i personally could not get into it. i didn’t feel a connection with any of the characters and felt like they didn’t have a connection either. the writing style just wasn’t for me. i wouldn’t say it’s a bad book at all. just wasn’t for me.

This book sounded like it had so much promise. Dragons? Witches? A royal deception? Sounds great! Unfortunately, I felt it fell short. It is heavy in the inner dialogue, and is super repetitive. The MFC will say the same thing 4 different ways in one of her inner dialogues, and then in the next chapter she does the same thing, about the same topic. If this repetition was removed the book would be so so much shorter.
There are some beautifully written passages though, it’s a shame the repetition takes away from it. The big 2 big reveals weren’t surprising, and while the book ends on a pretty good cliff hanger, I’m not sure I care enough about the characters to continue on with this series.

This had so much promise but fell short on just about everything. The characters were flat and boring. I did not care for any one of them, even when it was painfully obvious that the author wanted us to care. The plot was nonexistent until the last 5% of the book and even then it was rushed. The spicy scenes were so cringy and hard to read. At one point the FMC called her breasts “peaches” and that was just the start. The “twist” was not surprising and you can clearly see the author setting it up. I hated Fell and Stig. Both men are assholes and don’t deserve redemption.. apparently as the reader we are just supposed to move past this and not be bothered about them. I HATE Tamsyn. She is so annoying with her inconsistent actions. If you read this just be aware that you won’t be surprised she got treated like a door mat. But she tries to grow and change into a “strong” character, but again falls short and remains the door mat.
This is a warning for anyone who thought this involves dragons (the creature) and not dragon shifters.. this is a shifter book. Imagine how disappointing it is to find out that the dragons aren’t actual dragons like the synopsis made it seem.. Honestly, this was so disappointing and not at all well written. I won’t be continuing this series, as I have absolutely no interest in anything that will happen in the next one.

Final rating: 2 stars ✨

I really liked this book. I got the chance to read this book before its release. Thank you Harper Collins via Net Galley. Fell is promised a princess from the king and queen to unite the borders. Instead of one of the princess’s he gets the servant whipping girl. On the wedding night he finds out she is no princess, but he decides to stay married to her to avoid war. Fell wants to have someone to love since he does not have any family alive. Upon going back to his home his wife is sore from the three day ride and has rubbed her thighs raw? Fell tries to help Tamsyn and a witch that emerges from the Forrest decides to give her a balm. Witches are outcast but Fell wants to help Tamsyn. Fell’s comrades do not like Tamsyn and tries to lure her to her death….
There is more than meets the eye with this book! There is betray, lust, magic, dragons, witches. The book ends on a major cliff hanger and I will be reading the second book!

A Fire in the Sky is the latest romantasy by the talented Sophie Jordan. Everyone believes that the dragons died out years ago, but what if dragons walk amongst humans and in some cases not even knowing that they are dragons. A Fire in the Sky has a little bit of everything like dragons, witches, treachery, betrayal, and love.
It gripped me from the very beginning and held me captive till the end. I loved reading the beginning of Tamsyn and Fell’s story and can’t wait to read what happens next.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing the ARC.

I love a good romantasy, especially one where the things that people assumed were dead have a way of coming back to life in a lot of intriguing ways.

This book centers around Tamsyn, the royal whipping girl, and Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands. Through an arranged marriage, these two characters come together and their chemistry is immediately palpable, even if their situation is far from desired. And while I wish this book leaned more into the fantasy side of its romantasy label, I was still very much engaged by the journey of these two characters.

The writing could use some work in places - I was getting to a point where I felt that certain things were becoming overwrought and repetitive, but it is a solid story and great for anyone who wants something that scratches that romantasy itch.

𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐲
Rating: ★★★★★
Spice: 🌶️🌶️

How do you sleep after finishing a very good book at 11:58pm?!

You don’t.

So I close my eyes and let myself dream of fire—soaking up in the fiery bliss that this novel has brought forth. A novel with that ending is one I don’t mind burning me

Thank you so much to netgalley for granting me a copy of this book! I did not expect to be hooked this much on Fire in the Sky! The setting, the magic system, the promise of a

“𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.”

The story flowed like fine tune slowly slowlyyy arising into a crescendo. From the instant chemistry between Tamsyn and Fell on the first part. To the marriage deception that got me squealing like a a crazy woman. And as the story went on, little by little, truths unravel before me, piecing together that one BIG picture—that rendered me speechless.

I AM IN AWE. Saying I’m excited for the next book is underrated—I need it like I need a piece of a puzzle to complete 𝙈𝙔 bigger picture. So until then, I’m incomplete.

Read if you like:

🔥 Romantasy
🔥 Dragons
🔥 Arranged Marriage
🔥 New Adult

An adopted princess is forced into a political marriage with a dragon hunter but when her feelings for him grow, so does the strange magic inside her, creating chaos amidst a fraught alliance, shape-shifting magic, witches and dragons.

The worldbuilding was interesting and Tamsyn was easy to like but this book was far too long for the plot. It felt like half a story pulled into a full book.
Still, I liked the lore and the background about the dragons and the witches but there wasn't to much of a focus on it yet.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this eARC.

This was a fun, quick read! There were aspects of this book that were brand new to me which is always refreshing! Definitely did not see the ~twist~ coming, very interesting and I’m excited to see how the series progresses. Entertaining read 🤗

💜ARC Review💜
A Fire In The Sky
Sophie Jordan
spice:🔥🔥
rating⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔.
𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒯𝒶𝓂𝓈𝓎𝓃, “𝓇𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁” 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝑒𝓁𝓁 “ 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈” 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒯𝒶𝓂𝓈𝓎𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔.
𝒟𝑒𝒸𝑒𝒾𝓉.
𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓇𝓎.
𝑀𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸.
𝒟𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓈.
𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇?
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my arc copy in exchange for my honest review

♾️ stars, I devoured this book!! One of my favorites so far this year! Arranged marriage, dragons, enemies to lovers!!! I will recommend this to everyone I know!!!

I thought this was a great story. Tamsyn, as the whipping girl for the royal princesses, lives a good Stockholm syndrome version of a life. When the Beast of the Borderlands, Fell, comes looking for a bride, the king and queen decide to play a bit of a trick and Tamsyn winds up married to Fell. This is arguably one of the best things to happen to her. This is set in a world where magic and dragons are long dead… or are they? I would definitely recommend to a fantasy reader that doesn’t mind a bit of spice. I’ll also be waiting for the continuation of Tamsyn and Fell’s story!

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the advance reader copy!

Synopsis: As the royal “whipping girl”, Tamsyn was brought up alongside three princesses as their sister, but must be the one to take their punishments. When a warrior known as The Border King from the dangerous borderlands comes to the palace to claim a princess as his bride, Tamsyn will save one of them from this fate by secretly marrying him instead.

Thoughts: TL;DR I wanted more dragons. This story takes place in a world where dragons are supposedly extinct and magic is dead, so a large portion of the book is very light on the fantasy aspect. The main plot line involves the arranged marriage and the dangerous trek to the borderlands that has our main characters warming up to each other. There is some (albeit awkward) spice, and the relationship between them is fairly intriguing with good chemistry. I actually liked where the story ended up going, but wish that it hadn’t been so predictable - I think I knew from the first quarter of the book what the twist was going to be. That being said, I think the set up for a second book is pretty solid and I will definitely check it out.

Read this if you like:
🐉 arranged marriage
🐉 enemies to lovers
🐉 romantasy
🐉 dragons
🐉 dual pov

No one is as surprised as me that I was instantly hooked by this dragon shifter insta-lovey romance set in a world that's a prequel to a popular YA fantasy series. The multi-POV gave us A LOT of internal monologues that bordered on repetitive and a bit unnecessarily dramatic at times, but I ate it up. The novel is short and focused more on fleshing out the characters rather than building the world, but this and the epic cliffhanger made me crave the next book something fierce.

Is it the best dragon romantasy I've ever read? Far from it, but I have a feeling A Fire in the Sky will be even better once the rest of the series comes out.

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.”

This book swept me away and was just so entertaining. It has some of my favorite tropes including enemies to lovers, arranged marriage and forced proximity!

I think this is the first book I’ve read where the main FMC is a whipping girl.
Raised in an royal household alongside its princesses, Tamsyn has always accepted her fate until the fateful night the Beast of the Borderland comes to the castle and demands one of its princesses in marriage in exchange for his continued protection - only to be deceived with the whipping girl. Things get really interesting fast here.

This story has magic, witches, and dragons in it. The pace is fast moving and with just enough world building to set the atmosphere and tone of the story. The MC’s have such a great tension building up with each other that I devoured the book. I finished it in about a day. I just wanted to keep reading it. Some of the plot twist were predictable for me but I still enjoyed it nonetheless. This is the first book in a new adult romantasy series and does end on a cliffhanger. I definitely plan on continuing with the series.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon/Harper Voyager for an eARC of this book!

I was so excited about this book, but it fell short for me in several ways. The execution of the story felt underdelivered….and not a lot happens until the very end. I wanted more worldbuilding out of what was promised from the story…but the twists and turns were predictable. There was too much monologue, and it got repetitive.

Overall, I give this book three stars. To be honest, I’m not sure I will continue with the series.

If we are here for only vibes than this book is a full 5 stars. But if we are here for a well written Romantsy I’m sorry it’s only 3 stars. I really wanted to rate this book higher but I couldn’t based off major plot holes and way to predictable of a plot twist that could have been done better. The world it’s self is Amazing but the romance felt rushed and based of sex and the plot was clunky and rushed towards the end. This book had HIGH potential to be a 6 star book but just wasn’t hitting the mark in certain areas. Very grateful to get the e-Arc of this book though and hope she still continues to write the story but just improves in book 2.

What a great read by a great author! I originally found Sophie Jordan with her Firelight trilogy, and I was so thrilled when I saw this book was based in the same world. I really enjoyed this book along with the characters.

Tamsyn is a strong character, and she has had to deal with a lot growing up as the royal whipping girl. What she doesn’t count on or expect is getting married to the Beast of the Borderlands. Once married to him and leaving behind what she’s known her whole life, she travels with Fell and his band of warriors to land unknown to her.

Fell was expecting to marry a princess, and instead finds out, after the fact, that he has married the whipping girl. He takes Tam with him and things get interesting pretty quickly.

I really enjoyed the journey that Tam and Fell take in the first book. I was so excited to see that there will be a second book and I’m eagerly waiting to see when that comes out!

I really wanted to love this! Sophie Jordan’s historical romances are so good, so I was very excited for her romantasy debut. Unfortunately, this was a big miss for me. There was no chemistry between the main characters, and it felt like their whole relationship was built off of sex. There was a lot of repetition as well.

And the twist at the end? 🥲😬 It was truly something. I could definitely see it from a mile away, but the execution was..a little cringy.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

I did not like this book. I had such high hopes for it in the beginning because it started off well, but it went down hill quickly. The characters seemed stuck and depressing. The ending was just weird and abrupt. Is there more coming up? Not that I'm reading it, but the ending was just...so...off that if there isn't another book, I'm not quite sure what the point of that ending was.