, because I knew Tui Sutherland had to tie in the new arc somehow.

I liked that it was nice and informative and really interesting it wad also entertaining I couldn't put the book down!

I've been reading this series for awhile and I'm simply loving it! My 10 year old cousin recommended it to me and since I'm 13, I was skeptic about starting it because I thought it might be boring or just for kids. But as soon as I finished the first ark, I was hooked. These books are engaging, funny, violent, and create beautiful scenes in your mind. As for this book, there's a lot riding on it, (hence it being the final book in the 2nd ark.) And I think Tui handled it PERFECTLY. Qibli is a awesome, intelligent, humorous character that is perfectly suitable for the final book in the ark. I was never bored when reading this book, and Darkstalker and Vulture are truly phenomenal antagonists. The side characters like Winter and Moon contribute to the book too. SPOILER ALERT: Darkstalker desperately wanting Clearsight just like Qibli desperately wants Moon is great, the Icewing plague is great, the war is great, Qibli turning down Darkstalkers offer to make him an animus is AMAZING, and Peacemaker is a great resolution. However, when I was reading other reviews for this book, a majority of the 1-Star reviews were because of the "inappropriate" lesbian content at the end, and that annoys me big time. Your children can marry whoever they want, I have a friend whose parents are lesbien, and they are one of the nicest families I know. A boy doesn't have to marry a girl and a girl doesn't have to marry a boy, they marry whoever they click with. Plus, we already have racial segregation going on, lets focus on fixing that without starting new ways to attack people who are different. There were also some reviews saying that they were unhappy about Qibli getting Moon instead of Winter, but don't worry! Qibli clearly states in chapter 8 that him and Winter will eventually end up getting married!;) Anyways, thank you so much for reading this review! If you are torn between buying this book on the kindle or waiting to get it at the library/borrowing it from someone, I recommend buying it because you will have an excellent book forever and will be able to re-read it. Thanks again and enjoy this book!!!:)