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 With a better combination of both character and plot progression, I think this may be my favorite in this series so far! 
 Tats: I want to like him but he keeps doing stupid things. Hooking up with Jerd in the first book? Stupid. Later trying to win over Thymara by acting *really* pushy and unreasonable and saying all the wrong things? Stupid. Right now I'd go with that fruity weirdo Rapskal as well. Sorry dude. 
 How can I tell this isn't a YA series? Because instead of being smart and awesome, the teen group act like a bunch of horny dumb-asses who frequently lose sight of their main purpose. Though I can't totally blame them as their dragons act like toddlers. Enormous vindictive toddlers. 
 Malta! What do I even say about that incredibly condensed sequence of events??? That one where she went from being in a council meeting to going into labor, to being kidnapped and quietly having her baby in a brothel while her kidnappers stand around and argue and then she kills one and escapes ...ALL WITHIN WHAT?? TWO HOURS? WTF???? 
 At first I was going to say that this is one of those rare series where I enjoy everyone without actually shipping anyone ...but then I remembered Erek and Detozi! 
 Final thoughts: Chassim, I don't really know you yet, but I think I wish you luck in killing your father and all other endeavors.