The Dragon Sickness
Ava Richardson
3/5
Overview
The Dragon Sickness is the sequel book to The Dragon Tamer where we learn more about the lives of Prince Lasaro, a royal dragon, and Kaelan Young, his peasant dragon tamer and the daughter of one of the most infamous dragons of all time. It exists in a universe where dragons are the only ones who can lead, and there are strong class distinctions in the dragon world between those who can take their full dragon form and those with only minimal dragon powers. These abilities are questionably linked to heritage, considering the one with the most dragon blood isn't even a dragon, but ultimately there are huge moral dilemmas surrounding how to protect the tamers and how to protect the all-human peasant population with the impending war.
I love dragons, but it's kind of annoying how mistreated the dragon tamers are in this series. Kaelan saves the whole country for the second time in a year in this book, and she's still relegated to the role of dragon lackey. It feels like there have been absolutely no reasoning given as to why the dragons should be in charge of everything, they haven't exhibited any moral, mental, or physical superiority. There is no love for the dragons in the general population of the country, the politics of this book are muddled at best.
The romance between the two main characters is also a little muddled, they hold each other back. I want to like them, but I can't feel it when they're so problematic and even their high moments feel kind of pushed. Love-at-first-sight never feels super authentic to me, and I get that they have history and stuff now, but I feel like I actually want a time-jump because I'm really not feeling anything with it.
Would I Recommend?
In a lot of ways, it's better than The Dragon Tamer yet simultaneously, there are a lot of places that I want more. It's a short read though, so if you love dragons like I do then it's pretty good.
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