Stormrise

by Jillian Boehme

A combat warrior will risk everything to awaken the dragons and save her kingdom in Jillian Boehme's epic YA Fantasy debut, Stormrise, inspired by Twelfth Night and perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce.

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.

“Martial arts, a bold girl, a kingdom under attack, magic everywhere—I devoured it in one sitting! This book is one wild ride!” —Tamora Pierce

• ISBN10: 1250298881
• ISBN13: 9781250298881
• Publish Date: 24 September 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ashley]

Literally the story of Mulan, but with dragons.

[tweetybugshouse]

At the heart of this story is a family and a daughter who is plagued by the guilt that she has stolen honor from her twin brother storm. She feel this even more acutely when the king demands that all sons or, husbands if there is no son, report for war. Rain twin brother Storm was left damage mentally from a high fever in childhood. He is physically able to go to war but probably won’t survive. So Rain sneaks off to take his place.

I read a few stories lately that have this theme of women dressing as boy and heading off to war or competitions to save the honor of their family. It makes for a very interesting read cause in doing so there are a few complications that have to be dealt with. How to use the bathroom without being noticed, binding your breasts to look more like a boy, and then of course bathing without being caught and what about if your old enough to have your monthly.

The monthly seems to be Rains main fear as she goes to an out of the way shop to get a powder that she been told is infused with dragons blood. As a result she has placed herself on a path to dragons. I was totally enthralled by the whole encounter with the dragon and how Rain/Storm wakes them to save her land and hopefully her family. She of course will probably be caught and found out about her deception of taking her brother place. Whoever discovers this will have a choice to make turn her in, let her run or keep her secret.

Rain is a unique character and finds a unique partner in her journey to war and awakening the dragons. A must read for all dragon lovers.