The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

by Kristen Ciccarelli

A gripping YA crossover series from a spectacular new voice in the genre

Destroyer. Death bringer. Dragon-slayer. I am more weapon than girl.

Asha is a dragon-slayer. Reviled by the very people she's sworn to protect, she kills to atone for the terrible deed she committed as a child.

One that almost destroyed her city, and left her with a terrible scar.

She wears her scar with pride, but to others, her skin tells a story of devastation, of fiery deaths, of Asha's irredeemable wickedness.

Only the death of Kozu, the First Dragon, will bring Asha true redemption and unite her father's fractured kingdom. But no one battles Kozu and lives, so to defeat him she will have to do some very wicked things . . .

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5 of 5 stars

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Wow. I didn't go into this book with many expectations, but I came out of it loving Asha and Torwin, and needing more. Like as in I need the sequel stat!

I thoroughly enjoyed the world, and the stories interspersed throughout the chapters really enhanced the world building for me. I'm a sucker for a "chosen" one narrative, and this one was extremely satisfying. Asha was super relateable for me, because who hasn't struggled with believing the worst the world says about you and disbelieving the good?

I enjoyed the dragons, and the way they communicated without words. Talking dragons- especially sassy ones are usually my favourite way for an author to go, but this take was very satisfying too, and the dragons still felt like they had individual personalities and were more than just giant plot beasts.

I'm definitely going to go back and give this one a second slower read through- I burned through it the first time like dragonfire!

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