Raptor by Lindsay Buroker [Review]

Raptor (Dragon Blood #6) by Lindsay Buroker
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: July 26, 2022

Dragon Blood
0.5. Dragon Rider
 1. Balanced on the Blade's Edge
2. Deathmaker
3. Blood Charged
4. Patterns in the Dark
5. The Blade's Memory
5.5. Under the Ice Blades
6. Raptor - Paperback | Kindle
7. Soulblade
7.1. The Fowl Proposal
7.5. Shattered Past
7.8. Crazy Canyon
8. Oaths

Lindsay Buroker
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Responsible for her friend’s death, Lieutenant Caslin Ahn wants nothing more than to be left alone. She no longer deserves the company of comrades or the fulfillment she felt as a Wolf Squadron fighter pilot. But a summons from the king leaves her with no choice but to rejoin her teammates. An ancient evil has been unleashed, bringing death and destruction to the nation, and they are the only ones with a chance of stopping it.

Thoughts on Raptor: Cas is in a pretty bad place here and she's punishing herself for her unwilling part in the death of one of her squad. As in, she's withdrawn from her friends and teammates and resigned her commission. She's a mess, but she can't refuse when the king asks her to help Ridge on a mission. Mostly because she doesn't want anyone else to carry the burden of what the sword made her do if it chooses to flare up again.

So she's on the mission, but her head's in a bad place. There's a dragon (not Phel!) causing havoc in the countryside. Times are dangerous and she and the others have to think on the fly to try to thwart said dragon and try to keep it from destroying pretty much everything.

While Cas is coming to terms with the past, Ridge is being his usual daring self, Sardelle is trying to mentor Tylie, Therrik is ...uhh, well, scowling, I suppose. I mean, the guy is like a concentrated ball of anger. He grates against pretty much everyone and is absolutely fine being the way he is. To be fair, a person should absolutely accept themself and be comfortable with who and what they are. So, you know, there's that.

Anywho. A wild mid-air fight and the (potential) loss of someone everyone (except Therrik) holds dear. Dragons! They're kind of fight-y, aren't they?