Im Land des Windes

author:	Licia Troisi (2004)
series:	Die Drachenkämpferin #1
date read:	2008-06-01 2021-01-18
pages:	384
lists:	fantasy, german, learning-the-arts, ya
rating:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Im Land des Windes.

Worldbuilding! I forgot about the worldbuilding of this book. For example, there are tower cities where everything is organised by the tower layers.

Downsides: Single strong girl syndrome.

It comes down to: Stubborn girl masters dragons. That’s it. I loved it.

Cover of Gideon the Ninth.

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir · published 2019 · read 2020-02-15

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Angry young woman turns resentful fighter forced to find out she still has feelings.

Cover of Eragon.

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini · published 2002 · read 2003-12-01

★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Even more dragons.

Cover of The Ruins of Gorlan.

The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flanagan · published 2004 · last read 2020-08-08

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

I read these at the same time and loved them for exactly the same reasons.

Cover of The Cry of the Icemark.

The Cry of the Icemark

by Stuart Hill · published 2005 · read 2009-01-01

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Another strong girl who has to (and wants to!) fight battles very young.

Cover of Wool Omnibus.

Wool Omnibus

by Hugh Howey · published 2012 · read 2019-01-23

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The scifi take on tower cities.

Cover of Der Auftrag des Magiers.

Der Auftrag des Magiers

by Licia Troisi · published 2004 · read 2009-12-01

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The next book in the series.