Karissa E. (ophelia99) reviewed Mysteries of Cove, Book 3: Embers of Destruction on + 2527 more book reviews
This was a well done conclusion to the Mysteries of Cove series. Again this volume was more about a dystopian society than any sort of steampunk society. This time our heroes journey into a city run by an immense white dragon. All the humans in that city seem perfectly pleased to slave away providing the dragons with food and shelter.
Trenton and friends are eager to figure out what is going on with this new town and to find Kallista's father once and for all. However, everyone seems to be so content in this new city that they don't know if there really is anything wrong going on here. Eventually they do find a small group of rebellious kids to help them uncover the truth.
There are alot of wonderful fight scenes between dragons and some new and interesting inventions introduced. There are some light steampunk elements in here, but this is again mostly a dystopian novel.
Things are well wrapped up but the story does end a bit abruptly. I had some issues with how all the problems were resolved; it just seemed too unbelievable and too neat.
Overall this was an entertaining and well done middle grade dystopian trilogy. Each book introduces a new dystopian society and a new invention that the kids have to build to help them through their journeys. I would recommend to kids who enjoy adventure fantasy books.
Trenton and friends are eager to figure out what is going on with this new town and to find Kallista's father once and for all. However, everyone seems to be so content in this new city that they don't know if there really is anything wrong going on here. Eventually they do find a small group of rebellious kids to help them uncover the truth.
There are alot of wonderful fight scenes between dragons and some new and interesting inventions introduced. There are some light steampunk elements in here, but this is again mostly a dystopian novel.
Things are well wrapped up but the story does end a bit abruptly. I had some issues with how all the problems were resolved; it just seemed too unbelievable and too neat.
Overall this was an entertaining and well done middle grade dystopian trilogy. Each book introduces a new dystopian society and a new invention that the kids have to build to help them through their journeys. I would recommend to kids who enjoy adventure fantasy books.
