two stars ∗

i had absolutely no idea what this book was about when i picked it up, but i had heard that it had dragons in it so i was super excited. however, the dragons in this book are only used as floating lamps, basically. that was disappointing, but that was also mainly my fault for not reading the synopsis to figure out what the book was about exactly.

instead of dragons, this book follows kamzin, a girl who loves to explore. because of this, she’s dreamed of becoming one of the royal explorers. one day, river shara, the most well known royal explorer, shows up in her small town and takes her on a dangerous mountain climbing adventure.

the plot was quite interesting! i’ve never read another book like it, tbh, so that was nice. i loved seeing kamzin’s interest in climbing and hiking, and she was a very sassy and smart main character. however, i did personally feel like the middle of the book was dragged out a bit too much, and found myself skimming through the pages here and there.