This book was published on December 4th, 2018. I read the advance reader's copy, and there will undoubtedly be some differences between the version I read, and the published edition.
I love dragons. I love reading about dragons, I love finding different figurines of dragons, I dabble in painting/drawing/doodling dragons, and I love just discovering how other people interpret them in general. Sometimes those interpretations are not to my preference, but others times they intensely are.
This falls into the intensely in my dragon preference category. Very fascinating, very wonderful, and here's the amazon summary before I fan girl too hard, "Fans of Cassandra Clare and Julie Kagawa will devour this contemporary fantasy about a teen were-dragon who must steal her first treasure. But a dark discovery during her heist could put her family in incredible danger.
In Sky Hawkins's family, leading your first heist is a major milestone--even more so than learning to talk, walk, or do long division. It's a chance to gain power and acceptance within your family, and within society. But stealing your first treasure can be complicated, especially when you're a wyvern--a human capable of turning into a dragon.
Embarking on a life of crime is never easy, and Sky discovers secrets about her mother, who recently went missing, the real reason her boyfriend broke up with her, and a valuable jewel that could restore her family's wealth and rank in their community.
With a handpicked crew by her side, Sky knows she has everything she needs to complete her first heist, and get her boyfriend and mother back in the process. But then she uncovers a dark truth about were-dragon society--a truth more valuable and dangerous than gold or jewels could ever be." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Wyverns, or were dragons, live on Earth. Their ancestors were originally exiled from home and were only meant to spend some time on Earth before returning to home. However, the portal to home was lost over the centuries, so now wyverns coexist amongst humans. Wyverns look like humans, and they lost the ability to shape shift into dragons a few centuries ago. They can still breathe fire.
They're also ridiculously wealthy and go through an initiation of sorts, a coming of age moment where they plan their first heist. First heists usually happen in a wyvern's teenage years, and they usually steal from another wyvern the first time. So stealing is a big part of their culture.
Anyways. So Sky's mom has gone on a heist, but it didn't go well, so their family is disgraced and their mother is missing... not sure if she's dead or alive. Her family is in a state of grieving; missing mother, shunned from the wyvern society, and lost some of their fortune. Sky lost her friends, her boyfriend, and in many ways her family when her mother's heist failed. So she's determined to get it back. She's going to try to recreate her mother's heist as her first heist, and hopefully find her mother along the way.
That's enough summary.
I loved this book. Unabashedly. Freaking loved it. Sky was such a fierce main character with a great sense of humor and took the punches, but persevered.
The wizard was brilliant. I'm not saying anything else because no spoilers.
I also kind of loved her friendship with the human as it was very honest and both of them were very honest, which can be kind of awkward but was actually adorable and lovely.
I would have liked to see a little more about the Home world, but maybe there will be a second book. I have high hopes.
Happy reading!
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