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  Wings of Fire is a fantasy book series by author Tui.T. Sutherland. The series is divided into three arcs, each with 5 books in it, leaving the series with a total of 15 books. In this post, I will be talking about the first arc: The Dragonets of Destiny. The series is based in the imaginary land of Pyrrhia where dragons are the rulers. These dragons are divided into various tribes all ruled by majestic queens. There are seven tribes introduced in the series: MudWings, SeaWings, RainWings, SkyWings, IceWings, SandWings, and NightWings. Oasis, the SandWing queen, was killed by a scavenger (human) who then stole her treasure. Her three daughters Burn, Blister and Blaze started a war for the throne, each allying with different tribes to try and gain control over SandWing territory. The story revolves around a prophecy passed by the NightWings about 5 young dragonets, who would stop the war for the SandWing throne and pick the right queen. These dragonets were then collected fr...

  Life throws difficulties at everyone, but Nico Di Angelo got the shorter end of the stick. The amount of pain he has gone through, ever since he was a 9-year-old, I couldn’t even fathom experiencing. If there is a category for side-character-with-the-most-painful-backstory-and-angst-riddled-life, Nico di Angelo takes the cake. When I read about him throughout the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series, I could see his transition from a bright-eyed boy to a weary, closed-off teen. From losing a sister, being labeled king of ghosts, being ignored, saving the world and getting no credit, going to Tartarus, being trapped in a jar for months, and almost dying while delivering a 40 feet tall statue across half the world, to being shunned and bullied, Nico has been through everything. At this point, he has been through enough to be labeled as a protagonist and have 17 books written about him. Through the first couple books of the Percy Jackson series, it pained me to see how little ...