Name: Among the Burning Flowers
Rating: 3.875 (12 reviews)
ISBN: 9781526686800

Samantha Shannon

'No one enthralls me like Samantha Shannon' R. F. Kuang, Sunday Times bestselling author of Babel

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Among the Burning Flowers

With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree.

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Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.

It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind.

Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world.

A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries.

And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall . . .

A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic circumstances that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree.

Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai).

a nice addition to the roots of chaos series

Annabella

I love the series. Except this ending felt very abrupt. I wouldn’t recommend to read as an entry into the roots of chaos, but as an extension of the world that has been built through the other two books.

Rose Donovan

Incredibly underwhelmed with this. In my opinion, there was wayyyy too much world building and redundancy for a novella. There’s only a couple of action scenes, and even those are boring. 

This book did make me love Aubrecht even more, so I’ll give it that. Great prose as usual, and the women relationships are beautiful. But overall, I was bored with this. 

Floofyflower

Incredibly underwhelmed with this. In my opinion, there was wayyyy too much world building and redundancy for a novella. There’s only a couple of action scenes, and even those are boring. 

This book did make me love Aubrecht even more, so I’ll give it that. Great prose as usual, and the women relationships are beautiful. But overall, I was bored with this. 

As a first book in the Roots of Chaos series, I think it would be an interesting but less fulfilling entry point. As a third book, its just pure joy. Lots of tidbits and extra information is given during the story, and the shortened length takes nothing away from how much is conveyed. Samantha Shannon with another masterpiece!

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