Five of Stones (Books of Erd #1)

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Description

TLDR: Little Mermaid but with magic dragons, magic rocks, and rebellion.

Five stones, two estranged siblings, one ex-fiance, and not one spark to protect herself.

Syra is the firstborn heir to the Montari Dragon Clan. She is also a flameless runt--a fact her younger siblings, Cassius and Petra, often repeat. But, she is also a Lightblood. Blessed with high affinity to the land'smana flow, her magical prowess is her one redeeming quality. But when the Ignis dragon, Marrak, attacks the neighboring human kingdom and kills her father, it is her trademark skill that provides hope: shapeshifting.

Nine years after she infiltrated the human city, Marrak resurfaces. With her cover blown, she's sent into foreign lands to hunt down five powerful crystals and stop him from rebuilding the weapon that would leave him invincible, and both human and dragon lands destroyed.

But war is brewing in the human kingdom. Social unrest is shaking every city and the web of rebellion is on the hunt for Lightbloods, making her a glowing target. Enemy ears are everywhere and secrets run deep, even in the people closest to her. And as a wyrmling who can't breathe fire, she is left with bickering twins and a bitter prince in a world where monsters don't always wear scales.

**Contains depictions of: PTSD, substance abuse, child abuse**

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Sera Cross

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Rating: 3.2/ 5.0
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NaizhaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I am thoroughly enjoying this story so far. No noticible grammar or spelling errors, and character dialogue feels very organic. The prose flows very nicely and is a joy to read.
So far the story is happening at a brisk pace, especially in the first 5 or so chapters where some light world building and character establishment happens before our inciting incident. I would have appreciated some more descriptions in the prologue as a few new races get introduced without a great deal of description. However, they have been expanded upon as our MC, Syra, is introduced to them. This story falls into the show don't tell camp though, which greatly reflects the author's skill at story crafting.
I'm a bit blown away by how Syra gets treated by the citizens of Altaria when she blows her cover as a dragon. Especially since she was raised by the King, is engaged to the prince, and only revealed her true form to save a group of people from a building collapse (Including her fiance, the prince...).
The kingdoms hatred for dragons feels a bit forced considering prior to the attack by Marrak, Altarians seemed to be allied with the Montani dragons (Syra's tribe).
The characters are mostly very well written. There is a time skip early on that has raised a few questions though as some characters seemed to have had some significant growth off-screen. So far only some small anecdotes ave been shared from this skipped time and I hope we get some more because they are quite insightful.
Overall I highly recommend this story.