Julian drags Rome to see Mr Jones, a modern day Merlin who reveals that Dragons used to exist and they could heart bond with knights but there was a fallout and there's also something called the Void which holds really bad creatures. Julian is from a long line of knights and Rome... Well he's a dragon. It appears that after this fallout they took on human forms and went into hiding.
I loved the ideas behind this novel but the execution was a little lacking in my opinion. The speech was very odd, quite formal and a little stilted, I never hear teenagers using "I am" instead of "I'm". Also there was no explanation as to why Julian and his father spoke in Olde English. The pacing was a little off as well, there were several large infodumps but no proper worldbuilding, we also don't really know a lot about the main characters themselves, likes, dislikes, family etc. This was a nice quick, easy read though and will appeal to a lot of people.
Stef Out x
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