A Language Of Dragons
von S. F. Williamson
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war. With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious 'job', she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort - if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn't, they'll all die. At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she's grown up in isn't as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting? An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice. A Language of Dragons was Children's #1 bestseller in the TCM chart on 07 January 2025.
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A Language Of Dragons
von S. F. Williamson
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war. With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious 'job', she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort - if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn't, they'll all die. At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she's grown up in isn't as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting? An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice. A Language of Dragons was Children's #1 bestseller in the TCM chart on 07 January 2025.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von RojdaI looooveeee dragons 🐉💚
Rezension von Anna(yes yes, I am just as surprised about my rating but it is what it is) Politics. A Rebellion. War. A corrupt government. Class-system based society. Dragons. I was a bit hesitant going into this book and I’m not sure why, but probably because of the Babel comparison and the dark academia part, which isn’t really my favourite or something I gravitate towards. However, this book surprised me with its plot and writing and I very much enjoyed it! Didn’t expected to be so invested tbh. The characters were great! The dragons (!!!) were great! Very much loved how they were depicted in an alternative 1920s London/UK setting. As great as this book is, after all, it's YA. It's clear in the general tone of the book & the writing, Vivien’s (FMC) reasoning for her actions, her (limited) view of society, as well as in the actions of other characters. I can see how some readers might find her annoying and maybe stubborn. I personally think she acted 100% according to her character & personality and had a nice development of such throughout the book. She got constantly challenged in her views by the majority of the characters, and dragons for that matter, and eventually came around. Furthermore, I think the unsteady pacing made the romance, which was barely existing in the first half but then picked up in the second, feel a bit rushed and maybe not really consistent compared to the rest of the story. Some things that I don’t really agree with in terms of marketing: Is it academia? Yes. Vivien is a polyglot and language and linguistic are *her* thing and a big part of the book. But I wouldn’t consider this book to be dark academia. The romance is a subplot, or maybe even a sub-subplot, and labeling this as ‘slow burn enemies-to-lovers’ is misleading in my opinion. Saying the romance is slow-burn is a (big) stretch. They are barely even rivals, which can’t be said about the relationship between Vivien and other characters, but they are definitely not enemies. “A Language of Dragons” is a phenomenal debut and I am very excited for the sequel! Thank you to Harper Fire/HarperCollins UK for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.