The Lost Heir: Wings of Fire, Book 2

My 8 and 10-year olds love these books! We read through the first one together, and this one is just as good, if not better. It tells a good story and leaves you constantly wondering what happens next. It has excellent character development among a group of the dragons and touches on life issues (successes, failures, disappointments) while telling a thrilling story. There is some violence with dragons fighting, so glad we read this together for my 8-year old. Both of my kids are learning some good new vocabulary words and it's become a nightly tradition to read a chapter or 2 with our family.

I've been looking for a book about dragons. Not dragon riders, dragon slayers, or a girl who get's sent to a dragon's lair by her Aunt. I wanted a book about dragons. However, when I found this series, I didn't expect it to be any good. I was proved wrong.This book is in the point of view of Tsunami the Seawing. In a world where the dragon tribes are at war, a prophecy has been delivered. Five dragonets will come and stop the war. A SeaWing, a SandWing, a MudWing, a NightWing, and a SkyWing. They were to hatch on the brightest night, and, in their eighth year, stop the war.Tsunami has just found out that her egg, taken by the Talons of Peace, was stolen from the SeaWing royal hatchery. Her mother is Queen Coral of the SeaWings, and Tsunami is a princess.At first, it is everything Tsunami has dreamed. When she was younger, she read a scroll over and over, The Missing Princess. Well, it turns out, Queen Coral wrote that about her. For the first time in her life, Tsunami has treasure, can swim in the ocean, and actually has a mother.But it's not all perfect. Tsunami has a little sister she never knew about, who happens to be hiding something. Something big. She doesn't speak Aquatic, the underwater language of the SeaWings, as soon as they got to the palace, her friends were taken somewhere, and not to mention Queen Coral's eggs keep getting broken, which she is steaming mad and worried about.This really wasn't what Tsunami was imagining.This book was better than the first. Action-packed and exciting, this is worth reading. It's also funny in places. But you want to read the first book before reading this one, or else you won't understand some of what's going on.I like that is wasn't exactly as Tsunami had imagined it. For me, that's boring. Instead, the first SeaWing she meets tries to 'kill' her (a very funny misunderstanding), poor Clay and Sunny have to be blindfolded to even get in to the palace, she has a creepy uncle, and an utterly boring, snobbish teacher.Also, though, you should be warned; as was in the first book, there's some violence. Like in one part of the book 'The skinny green dragon was shrieking in one long, high-pitched scream. Tsunami stopped and pressed herself back against the wall, horrified. Queen Coral had already yanked out each of Tortoise's teeth one by one. They rose through the water, tiny and white, toward the roof. Now Coral had her claws stabbed in Tortoise's exposed underbelly. Clouds of blood filled the water, nearly hiding the queen and Tortoise in a red haze'.It doesn't bother me, but it might bother a younger kid.Okay, I had one problem with this book. About once a chapter, it would split a word. For example, it would do trea sure. Stuff like that. But other than that, no miss-spellings, good grammar, and I didn't notice any tense-switching.All in all, it's a good book (and series) and is worth reading.

My daughter is 11 years old and devoured this book in 2 days.

This book is a very good adventurous, entertaining, and dragon action book! This is my favorite dragon book series. Although I think the first book is my favorite. I think this is a good book for people who really like dragons.

Wings of Fire is an expansive Middle Grade series taking place in a violent war where dragons are being slaughtered left and right in a race to see which SandWing princess can win the war and claim the crown or take over the world. The Lost Heir is book two in this series and follows the story of Tsunami and her friends as they travel to find her parents.Tsunami is my least favorite of the dragonets after Starfight. Both of them have such know-it-all personalities that it drives me nuts. Granted, as these are children's books, the characters grow out of it, and I like the character development that Tsunami has in this book. You see the thoughts behind her actions and watch as she has to take a step back and realize just because she is a princess and is the fiercest of the dragonets doesn't mean she knows everything or is equip to take on every problem by her methods. This is proven in the very beginning of the book where the dragonets are hiding from a SkyWing patrol and Tsunami nearly kills one of the SkyWings because she reacts to his yawning as a threat (she didn't see the yawn as he was facing away from her). This causes a rift between her and the others, but this is what allows her to grow and understand she needs to watch a bit before she acts.I love how the dragons are developed through this book. You get a great picture of how kind, stern, and somewhat egotistical Queen Coral is. Blister is absolutely terrifying and needs to die because she's too smart for her own good.The descriptions of the SeaWing palaces are super well done and easy to visual the richness of the world we live in. Animus dragons are introduced in this book as well (they were mentioned in book one), and their powers are both amazing and terrifying. Animus dragons have a mixture of telepathy, telekinesis, and the ability to enchant objects. The magic is explained to be hereditary but no one knows where it came from.All-in-all, this was a great sequel to the first book and did a wonderful job developing the world in a subtle way. Sending the drgaonets off to find their families allows Tui Sutherland to develop each character individually as well as the world around them and increase the conflict in the story as they meet people who wish to kill, use, or imprison them.

My kids love this book!

This series is very well written with well fleshed-out characters who grow and change as they experience the harsh war-torn world they live in. A world which five young dragons strive to change for the better. As they unravel the secrets and lies that have bitterly pitted dragon tribe against dragon tribe for far too long, they will grow in their understanding of trust, friendship, family, and found family as they strive toward a peace they've been raised to achieve as their ultimate destiny.If you keep in mind that these books are primarily about very large predatory creatures and not humans, the violence ...may? feel less shocking? If however, you and/or you child are sensitive to descriptions of visceral fighting, blood, and killing, it might be best to find a different series.If you're purchasing this for someone 10 or under, I recommend reading at least the first novel on your own, or together with them to decide if you're okay with them reading these books solo.This series in my opinion is best suited for ages 12 and up.

Nice story

Le gustan este tipo de libros, además le viene fenomenal para el inglés.

Toda la serie le ha encantado a mi hijo y ha Leif ido en tres semanas o menos

This is book 2 of the series and is full of adventure.I started reading this to read with my 10yo son and I’m actually Also enjoying the story myself!5 dragonets who are believed to be those foretold in a prophesy - to be those that will end the Great War . But first they must discover themselves through finding their families and learning about who they are and what they can do.This book focuses on tsunami a seaWing dragon who is also the lost princess to her clan. She must decide if she wants to stay and become queen to her clan or continue to try and fulfill herDestiny .I think this series is really well written to be entertaining to all ages (starting from about age 10 as there is some incidental violence that may be a little much for a younger audience )