Escaping Peril (Wings of Fire #8)

I am back to reading another Wings of Fire book! This one is called Escaping Peril, and it is all about Peril, a Skywing with the firescales. And it is about Peril trying to find the ex-queen Scarlet. There is some gore in the book but it is only in some small parts. And war is violent and vicious and pretty terrible, always, so why hide it? I loved reading Escaping Peril (Book Eight of the Wings of Fire series) by Tui Sutherland, and recommend it to all little bunnies who like dragons. [For Caramel's complete review, see the book bunnies' blog.]

Peril is shallow and selfish for the most part and this made her book shallow and lacking.

Entertaining, fun, and great cover art

My son loves this series about dragons!

I bought this book for my nephew and he is so happy abd likes it a lot.

My grandson has been reading this series and had requested this, as it was the next one for him to read in this series. It came very quickly, the graphics are excellent, was just a tad pricey.

I have a former student that is now in 7th grade that absolutely loves this series. She can’t get through the fast enough! I ordered one and had to buy the next one within a week.

He luvs these books and luvs to read which makes me happy too!

Just when we think the story can’t get any better, we keep being surprised by the twists and turns. Exciting!

Peril really has to make a lot of decisions in this book.Clay is the dragon who gave her a second chance,but Scarlet wants Peril to have no memory of Clay.Then Peril meets her dad,Chameleon,who works for Scarlet.Chameleon gives her a necklace that could make her shape-shift.In the end,the necklace turns out to be cursed so that Peril would forget Clay forever.So then Ruby challenges Scarlet for the throne and Ruby wins and becomes queen.I like the whole series,and I have read all the books up to this one and am going to read the next book ASAP.I hope Tui T.Sutherland keeps writing!

Peril has been one of my favorite characters since she was introduced, and this has to be one of my favorite books from the series. She is such a relatable character in how we can come to depend on someone too much sometimes and lose our own opinions and thoughts. Her development in this area is shown remarkably well and one event that occurs, while setting up conflict, also shows that Peril has grown and changed a lot. I also love that she doesn’t reject the side of her that is obsessive and loving, but rather discovers a part of herself that she’d lost from years of manipulation. The book is consistent too with Peril’s personality of being brash and not so good socially which is an important aspect to me.

The Wings of fire is a really good series with an excellent story line, and all the books have been very interesting and fast paced but for some reason this book wasn't the best. It got slow at times and some parts where admittedly rather boring. The ending was good but sections of Escaping Peril where either too fast or too slow. I hope the next book can be better, because i am looking foward to reading it. The other books on the other hand are amazing, they are a great read.

Well, didn't anybody find it ironic that kestrel had eggs with a rainwing? And is chameleon in love with kestrel? Also, chameleon can't change his scales, but he can transform into other dragons? And nobody expected the nightwing who attacked Kinkajou with his incredible, aaand found Darkstalker's scroll to be rainwing from Jambu's story, who was also Cirrus, and by the way did not target his glare at Moon but at Kinkajou! I mean, who does that? Another big surprise; Chameleon mated with kestrel and is Ember and Peril's father! Hats off Tui, and I hope that you will manage another super-plot Tornado like this one that'll throw us of our feet and make our head explode multiple times like in EP. I am really gonna surprised with what this author does!

I have loved this series so much, And I truly understand and agree with its high reviews and ratings. I see and agree the lesson that was taught here, to accept yourself, even with all your failings.. be yourself and be the best that you can be. Be loyal to the people that you love, but think for yourself and not let others control you. It is more important to be good and kind, than to be popular. Problems are there to teach you and make you strong. The easy way is often not the right way. Think, what would Clay do?? Darkstalker is next , I am looking so forward to learn his story!

Thoughts: I am literally blown away by this book. Sutherland has really outdone herself - in fact, I feel like her books only continue to improve. That's not to say that I didn't have a few issues with this book - but those were very minimal and hardly took away from the story.The plot was the only issue I had, actually. It felt like Sutherland wrote this whole book, and then decided that the ending wasn't memorable enough so she added in half of the next book to leave us on a cliffhanger (it worked). This, I found, was very frustrating, despite the added tension and excitement. Other than that, this book was amazing! I loved every one of the characters and how they've evolved over this series, although I would've liked to see some more of Winter, Kinkajou, and Qibli, some of my favorite characters. Peril's character was spot-on - the entire time, you could really feel her emotions. Although I originally wasn't too excited about the prospect of a book dedicated to Peril, I grew to love her character and was rooting for her by the end of the book. I loved the twist, too, and how it tied in with the brilliant prologue. The writing didn't stray far from its normal humor, suspense, and adventure - honestly, I think that the Wings of Fire series is the best series for middle grade readers. And although this book took a bit of a dark turn at the end, I'll be eagerly awaiting the next installment in this series.

I am a school librarian. I bought this book at the end of the school year. My 5th and 6th grade students found it first and I couldn't keep it on the shelf. My 5th and 6th grade students love this series.Each book in the series continues the story of the Dragons of Destiny. It was prophesied the Dragons of Destiny would stop the war and name the new Queen. The Dragons of Destiny were taken from their families/ tribes as eggs. They were kept in a cave for their safety. Their only knowledge of the outside is from scrolls. After running away, they go in search of their lost families, try of figure out how they are suppose to stop the war and struggle with who deserves to be queen. During these adventures the dragons find the beliefs and dreams of their families and tribes are not always in line with reality. Each book chronicles their adventures.I recommend this book.

Review first published on jenasbookreviews.blogspot.comThe 8th book in the Wings of Fire series. Now that Queen Scarlet has revealed herself to still be alive and out for vengeance, Peril has decided that she is the only one who can stop her and protect Clay. Turtle, a Seawing prince, decides that since his friends are already off on a dangerous mission he should join up with Peril to try and stop Scarlet and help Queen Ruby. Once they get separated though, that's when Peril's father shows up, in the employ of Queen Scarlet. He is able to give Peril the one thing she wants above all else, the loss of her fire-scales, but it comes at a cost that may be more than she is willing to pay.I didn't enjoy this one as much as the previous installments. I wanted to know more about Peril because I think she is one of the more interesting characters that we met in the first five books. I get that Peril is a broken character but being inside her mind was boring and repetitive. While she did grow a bit as a character by the end of the book, it was only a little. The fact that most of the book was very predictable, much like Peril's thoughts, didn't help either. The end looks promising for the next book so here's hoping this one was just a fluke.

My third grade niece became excited about this series. I bought her a book or two and then decided I wanted to see what she was so excited about. I am having a lot of fun with this series. Sutherland's characters develop slowly throughout the books, at least from an adult perspective, but as the series has gone on I am enjoying it more and more. The books are definitely aimed toward the 3-5 grade level. Some tough subjects that are addressed, like death, war, poor parenting, etc. I would've LOVED this series in my youth, as my niece does, as an adult I am still getting a kick out of it. I can't wait to see what will happen in upcoming book 9. Sutherland also has an accompanying series about the "Winglets." Haven't started those yet, but will probably add them to my summer book list.

Eight books into the series, and Tui Sutherland hasn't lost steam. Each book continues the story from the previous ones, but through the eyes of a different main character. Peril is the the most deadly dragon in the world of Pyrrhia, and rightly so. With a simple touch, she can kill almost anybody!Trying to redeem herself, we really get to know how she views herself and others; she was raised to be a killer, so that's how she thinks. It's scary to follow her through her adventure with Turtle, trying to find former-queen Scarlett, and put a stop to her reign of terror.The pace in the story was well written, keeping me interested through the whole thing. Through all of these books, I just want to scream at a character, who always seems to misunderstand the feelings of their friends. But in the end, they grow to know how their friends give them strength.

Oiii This book is awesome! This second book of the second series is very revealing, and it answered a lot of questions from the other book. (Like, who was that NightWing with Scarlet? //winks) As usual, the art is amazing omg. This book is my second favorite of the the 3 so far, Winter Turning being the first (Winter is a very complex character, but so is Peril) It showed another side of Peril. I didn't really like or dislike her that much before, but now she's a lot cooler, after reading a book from her perspective. There's a lot of twists in this one too. As usual, Queen Scarlet is behind them, but it's always interesting to see what she does. (She did something to Ruby that I was VERY surprised about... never saw that coming, but there was foreshadowing xD) At the end of the book, something we've anticipated happening happens, but there's a bit more backstory, and it's probably not gonna turn out well.. in the next book coming out on June 28th!! Yay! Another 5 months of waiting!! But it'll be worth it.