Wings of fire
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Average rating4.5
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Ratings2
Average rating4.5
Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered. Now she's hiding again, wanted for stealing the Book of Clearsight along with her new SilkWing friends, Blue and Swordtail, and the fierce LeafWing, Sundew. The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a LeafWing attack. But Cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen's deadliest secret? And if she does succeed -- can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war?
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This book was okay. It was interesting enough, but not nearly as good as its predecessor The Lost Continent. I feel that Cricket was much more interesting in the last book, and likewise Blue, Swordtail, and Sundew have lost most of the charm and depth they showed in the last book as well. Sundew has been reduced to yelling, Blue has been reduced to sympathetic sappy-face, Swordtail has been reduced to I-need-Luna-or-I-will-die-waaah.
Jewel Hive was a very cool setting, the Chrysalis stuff was interesting, and the mystery of Cricket's origin was something we needed an answer to in order for the plot to move along. However, although this book is just fine, I feel that it was a waste. A lot more could have been achieved in this book, and I think that if Blue, Cricket, Sundew, and Swordtail had just fled straight to the Poison Jungle in this one instead of dwaddling in the Hives, the arc overall could have had more room for more interesting things, and perhaps the final book, Flames of Hope, wouldn't have been so hopelessly (ha, sad pun) rushed.
I'd say this is number 3 on the “worst books of the Lost Continent Arc” list. Flames of Hope (worst), The Poison Jungle, and The Hive Queen. Although, this book really wasn't bad. It was just really okay, Cricket was a pretty boring unrelatable character, and it felt like a waste of potential in a series where each arc is only allowed five books.
