A review by goodbyepuckpie
A Dance of Dragons: Series Starter Bundle by Kaitlyn Davis

3.0

Not entirely sure how I felt about this one; it's certainly competently written fantasy, and clearly trying to do right by the non-white characters from an indigenous culture in the fantasy kingdom, but there's something about starting a book off with the massacre of all-but-one person of their culture that made me uncomfortable. I am curious about how the narrative will go from this first book, but that was a plot choice I'd rather give people a heads-up on to brace for. The second half of the book was a lot stronger/more gripping than the beginning, and I did enjoy the way that Rhen and Jinji slowly grew to know and respect each other through the book. (Leena, who was briefly in book one and the protagonist of the novella preceding it was really neat and I would definitely like to know more about her.)