That’s the problem with being the main character in a novel, you’re probably going to have to solve all the issues with a wooden spoon because why not. The whole plot of the story is that Seraphina, who basically runs the choir, has to cope with being effectively half dragon (she can’t shift or anything) at a time when there are things going on that she’d much rather not be a part of but OH WELL. Sort of like Alan Rickman in Sense & Sensibility (no, I’m not sure why that came to mind either – but it’s a good comparison, no? Don’t tell me your crush on him didn’t start with that movie).

The dragons themselves are beautifully awkward creatures when faced with humans though, their inability to understand etiquette is fantastic. It’s like the star of David all over again. They’re forced to wear a bell so that everyone knows what they are. But Kirstie! How do people know who’s who?! Oh I’m so glad you asked. Ah yes, I should probably mention that the dragons are in human form here – so they look the same. Whilst I like to think that I could hold hands with a dragon in human form and skip through fields of flowers, I think there’d probably be more pitchforks and maidens screaming.

Goodbye you, *kicks person off cliff*.Īs horrible as this is, I think it’s a pretty accurate imagining. So if you happened to let it slip that you had scales on you body because yer dad’s a muggle and yer mum’s a witch, welp. There’s enormous prejudice, people are willing to kill someone of the other species for the smallest of things, people are terrified of dragons and don’t like the little treaty that’s going on and forcing them together. The book is such a wonderful imagining of what if dragons and humans lived together? *FLASHBACK TO 1960s AMERICA* (just sayin’). The book follows the character Seraphina who struggles to fit in, in this fantasy medieval-esque world because she’s half dragon.

This book when it checks itself out in the mirror. I don’t understand why everyone isn’t writing books like this because clearly dragons make everything better, especially when it’s wrapped up in a nice little GASP-WORTHY STORY like this one. Seraphina is an epic story of epicness that you all need to read because I’m telling you to. Excuse me whilst I make a t-shirt that says “Kiggs Forever (philosophical ramblings and all)”. This is 100000000% a must-read for dragon lovers because OMG it’s perfect. Although a little slow to get going, the promise of boisterously fun dragon fights and a wicked plot had me hooked (and it delivered).

Seraphina book review