Fireborne, Rosaria Munda
Fireborne, Rosaria Munda
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Fireborne

Author: Rosaria Munda

Narrator: Christian Coulson, Candice Moll, Steve West

Unabridged: 13 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2019


Synopsis

"One of fantasy’s best series." —Booklist, starred review

Game of Thrones meets Fourth Wing in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance . . . and dragons.

Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone—even the lowborn—a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders.

Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds that couldn't be more different. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven years of training have made them rivals for the top position in the dragonriding fleet.

But everything changes when survivors from the old regime surface, bent on reclaiming the city.

With war on the horizon and his relationship with Annie changing fast, Lee must choose to kill the only family he has left or to betray everything he's come to believe in. And Annie must decide whether to protect the boy she loves . . . or step up to be the champion her city needs.

From debut author Rosaria Munda comes a gripping adventure that calls into question which matters most: the family you were born into, or the one you've chosen.

About The Author

Rosaria Munda grew up in rural North Carolina, studied political theory at Princeton, and lives with her husband in Chicago. She is the author of The Aurelian Cycle, a young adult trilogy that begins with Fireborne


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emmy on February 03, 2025

3.5 ⭐️ I wanted to sleep on my thoughts with this one. I wish we got more exploration and depth into the world building and set up. It was all quite superficial and barely scratched the surface. When I started to get interested in something we swiftly breezed past it (which sometimes made it confusi......more

Goodreads review by ♥︎ Heather ⚔(Semi-Hiatus) on October 15, 2024

Honestly this has soooo much of what I look for in a YA Fantasy book; Revolution, Political Intrigue, class warfare, people overcoming obstacles, orphans, family troubles, inner struggles and turmoil, and dragons! I’ve heard some people say that this book is not comparable to GOT, and while I can ag......more

Goodreads review by mads on December 10, 2024

Update: 12/10/24 Fifth time reading this and every single word hurt lmao. I struggle with rereads because I'm always worried I won't love it as much as I did the times before, but with every reread of this series it just means more to me. I still find little bits of foreshadowing and important im......more

Goodreads review by Cindy ✩☽♔ on August 01, 2023

"There was greatness in them. But with that greatness came arrogance, and with that arrogance corruption, and with that corruption downfall." A tale of friendship, understanding, suffering, atonement, dragons, and revolution. A brutal revolution changed the lives of all its citizens. Gone were the dr......more

Goodreads review by Jessie on July 06, 2022

4.5 rounding up to 5! Wow! This was fantastic! As someone who has read quite a bit of young adult fantasy, this one stands out from the rest as reading much more mature than others I’ve read recently! I loved the political intrigue in this book and how well realized that aspect of this world was! The......more


Quotes

Praise for Fireborne:
★ ★ ★ ★ Four Starred Reviews!
A 2019 Cybils Award Winner
An Illinois Reads 2020 Selection
A 2020-2021 Maine Student Book Award Selection
An AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner


★ “Breathless action.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "This series opener thrills with dragon action, from aerial tournaments to wartime battles . . . a near-perfect work of high fantasy with wide appeal." —Booklist, starred review 

★ "From the beginning, this book pulls readers in . . . full of drama, emotional turmoil, and high stakes." —Kirkus, starred review

★ "Thought-provoking and full of social and political intrigue.” —School Library Journal, starred review

"From action fans to romance fans, political junkies to fantasy lovers, many different audiences will find something rewarding here." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

"Fireborne is everything I want in fantasy." —Rachel Hartman, New York Times bestselling author of Seraphina

“It’s been a long time since a book made me this happy. Fireborne is my new favorite dragon book.” —Kristen Ciccarelli, New York Times bestselling author of Heartless Hunter and The Last Namsara