While I love all the characters and the world Lim has created for them, I did not enjoy this story. Despite loving Shiori, the story itself struggled. Kiki is fantastic, and basically the inner voice of Shiori.
I love her magic and Kiki, her paper crane. Her growth over the series is truly evident here in all that she faces to protect Kiata. Her love and loyalty to her brothers and the growing love between her and Takkan is beautiful. The story follows her adventures in the underwater realm and the peril she faces with the demons in the mountain. With the promise to return the pearl to its rightful owner, Shiori sets off with Seryu to the dragon’s kingdom, leaving all she loves behind and not knowing if she will return. In The Dragon’s Promise, Shiori and her brothers are home, and Raikama’s death weighs heavy on them all, especially Shiori. However, I don’t know if it was my anticipation or the writing itself that caused my lower rating. I adored Six Crimson Cranes and really couldn’t wait to dive into Shiori’s story. The Dragon’s Promiseby Elizabeth Lim is the finale to Six Crimson Cranes and one of my most anticipated books this year. It will take every ounce of strength Shiori can muster to defend the life and the love she's fought so hard to win. The pearl itself is no ordinary cargo it thrums with malevolent power, jumping to Shiori's aid one minute, and betraying her the next-threatening to shatter her family and sever the thread of fate that binds her to her true love. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood.
Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. Fans of Shadow and Bone will devour this soaring fantasy. Reading Challenges: #NGEW2022, 2022 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge, 2022 New Release Challenge, COYER 2022įrom the New York Times Bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes comes the thrilling next adventure! A journey to the kingdom of dragons, a star-crossed love, and a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world or break it. Reviewing eARC from Netgalley, the publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review. I received this book via Netgalley, the publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers.
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