The Brass Wyvern

Loved this book. Strong debut with strong anti imperial themes and a fun cast, though there was a lot of characters to remember. Wish more heist novels were made in fantasy genre

Lots of fun

Loved this book - loved a queer fantasy novel being so unapologetically gay. Loved the heist. The author had maybe a little too much to juggle but can’t wait to see how the writer develops

I bought the book at a recent event and sadly just not for me, too much yet not enough. Potential is there but needed much better editing and a more defined plot. Also the characters whilst some very felt a bit all over the place
I think for a authors first they shouldve done more test readings, maybe more market research with variety, as some of the story felt like it was trying to copy some other books already on the market...

I picked up this book at the behest of my partner who was a fan of Brontes content and I love supporting Australia authors and the premise of a dragon heist was too fun to resist so put in a pre-order when she announced the physical run.

This book is mostly fantastic. The characters are wildly imaginative and varied, with the effort and logic that has been put into the world building is a massive highlight for a first book and leaves me excited for the second novel.

I think my favourite aspects of the book included the varied states of relationships between the characters from romantic to friendly. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing just so much queer positive prose as someone who has seen other authors stumble hard with it.

The only things that gave me pause in the book were an abrupt ending (it kinda feels like the book is at its climax until the last page and there is not much cooldown) and that the multiple perspectives and timelines were a tad confusing to begin with . Once I got a good 80pgs in or so I found my footing and it cleared up nicely.

Either way this was a really fun read and frankly can't wait to get the next book to continue the hijinks of the Brass Wyvern crew. Lol