SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: Author S. F. Williams creates a thrilling Sci Fi Fantasy to delight readers, drawing the reader in with well-developed characters and clear detailed descriptions throughout the storyline.

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A Language of Dragons

by S. F. Williamson

Pub Date Jan 07 2025
HarperCollins Children’s Books | HarperCollins

DESCRIPTION

In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.

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 a summer internship studying dragon languages, be smart, be sweet, and make sure her little sister never, ever has to risk growing up Third Class. She just has to free one dragon.

By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.

With her parents and cousin arrested and her sister missing, Viv is brought to Bletchley Park as a codebreaker—if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.

As Viv begins to discover the secrets of a hidden dragon language, she realizes that the fragile peace treaty that holds human and dragon societies together is corrupt, and the dangerous work Viv is doing could be the thread that unravels it.

REVIEW

Author S. F. Williams creates a thrilling Sci Fi Fantasy to delight readers, drawing the reader in with well-developed characters and clear detailed descriptions throughout the storyline.

What the author does with finesse is create characters that can cause one to think… “If I am put in the same situation, would I have done the same?” In war is there a clear right and wrong?

Vivien Featherswallow is the main female character of the book, and the reader will have to decide if she is good or evil. Can she be redeemed for past mistakes or will she become part of the evil? Choices… everything is about choices and her choices matter to many people and to the future of this world.

There are several male characters that are prominent in this book, her cousin Marquis and Atlas, a priest in training. There are so many interesting characters that it’s hard to pick a favorite. But these three are my favorite along with the criminal dragon, Chumana.

I loved this author’s way of writing because I was forced to think about actions, reactions, and how do you choose between which loved ones to save. Choices is my word for this book. But the struggle to do right from wrong is a close second.

Though I wouldn’t want to live in this fantasy world I was enthralled with the book and look forward to the next one with great anticipation.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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