Before She Ignites (Fallen Isles, #1)

by Jodi Meadows

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Strength through silence. When to listen. When to speak. And how to measure those were the lessons of Idris. Before she Ignites is about a girl name Mira who struggles with this image that she is perfect. She in no way is she struggles with crippling anxiety, lack of being allowed to make her own decisions and obsessive love of dragons. Due to her love of dragons she discovers an awful secret and takes her knowledge to those she believe will do the right thing.

They don’t and she thrown in prison where she does her best to hid her identity as being the great Hope bearer. The author does a great job of sticking to the fact that this character has anxiety and has an ocd for counting things. I not really read a book that has a character portrayed in a fantasy like this. It really made Mira a unique character to follow as she strives to do the right thing.

Mira is given at least one chance to try and change her circumstances by being a puppet and saying exactly what the government wants instead she decides she no longer wants to be just a puppet and the separation of races by the government can’t be allowed to happen.

In the final pages of the story not only do we see Mira become a stronger but she ends up with powers can anyone say this book is not epic. What not to love dragons, a strong mental health character who ends up with magic powers and revolt against an evil government. Before she Ignites has lots of layers and yes the book is slow to get to the action but it that building up and learning about Mira and her rag tag group of would be warriors that makes this story so enjoyable. I ready for As she Ascends coming September 11, 2018.