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Product details Age Range 8 - 12 years Grade Level 3 - 7 Lexile Measure 770 (What's this?) Series Wings of Fire (Book 12) Hardcover 320 pages Publisher Scholastic Press (December 26, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 1338214489

The Hive Queen Wings of Fire Book 12 Tui T Sutherland 9781338214482 Books Reviews

• The book was alright, but it didn't have that special feel to it that is in the other books.
  
  Pros
  - It was Humorous.
  -The Author did a good job writing from Cricket's point of view.
  -And there were some twists in the plot i never saw coming.
  
  Cons
  -My number one problem with this book is that Sundew the Leafwing mentions that she has a true love. Well, it's not that she is in love that bothers me. What bothers me is that she is apparently in love with Another female Leafwing. That's right, Southerland made Sundew GAY. And this fact ruins Sundews character for the rest of the book, Because not only is she gay, but she brings it up ALL THE TIME. (Just in case we didn't know, Southerland is prepared to cram it down our throats.)
  -Back on the mainland with Moonwatcher and Company, it appears that all of the animuses have lost their power. The Author has not cleared up why this happened, but I have a problem with the fact that gentle,sweet,Turtle became suddenly hostile towards Quibli,.Accusing him of BREAKING Turtle's Animus gifts.
  -Oh,And in the beginning, Tsunami and Turtle set out to find the Lost Continent, but in the End Moonwatcher informs Luna (Who has accomplished nothing the book) That the Lost Continent was coming to them.
  
  In summary, it seems that all of the characters are a mess. Tui Southerland can't make up her mind on what each character's Personality is, making the book a confusing blend of decent,bad,and kind of weird. (And please,please,get rid of the Gay relationships!) I would suggest getting the book, but be prepared for the worst.
• But as for an actual review
  
  Reading from Cricket's perspective was amazing and, at times, so sad. This series continues to blow me away with the relevance to kids, teens, and even adults' lives. Cricket informs us right off the bat that her parents can't stand her and that her mother left the family to go "pursue her dreams." So many people I know have dealt with similar issues, and it's sad and hard to see. Cricket is still dealing with this, even though she's never liked her mother. Cricket's character grows and learns throughout the book, though her questions never cease.
  
  I enjoyed seeing her bubbly attitude and realistic look at life take the radicals aback in how she simply laid out what would happen if the LeafWings went straight into war and attacked the HiveWings and burned the hives. Death, and most of it innocent people.
  
  The first series arc started in the middle of a war with the Dragonets of Destiny dealing with the repercussions of a pointless war. This series is now taking the side of "what do you do after a genocide;" is it OK for retaliation or do things need to be left? What should be done. The characters, Cricket especially, struggle with these questions because wrongs have been done, yet another genocide is not the answer. Cricket starts to see her HiveWing world for the horrific slave-trade/indentured servant world that it is, at it's a culture shock for her to see how badly her world suffers from racism.
  
  All-in-all, I loved watching Cricket understand the repercussions of genocide and racism and watching her come to understand that the HiveWings are a racist society towards everyone else.
• Love and hate how fast-paced the book was. It was amazing reading it, but I hate the fact that books end and before reading one I constantly get my hopes super high, have them exceeded for a few hours, then am sad for a year or so until the next book comes out. I will now wait patiently COME ON POISON JUNGLE I MUST READ YOU!!!!!! (I think Sutherland's fun writing style is affecting me 😂)
  Wow. Forgive my ranting.
  Anyway, I though I would miss Qibli and Winter and Kinkajou and Moon and Turtle but now I will miss Blue and Cricket and Swordtail and Sundew and even Bumblebee whenever this story arc ends too soon. I can't stress how good this series has been. Only Ranger's Apprentice, Eragon, and Percy Jackson were as fun to read and as stinking ADDICTIVE. READ. THIS. BOOK.
• Wow! This book was amazing! Tui T. Sutherland hasn’t ceased to amaze me with all the action she crams into relatively small books. This story is told from Crickets point of view, but other characters including Sundew, Swordtail, and Blue are also present in it. You learn a lot more about how the queen controls the minds of others in this book, and of course there is the romance between Cricket and Blue. I loved this book and am confident that those who are picking it up for the first time and others who are returning WoF fans will not be disappointed.
• First of all -- buy this book. It's still worth it. I did have a hard time deciding whether to give this book three stars or four, but my issues are minor enough that I went with four. The good points are easy -- the plot is great, the twists are good and personally I didn't see them coming too far in advance for it to be exciting, and there are some really great character development scenes. My nitpicks are mostly with the pacing. The book takes place over a short period of time, so nearly every interaction is rushed. They fly too quickly from scene to scene with little meaningful interaction between the main group, Cricket and Blue in particular are lacking. Blue seemed to have lost his personality (while Swordtail and Sundew did get development so I suppose I can't complain). There are a few good scenes where Cricket has meaningful interaction and the story takes time to 'be' before rushing off to the next plot point, but always with dragons outside of the main clique of heros. The book is overall enjoyable, but a bit disappointing as everything is rushed by too fast for anything to sink in. It is not the best book in the series, but definitely not the worst and reading it is worth it, even with the 'trying to win a race for fastest book resolution' type pacing.