Nova and Zephyr's adventures continue as Nova is constantly chastised by the counsel for not following orders and Zephyr joins a secret group of rebels who begin to practice old magic, illegal magic. But as always, the girls have each other's backs. Nora finally begins to make friends and joins a dragon rider team in order to compete in an competition between the first and second years. The dragonlets continue to develop in their skills and personalities and Korgard is as fearsome as always, constantly rescuing Nova from the various scrapes she finds herself in. However, as time passes and Nova and Zephyr learn and experience new things, they find themselves losing faith in the High Counsel. What happened 300 years ago to change the Mythoi into the monsters they are today? Can Nova convince her friends, and all of Ragond, that things are not what they seem, that the counsel is lying, that the Mythoi are not the enemy? There are many shocking revelations and surprises and Nova still doesn't know the whole story. This was a thrilling adventure the whole way through and I can't wait to read the conclusion.

I received a free ARC through Booksprout and have reviewed it willingly. ( )