When her parents sold her off to Dragonspire Fortress, Raiya knew her ability to speak with all dragons was more of a curse than a gift. Yet a great destiny lies ahead of Raiya should she choose to seize it and become more than just a simple serving girl.

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erdempandaRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

I love books on dragon human relationship. the relationships between spesific riders andd dragons are warming.. However it is not just warm but also complex. the complexity is evident in the characters, politics and such too. I hope to see more relationship between riaya and dragons. The book is feel good story with complexity.

LynskyderRoyal Road

★★★★ 3.5

This story has patterns which would be familiar to anyone who has read Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books. Telepathic, genetically engineered dragons, Weyr equivalents, feudal society.
The main character we follow is Raiya, a young girl of 10-11, given as tribute to the dragonriders, but essentially raised by the ruling pair (Chief & Chieftess) as their child, albeit still a servant due to caste rigidity. Raiya is written as exceptionally mature for her age, which may break immersion somewhat, but main characters are expected to be exceptional - that's the reason we are reading about them. Still, the story appears to be leading towards a romance (perhaps a triangle) between her and Hyun (a rider of a genetic throwback to the original dragons). Several characters seem to mistake Raiya as being significantly older than she actually is, but this isn't really explained properly. Regardless, my personal preference would be to avoid any romance for Raiya while she is so young.
The world is interesting with plenty of politics that we see the edges of through Raiya, seeing her adoptive parents being forced out and therefore having to make her own way. Dragons are described in a suitably deadly fashion, giving good reasons to explain the strong restrictions placed upon them, both culturally and in their genetic modifications.
Grammar is generally good, a few spelling mistakes but nothing to significantly detract from the story.
Style: An explicit choice to showcase the accent of some of the characters comes across as heavy-handed. I read for pleasure, not to struggle to decipher the head cook's words, who is treated as a formative influence upon Raiya. To be fair, the accent is represented consistently, which can't be easy to do - unfortunately I can't really say I like it.
Also, there is perhaps a an over-use of words created for the story - I will refer back to Pern where words like "agenothree" were explicitly meant to remind the reader of someone saying HNO3 wit

The Call of Dragons

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