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A review by caseythereader
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- Listen, if you’re going to read a dragon academy book this year, make it TO SHAPE A DRAGON’S BREATH. Not only is it beautifully written and set in a detailed, complexly built alternate history, but it goes fully in on colonization and its fallout and effects.
- Anequs is the newest entry in the pantheon of bright, strongminded girls in fantasy. She knows what she wants and will do what it takes to get there, pushing back against the Anglish’s attempts to force her down.
- I loved that this book got at how colonization and wh*te s*premacy hurts everyone - Native people, poor people, women, queer people, neurodivergent people, literally anyone who dares to not conform in any small way.
- I will concede that it’s a bit overlong, with some scenes feeling repetitive. Yet at the same time, I didn’t want it to be over. I could have followed the daily doings of Anequs and her friends forever (and look forward to continuing to do so in the sequel!)
- Anequs is the newest entry in the pantheon of bright, strongminded girls in fantasy. She knows what she wants and will do what it takes to get there, pushing back against the Anglish’s attempts to force her down.
- I loved that this book got at how colonization and wh*te s*premacy hurts everyone - Native people, poor people, women, queer people, neurodivergent people, literally anyone who dares to not conform in any small way.
- I will concede that it’s a bit overlong, with some scenes feeling repetitive. Yet at the same time, I didn’t want it to be over. I could have followed the daily doings of Anequs and her friends forever (and look forward to continuing to do so in the sequel!)