The Legion of Flame (The Draconis Memoria #2)

Legion of Flames is definitely a worthy successor to The Waking Fire. Since I was familiar with this world, this book was very easy to get into. It felt good just to dive right in and start exploring once again. After the ending of Waking Fire I was really eager to see where the story was going to take me. This book gets right into the story with a brand new POV. The new POV character was actually a great touch to this story. I won\’t say who it is but the new POV character had some of the best scenes in this book. Every time we got a new chapter from said POV, my eyes were glued to the page. A welcome change to the POVs was Hilemore. He had some of the weakest chapters in Waking Fire but I think with the integration with Clay\’s POV it made both of their stories that much more enjoyable. I have to say the book was all the better for it. Last but not least we have kick ass Lizanne who is still the powerhouse female character I adore. Her chapters are always so engaging and eye grabbing. But then we got to the end of the book and for some reason her last few chapters seemed off to me. I can\’t quite put my finger on as to why though. So that was a tad disappointing but nothing to major. The story and direction of the plot in Legion of Flames was very well done. I absolutely love where the story is going and this world is so rich and the political machinations make it that much more engrossing. The magic system is still there and I am loving that. All around this series is very good. I hope to see more improvements with the final installment.

What a wonderful second installment to this intriguing story. You\’ve got three major characters and a host of second tier characters that are very interesting. All of these people are very enjoyable. Dialogs is sharp and adds to the character development. Plenty of action to go around, from major conflicts to individual struggles. The world is wonderfully written that you can clearly see it as you read.some of the creativity to the action sequences is just impressive. If for some reason you\’ve been put off by Mr Ryan, think again and start this series, definitely worth the read.

The story picks up with Clay, Lizanne, and Hilmore and a new POV in Sirus. The world building is really well done, characters are built more, and questions are being answered. As well as more being brought up. Unlike the last book that I could barely put down though, this one took me a bit of effort to keep reading. Not sure why, other than I really didn\’t care for Lizanne\’s mission politics. Necessary for the story, but not easy for me to read through. Hilmore is amazing, wish he had more parts. Clay, poor guy, just can\’t seem to catch a break. I look forward to the next book!

Because comparison is inevitable, I could say I liked this book less than the first installment. However, it is more complex, the characters develop in unexpected ways and we get a glimpse of what happened to magic and the dragons. Some parts I could guess (like the White Drake\’\’s new chosen), some part are really hard to believe (the underground world) and some parts were delicious (Lizanne\’s new role as ambassador).

Absolutely fantastic ride that leaves me with only one frustration, I have to be patient and wait for the next book. Being Anthony Ryan, you come into a novel with high expectations of not only high quality prose but of character complexity and multi-faceted story lines as well. Ryan pulls no punches in displaying that the greatest things about humanity can also be some of our fatalist flaws without being hamfisted about it. I doubt anyone who has read any of his other work really needs to be convinced to give this book/series a shot, but if you haven\’t yet ventured into the writing domain of Anthony Ryan I would highly encourage it at your earliest possible convenience.

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