The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)

It was a good book in general and I bought the next book!

I've been looking for a book about dragons. Not dragon riders, dragon slayers, or a girl who get's sent to a dragon's lair by her Aunt. I wanted a book about dragons. However, when I found this series, I didn't expect it to be any good. I was proved wrong.This book is in the point of view of Glory the RainWing. In a world where the dragon tribes are at war, a prophecy has been delivered. Five dragonets will come and stop the war. A SeaWing, a SandWing, a MudWing, a NightWing, and a SkyWing. They were to hatch on the brightest night, and, in their eighth year, stop the war.Glory sometimes feels like the odd one out. After all, it wasn't supposed to be a RainWing in the prophecy, it was supposed to be a SkyWing. And, to top it off, RainWings are consitered lazy and useless by the rest of the tribes. The other tribes think that RainWings are like the decoration of Pyrrhia. They don't really do anything but sit around, sleep, eat fruit, and look pretty.Glory feels differently. She knows that their color changing scales can make them invisible. She knows that RainWings have a black poison in their fangs, able to melt scales and kill any dragon it comes into contact with.Her hopes are dashed when she sees that RainWings really are lazy, don't use their poison, and pretty much only use the scales to try and show off. In fact, RainWings are too lazy to count their eggs. No one even knew Glory was missing.However, she begins to get angry when she is told that RainWings have been vanishing for the past year, and no one has done anything about it, except one single dragon. The one who told her. So, of course, Glory has to do something about it.This book is even better than The Lost Heir. We get a different view of Glory other than the grumpy, moody dragonet we saw in the other books, and we also see she has a good reason why she's like that. We also have a couple of interesting new characters; Mangrove, the mate of one of the missing RainWings, Jambu, Glory's enthusiastic big brother (who happens to almost always be a shade of bright raspberry pink), and Kinkaju, one of the missing dragons, who befriends Glory.I didn't have any problems with this book, and it's also less bloody than the last two. No fights to the death in an arena, no dragon getting their teeth ripped out, no dragon getting stabbed with a SandWing tail. Good, solid read.

Everything about it was good, and I love how it doesn't swear and it is a good book for just about all age groups.

My Thoughts: Yay! I finally get to review one of the Wings of Fire books, because most of the time my brother, Oscar, insists on reviewing them.Anyways, I just love these books. The characters are hilarious, the writing fun and easy, the mystery incredible, and everything else about it amazing. I loved hearing about the NightWings and how Sutherland eases the reader slowly into the dragon's world of war and shows us a little more of the mystery with each book. (Mystery being with the NightWings, RainWings, Blister, the prophecy, and the replacement dragonets...). Glory's POV was one I have waited for for a LONG time (OK, I've a waited for all of them, but who wouldn't want to hear about Starflight, or Sunny, or Tsunami, or.... ALL OF THEM) and it didn't disappoint. Her character was spot-on, and we finally got to learn a little bit more about her feelings towards being a RainWing. Blaze was hilarious - exactly the opposite of her sisters, kind of like a mix between Sunny and Queen Red Riding Hood from the Land of Stories - and Queen Glacier left me curious and intrigued about her character. (As a side note, I'm still confused about why there isn't an IceWing dragonet. It doesn't mention it in the prophecy - maybe the author added it in to show how flawed the prophecy really is? I don't know. Has anyone else realized this?) The end of the book, with SPOILER, Glory trying to become queen, was awesome, too.Pretty much every about this book, this series, was amazing, fun, rolling on the floor with laughter, PERFECT. :)

I started reading this because it's my granddaughter's favorite. She's 9 and the series is written for that age group. I am 69 and I'm really enjoying it. I just wish it was on Kindle Unlimited!

I never expected to be reading these books, but here we are, and they’ve captivated my attention for the past week. The cover alone looks like a piece of art, and the story itself is very fun to follow along.

I sometimes think Wings of Fire is too violent, but something about it being dragons makes it more accessible for kids and prevents nightmares somehow. Good themes in this one.

My son loves this series, they are well written books