My Review: I loved this book! Murray is king of plot twists and there’s a great one in this book (which I didn’t see coming). This is a richly imagined fantasy world that has many of the familiar tropes of ‘chosen one in a world they knew nothing about’ but with a psychological depth that is sometimes lacking from this kind of MG fantasy story. It’s gripping, well-written, pacy, imaginative and exciting. Something for everyone!

Suggested For: Fantasy fans and readers who will read anything and everything with a dragon in it (you know who you are!)

If You Like This You Might Enjoy: A Darkness of Dragons by S.A. Patrick, Dragon Daughter by Liz Flanagan, The Skandar series by A. F. Steadman, Magicalia by Jennifer Bell, Beast Lands by Jess French, The Land of Roar series by Jenny McLachlan, The Last Dragon by Polly Ho-Yen

Blurb: Life is no fun for Alex Evans. Ever since her dad’s death, her overprotective mother has smothered her with unbreakable rules and unspoken fears. When the frustration inside Alex finally gets too big to bear, it rushes to the surface.

And flames spill from her mouth.

Because Alex is a dragon. One of the many who live among us, unless something awakens their true nature. Led by the mighty Oliphos to the legendary island of Skralla, Alex must now train alongside fierce, frightening dragon children, if she is to unlock the power of her birthright.

But other dragons are rising too. Drak Midna, the greatest dragon of all, is preparing a war against the human world, and Alex has to be good enough for this fight, or we all will burn . . .

Thanks to Penguin Random House for the review copy via NetGalley.