The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)

My daughter is very happy with this purchase, I ordered several in order to complete her collection. She loves these books and recommends them for teenagers that loves dragon stories

It’s a good book! When it arrived it was in great condition and none of the pages were ripped or damaged, overall it’s a nice book!

As much as I love this series, Hive Queen has some bad parts to it as well as the good parts. The good part is that we get to see Pantala through Cricket’s eyes. It’s fascinating, yet sad at the same time when Cricket realizes that her whole life was a lie and that Wasp was using her powers to turn her own tribe into terrible dragons. And another good part was that the story was exciting and detailed. The plot was good and the characters were great in their own way. The bad parts was that somehow, the animus dragons lose their powers. Tui does not explain this, but Turtle gets mad and accuses Qibli of breaking animus magic. Also, Sundew is in love with someone. I am not bothered that she is in love, though. The fact that I am bothered about is that sheloves another female LeafWing. Yes. And she constantly brings it up, so just be prepared for the worst.

i’m 20 now but these books were my childhood, i trickled off from reading them when i got into high school and after the first lost continent book came out. i rediscovered my old collection unpacking some box and fell back in love with the series, i bought every book that i didn’t already own in fact. i could read these again and again and probably will. since this was a first read for me it was simultaneously nostalgic and exciting. i actually remember hating cricket when i first read the lost continent(found out while reading it after recently purchasing it that i didn’t read the entire book previously. totally worth holding off on my judgements this time around.

My son loves the book it arrived fast

Our daughter lives these books! Book was just as expected!

I adored Cricket's million question thoughts! She's such a positive person, and I think she brings out the best in all the other dragons (even though she annoys them from time to time). And don't even get me started on Bumblebee! TheHive Queen was an amazing read and it had me hooked at the end of each chapter. I'm so glad author Tui T. Sutherland wrote the story of such awesome dragons!

A request for my grandsons birthday. He loves these books and he was so excited for the book lifht

My daughter is obsessed with the WOF series and was excited for this addition to her collection.

Got this as a Christmas gift. My granddaughter is reading this whole series, and didn't have this book or the next , in lineup. So I got her both.

No spoilers, but there is a HUGE twist that shocked me even more than finding out that my cousin won in her basketball game! If you have made it to this book and read the eleven others, this will not disappoint! I'm so excited for Sundew's book!

All of the characters are so interesting and the metaphors are pure gold it is definitely worth the read. The mystery is so fun. The suspense is absolutely going to kill you. I love it

first i would like to mention that we dont meet Sundews one true love until book 13 people have been bringing this books rating down just for somthing that happens later in the series which is not cool. and for the people out there who dont like Sundews partner and their LGBTQ+ relationship imagine if that was you hating you and discrimanating you for who you love! im a kid and i wasnt bothered at all by her relatilnship but if parents dont yet want that conversation with their kids which is perfrctly fine i suggest reading the book first. anyways i dint come here to talk only about book 13 i really enjoyed the hive queen it was fast paced but still showed the characters in a meaningful way. Spoiler alert!!!!!! i did not see that twist coming with Kaytidid! and i totally ship Blicket they are so cute! oh and bumble bee she is absolutley adorble!!! all in all i loved this book it reflect our society in a way that you can relate to dragons but also be capivted by twists and reveals that wont llow ypu to set this book down!sorry for the bd spelling its hard to type on a kindle with the slight lag and sorry for y review being so all over the place folks have great day!

My daughter has been reading Wings of Fire for the past year and she love this book. Cricket, the main character from what she has told me, is probably her favorite character in the whole series from the why she talks about her. She love the whole idea of this book and loves all the little details in it. She love Cricket's book and how the character thinks and acts. The product itself was in perfect condition when it arrived and has stayed so throughout all the time she has had it and the cover is beautiful, all the little details just ties it all together. This book was a wonderful product and a great book and I myself have actually been thinking on reading the series.

I wish I could give this 6 stars! except for the fact that the first 70 pages or so were a little boring, but the rest definitely makes up for it. the thing I'm confused about, is, in another review it mentions Sundew being Gay, but it never said that, and I only caught a few references to a dragon named Willow. Anyways, the book was so amazing, and it's funny that cricket is in love with blue, but she doesn't know if he likes her back, whereas it was the exact opposite in the eleventh book, I'm sad that no more books will be in cricket or blue's perspectives. There was so many amazing twists, and I keep thinking that Tui T. Sutherland can't top herself, but she does! I own the whole series now, and I am so happy!

But as for an actual review:Reading from Cricket's perspective was amazing and, at times, so sad. This series continues to blow me away with the relevance to kids, teens, and even adults' lives. Cricket informs us right off the bat that her parents can't stand her and that her mother left the family to go "pursue her dreams." So many people I know have dealt with similar issues, and it's sad and hard to see. Cricket is still dealing with this, even though she's never liked her mother. Cricket's character grows and learns throughout the book, though her questions never cease.I enjoyed seeing her bubbly attitude and realistic look at life take the radicals aback in how she simply laid out what would happen if the LeafWings went straight into war and attacked the HiveWings and burned the hives. Death, and most of it innocent people.The first series arc started in the middle of a war with the Dragonets of Destiny dealing with the repercussions of a pointless war. This series is now taking the side of "what do you do after a genocide;" is it OK for retaliation or do things need to be left? What should be done. The characters, Cricket especially, struggle with these questions because wrongs have been done, yet another genocide is not the answer. Cricket starts to see her HiveWing world for the horrific slave-trade/indentured servant world that it is, at it's a culture shock for her to see how badly her world suffers from racism.All-in-all, I loved watching Cricket understand the repercussions of genocide and racism and watching her come to understand that the HiveWings are a racist society towards everyone else.

Love and hate how fast-paced the book was. It was amazing reading it, but I hate the fact that books end and before reading one I constantly get my hopes super high, have them exceeded for a few hours, then am sad for a year or so until the next book comes out. I will now wait patiently COME ON POISON JUNGLE I MUST READ YOU!!!!!! (I think Sutherland's fun writing style is affecting me 😂)Wow. Forgive my ranting.Anyway, I though I would miss Qibli and Winter and Kinkajou and Moon and Turtle but now I will miss Blue and Cricket and Swordtail and Sundew and even Bumblebee whenever this story arc ends too soon. I can't stress how good this series has been. Only Ranger's Apprentice, Eragon, and Percy Jackson were as fun to read and as stinking ADDICTIVE. READ. THIS. BOOK.

I really like the wings of fire series but the book doesn't feel like it had a lokt of time and love in it like the rest of the books have and just right now i saw the tui was making another series. in fact there is nothing wrong with her making another series but what happens to finishing one series at a time. I feel like she probably feel like she hit writers block but thats no excuse for starting a new series and giving up on The Wings of Fire series.dont get me wrong i love her books but maybe she needs to think things through a little

First of all -- buy this book. It's still worth it. I did have a hard time deciding whether to give this book three stars or four, but my issues are minor enough that I went with four. The good points are easy -- the plot is great, the twists are good and personally I didn't see them coming too far in advance for it to be exciting, and there are some really great character development scenes. My nitpicks are mostly with the pacing. The book takes place over a short period of time, so nearly every interaction is rushed. They fly too quickly from scene to scene with little meaningful interaction between the main group, Cricket and Blue in particular are lacking. Blue seemed to have lost his personality (while Swordtail and Sundew did get development so I suppose I can't complain). There are a few good scenes where Cricket has meaningful interaction and the story takes time to 'be' before rushing off to the next plot point, but always with dragons outside of the main clique of heros. The book is overall enjoyable, but a bit disappointing as everything is rushed by too fast for anything to sink in. It is not the best book in the series, but definitely not the worst and reading it is worth it, even with the 'trying to win a race for fastest book resolution' type pacing.

The book was alright, but it didn't have that special feel to it that is in the other books.Pros:- It was Humorous.-The Author did a good job writing from Cricket's point of view.-And there were some twists in the plot i never saw coming.Cons:-My number one problem with this book is that Sundew the Leafwing mentions that she has a true love. Well, it's not that she is in love that bothers me. What bothers me is that she is apparently in love with Another female Leafwing. That's right, Southerland made Sundew GAY. And this fact ruins Sundews character for the rest of the book, Because not only is she gay, but she brings it up ALL THE TIME. (Just in case we didn't know, Southerland is prepared to cram it down our throats.)-Back on the mainland with Moonwatcher and Company, it appears that all of the animuses have lost their power. The Author has not cleared up why this happened, but I have a problem with the fact that gentle,sweet,Turtle became suddenly hostile towards Quibli,.Accusing him of BREAKING Turtle's Animus gifts.-Oh,And in the beginning, Tsunami and Turtle set out to find the Lost Continent, but in the End Moonwatcher informs Luna (Who has accomplished nothing the book) That the Lost Continent was coming to them.In summary, it seems that all of the characters are a mess. Tui Southerland can't make up her mind on what each character's Personality is, making the book a confusing blend of decent,bad,and kind of weird. (And please,please,get rid of the Gay relationships!) I would suggest getting the book, but be prepared for the worst.