Flameborne: Chosen

By: Aimee Lynn

Narrated by: Marcella Black, Troy Duran

Flameborne is a slow-burn, mythical-world romantasy perfect for fans of Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, and Sarah J. Maas’s ACOTAR series—in which one broken woman and her dragon wage war with centuries-old tradition and the men who uphold it.

They all expect her to fall. Only one man believes she can fly.

Lowborn Bren never imagined she’d meet a dragonfury face-to-face. But when Ruin, her first love and a newly raised Furyknight, is sent on his first mission, Bren leaves the safety of her family’s farm and stumbles through the night to surprise and farewell him. Instead, she discovers her lover’s betrayal.

Shamed, broken, and reeling, Bren climbs the Dragonmaw cliffs to end her life, only to be saved—and bonded—by a dragon.

Now, as the first ever female Flameborne, Bren must earn her place among the Furyknights, a hallowed, all-male society of dragon riders. Her mere existence is the breach of a centuries-old tradition. Yet, when the dragons embrace her, the men have no choice but to watch and wait for her to go up in flames.

Her only willing ally is the fabled Battle Commander, Donavyn Arsen. Donavyn knows dragons don’t make mistakes. He agrees to train Bren in secret to prepare her for the Trials. But with so many hours alone, the pair’s mutual respect deepens into something more.

Something forbidden.

The #1 bestselling serial author, Aimee Lynn, ignites a fierce new world in which a broken young woman must find the strength to claim love—and a future no one believed she'd survive.

Triggers and tropes include: Romantasy with spice, dragons and dragon rider romance, fated mates, forbidden love, fantasy academy romance, touch her and die, forced proximity, weak-to-strong female lead, age gap, slow burn, and much, much more!

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Flameborne: Chosen
I really liked this one. 🔥
Very Fourth Wing-coded, but it still managed to hold its own.
That said—I wasn’t sold on the FMC at first. She came off pretty immature and a little pick-me in the beginning, which almost pulled me out of the story. Thankfully, she does get better as it goes on, even if she’s still not my favorite FMC I’ve read.
The character dynamics gave strong **Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway vibes from Vampire Academy, which I loved.
Great tension, fast pacing, and a world that kept me engaged the whole way through.
Already pre-ordered the next book ✔️

Worried it’d be too much like Fourth Wing, but pleasantly surprised it held its own

I really enjoyed the story and narration. Def more fantasy with a hint of a whisper of romance, but am looking forward to reading the next book. Think I’ll wait for the audiobook also.

story plot

not including the villian that contributed to her trauma in the story line. I would have liked to see the shock on his face when ruin realized what he threw away.

Great narrators...Okay story

I liked the duet narration and overall setting along with the dragons. The main characters were a bit one dimensional and there were aspects that seemed too far fetched. I realize this is a fictional story in a fantasy world setting, but given the level of scrutiny that the first female fury knight brings, it just didn't seem feasible that the general's level of advocacy and favoritism would go unchallenged...and that they'd have that much alone time. It was okay, but I wish there was more interaction written between Bren and her team to make the story more well-rounded.

Highly recommend

I did not know what to expect but I could not put this book down.
At the very beginning it grabs you, I felt Bren’s feeling, I cried when she cried, I shared her jobs.
The attraction she has for the older man is hot.
The older is hot and her General.
I love dragons and this book has dragons. I just got book 2 and can’t wait to start it.