No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished
Ratings14
Average rating4.1
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Ratings14
Average rating4.1
When Julius overthrew his mother and took control of his clan, he thought he was doing right by everyone. But sharing power isn't part of any proper dragon's vocabulary, and with one seat still open on the new ruling Council, all of Heartstriker is ready to do whatever it takes to get their claws on it, including killing the Nice Dragon who got them into this mess in the first place. To keep his clan together and his skin intact, Julius is going to have to find a way to make his bloodthirsty siblings play fair. But there's more going on in Heartstriker Mountain than politics. Every family has its secrets, but the skeletons in Bethesda's closet are dragon sized, and with Algonquin's war looming over them all, breaking his clan wide open might just be the only hope Julius has of saving it.
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5 primary books6 released booksHeartstrikers is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Rachel Aaron.
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This book was very different from the previous ones in a way. What do I mean by that? So far we have heard about the Heartstriker clan, the many, many siblings and how they all have their functions for the clan and how it's a very intricate hierarchy based on everyone trying like crazy to climb to the top (with the exception of Julius). There are enforcers, politicians, medics, soldiers, ones responsible for raising the new kids, etc. It all connects to support the brood mother, Bethesda, who rules over them by basically making them fight and fear each other.
By now things are changing, though. They all had the epiphany of almost every single one feeling like shit is not good. Like they all had some issues when life wasn't fair and it's seeming like.... they are wasting energy, potential and just generally every single resource because they are unable to work together.
So far we have mostly seen the characters as the kind of mysterious backdrop for Justin being the way he is, but they are starting to get fleshed out. Honestly, they are much more independent from Bethesda than I have expected; I shouldn't be surprised by how they are a lot less than perfect underlings. And at the same time a lot, lot more.
The origins and history of dragons are still not worked with too much, but I am happy with what I can get. Warning, though, I feel this book is not about the action mostly. Which is not an issue, I just feel like I had to mention it.
The war with Algonquin is approaching fast and even the humans are aware it's happening. Marci is getting the attention of some influential humans and... others.
I feel this book will pay off big time with all the huge things being set up. Definitely looking forward to it.
love this series, a contemporary fantasy that isn't filled with unnecessary sex scenes or side stories. It's a great book which adds to the tension and builds on previously loved characters, as well as going deeper with less known but excellent characters.
The previous books are now going to be hard acts to follow as Julius has now become the top man. But still Rachel does a pretty good job of it by shifting the focus to his sister and bringing the family story into play. At the same time a larger plot is added to make things more interesting along with a couple of new characters. Onwards
