#booktour Dragon Mage (Rivenworld #1) by M.L. Spencer
Dragon Mage by ML Spencer
Series: Rivenworld (#1)
Published: January 8, 2021
Genre: High Fantasy
Pages: 982
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Like always my reviews will have some spoilerishness to them.
CW: Gore, Torture
Dragon Mage felt like reading a classic epic fantasy for modern times and I loved every minute of it. I read this book in two an a half days, and that's impressive as the book isn't tiny, just under a thousand pages. I couldn't stop reading it and when I wasn't reading it, I wanted to be.
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Aram is the kid that no one gets, as he's not like everyone else. He doesn't understand things the way others do, so people think he is odd or slow minded. He is definitely on the spectrum. His eyes are the color of opals, he see's peoples auras and can see in colors. More than anything he wants a friend and to be a sailor. He would love nothing but to explore the world to learn every knot there is to learn. It's just him and his mom, his father having left when he was much younger and what happened to him Aram doesn't know but will do anything to find out.
Markus, desperately wants to get picked to become a bards apprentice when one comes to their village in the search for one. He wants to leave there and not look back, his home life is not the greatest. Little did he know, that the day he stopped to help a 12 year old boy from the bully's who were beating him up, that a life changing moment that that act of kindness would set in the works.
Ebra the bard knows more about Aram and the old blood that he comes from, but he won't tell him until he's older. But when Aram learns he's going to be singing a ballad to remind the village of it's roots he decides to sneak out to lean more. In his desperate need to find and learn more about his father, he attracts the attention of a sorcerer.
There is a group of people, sorcerers that will and have killed for the power that Aram doesn't even know he has. They have been doing it since the sundering the worlds. They can feel when a disturbance is made, an opening into the void, which is filled with dragons and other mishmash of creatures that they say will destroy this world.
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There is magic, and legends, and a ballad. Things of nightmares from the void, battles, and evil sorceress, friendships, a splash of romance, self discovery, a coming of age tale oh and DRAGONS!!
The world building is amazing, from the world above to the world below and the void. Which goes hand in hand with the magic system. Threads and knots that can be woven together to help form the world it's self or tear holes in it. Plus so much more.
Sometimes 5 star reads are hard to review. I don't like giving away major plot points even with a spoiler warning at the top.
Dragon Mage is a book you don't want to put down, it sucks you in and next thing you know you have almost read a thousand page in no time. I can not wait for the next book.
There is this one particular scene involving a dragon, that I heard in my head, the sound that I envisioned. I got chills. I love when books affect you in physical and emotional ways and Dragon Mage delivered on both for me. I cried, I held my breath, I cheered and I felt despair. Surprise and shock.
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When Storytellers on Tour announced sign ups for Dragon Mage, I jumped on the chance. This was a wishlist book, I REALLY wanted to dive into this world. Like with out even knowing the story how can you not want to read it if your a fantasy fan. That cover
and title alone should get your attention.
I was lucky to get a e-copy, I'm still going to buy a physical one.
I wish I had book 2.
You can pick up a copy on Amazon and don't forget to add it to your Goodreads
I want a dragon!
Aram Raythe has the power to challenge the gods. He just doesn’t know it yet.
Aram thinks he’s nothing but a misfit from a small fishing village in a dark corner of the world. As far as Aram knows, he has nothing, with hardly a possession to his name other than a desire to make friends and be accepted by those around him, which is something he’s never known.
But Aram is more. Much, much more.
Unknown to him, Aram bears within him a gift so old and rare that many people would kill him for it, and there are others who would twist him to use for their own sinister purposes. These magics are so potent that Aram earns a place at an academy for warrior mages training to earn for themselves the greatest place of honor among the armies of men: dragon riders.
Aram will have to fight for respect by becoming not just a dragon rider, but a Champion, the caliber of mage that hasn’t existed in the world for hundreds of years. And the land needs a Champion. Because when a dark god out of ancient myth arises to threaten the world of magic, it is Aram the world will turn to in its hour of need.
Author Info
ML Spencer lives in Southern California with her three children and two cats. She has been obsessed with fantasy ever since the days of childhood bedtime stories. She grew up reading and writing fantasy fiction, playing MMORPG games, and living, as mom put it, “in her own worlds.” ML now spends each day working to bring those worlds into reality.
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