Ascended by Kandi J. Wyatt

 

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: I purchased a copy

This final book in this series was the best.  I resisted the urge to skip to the end and then go back and fill in the blanks.  I can think of no better way to end this series. We watch the making of a Dragon King.  The themes of forgiveness, kindness and doing the right thing, was all throughout the entire series. This book made me have sympathy for the main character's wife.  I thought about all of our modern day soldiers away from their families for months and years at a time. With the exception of the magic in this book there were so many parallels between events in the world today and the way things are handled in the book.  The characters are believable and, for the most part, loveable.  I loved meeting the different clans.  The allegory in the book made me anxious to know how  it was going turn out. I can't recommend this series enough.  As one of my students said, "This series ticks all the boxes: dragons, characters you can love and hate, fantasy, and clean romance.  Great ending to a great series.