Published by Tor Teen on September 24, 2019
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 320
Format: ARC, eBook
Source: Publisher
If Rain weren’t a girl, she would be respected as a Neshu combat master. Instead, her gender dooms her to a colorless future. When an army of nomads invades her kingdom, and a draft forces every household to send one man to fight, Rain takes her chance to seize the life she wants.
Knowing she’ll be killed if she’s discovered, Rain purchases powder made from dragon magic that enables her to disguise herself as a boy. Then she hurries to the war camps, where she excels in her training—and wrestles with the voice that has taken shape inside her head. The voice of a dragon she never truly believed existed.
As war looms and Rain is enlisted into an elite, secret unit tasked with rescuing the High King, she begins to realize this dragon tincture may hold the key to her kingdom’s victory. For the dragons that once guarded her land have slumbered for centuries . . . and someone must awaken them to fight once more.
I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
10 Reasons to Read Stormrise
- Disney’s Mulan (1998)—this novel is a retelling of it.
- Recognizing well-loved scenes from a favorite film.
- Dragons. What else needs to be said here? (Confession: This was my #1 reason to pick up Stormrise.)
- Magic and hints at the dangers of using untried magic.
- A good-natured love interest with a boy-next-door feel.
- Stories where the heroine proves that she’s already worthy (and, in fact, better than everyone else).
- Stories where crossdressing places the heroine in risky, potentially heart-throbbing situations. (Like sharing a tent with a cute boy, bathing in the river with the boys nearby, and trying to find a quiet place to answer nature’s call.)
- The Summoner series by Taran Matharu. (The pacing and execution is comparable.)
- When the “bully” character has a redemptive arc.
- Books where (almost) everyone has a happily ever after.
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📚 Have you read Stormrise or plan to read it?
📚 What about it appeals to you?
Melliane says
Oh some great reasons!
Crystal says
Thanks, Melliane!
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction says
I didn’t realize this was a Mulan retelling! Now I really want to read it!
Crystal says
I didn’t realize it when I first picked up this book. I hope you enjoy it, Nicole!