The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)

This is the thirteenth book of the Wings of Fire series, and it’s so greatly written! The quality of the paperback is outstanding and this is great. From the art to the book it’s just great great great. Five stars!

This book was as fun to read as the last. Any fans of Wings of Fire would enjoy it

This is a great book, it might even be my favorite. I really liked the suspension, mystery, secrets, and emotion! I really liked the fact that it would all seem fine, and then suddenly they take a different path! I think this book represents pride and emotion (which I really liked!). I think that if you are looking for a book that has pride and\or emotion, you should consider getting this book! I really hope you get this book and make Dundee happy!😄😊🤗😇😉😍😻😸 PS: there are no cats in this book, I just LOVE CATS!!!😹😸😺😻

My kids liked these books.

I purchased this book for a birthday present for my Granddaughter. She specifically requested it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ordering and delivery went perfectly.

Great book like all the other Wings of Fire.

My 8 year old loves this book series. Highly recommend this series. It is clean and engaging for his age.

People.stop.giving.hate.These people exist, and taking this book away with teach your children prejudiced, and if they are queer, to hate themselves. Not good messages. Like I said before, these people exist, and no matter HOW much you complain , we’re not going away. Like a wise person ( my parents ) once said, delaying the change doesn’t stop it. Get over it. Get over your egos and whatever. I’m not asking you to LIKE these people, I’m asking you to tolerate it and leave the rest of us alone , instead of acting like it’s downright a sin to love others. Yes this was JUST as subtle as EVERY OTHER STRAIGHT ship in this series. If you hated this book, that your OWN prejudices. Your child will meet pride kids, pride adults, EVERYWHERE they go. Why? Because people exist. And if you cannot accept that, you need to remember we are all human, and you CANNOT control others. I really doubt your child was “ disgusted” or “ in tears “. And if they were? That’s not the books fault. Unless ur child was in tears over the straight ships, then it’s your OWN prejudices that you passes on to your child.

If you are bothered by the gay relationship please take a moment to reflect on wether you are carrying some prejudice you may not be aware of.The reality is that to have gotten to book 13 your kids have already read about significant violent events in this book and have been exposed to multiple heterosexual relationships themes.If you feel that a loving consensual homosexual relationship is somehow more damaging to your children than the violence and heterosexual themes from previous books—there is prejudice there. I know it’s hard to accept but it is.Here’s the reality. Family’s come in all different forms. It is valuable for ALL children to be exposed to that. It is extremely important for children of gay parents to see this reflected in what they read and see. Even more important is for gay children to see themselves reflected in culture. They may not know they are gay at this age, but as they mature and realize they have feelings for people of the same sex, having seen it before will allow them to recognize that it is a natural variation of life. Teaching kids that it is somehow “wrong” to be exposed to homosexual behaviors will only make them feel that their urges are wrong if they develop homosexual feelings and/or teach them prejudice.For those who state that their children were “bothered” by this relationship more than the heterosexual relationships also depicted in this series- that only shows that your children have been taught prejudices at some point in their lives and this should truly be an opportunity for them to learn. Do not enforce those prejudices by removing the book from your lives.

ok i want nyone reading this to know thatt this is from a kids point of view. i found this book to be one of the best in the arc! there was a super aborble lesbian reltionship but i found it intresting. one of the first books that i read that had an LGBTQ+ reltionship and it made it amazsing. the only 1 star reviews are from parents point of view saying their kid cme within the first five minutes with tears in theiir eyes- WHAAA? just really? im a kid it was fine in fact it made the book better! all the reltionships i read are the same sure this person is fought over by two people this person caqnt decide between two peopleive even heard the she broke up with him but got hit in the head and thinks she disnt but hes qlredy dating aomeone else and he cnt tell her the truth and his brother is heart broken becuse he wnted to go out with person #2 but his brother is alredy double dating with her so does he expose his brother or let the love of his life be half.loved by his brother? yep i actually red thaa once but a LGBTQ+ relationship is more sweet adorble nd just Sooooo amazing that it mkes this book lot betterTui. T Sutherland i as kid apprecite your novel no matter what all those nsty reviews from parents say! I WANT TO SEE MORE OF SUNDEWxWILLOW!!!!!!!!!!

I went into this with such high hopes and I think, with how much the plot got derailed for romance, I kinda want to lower the ratings on the other Wings of Fire books too because this has been a consistent problem with this series, and I'm sick of it.Sundew was an amazing character but, for whatever reason, her character development got completely swept aside as soon as her love life came in to play which makes no sense at all. She's a strong and calculating dragon. She understood risks and how to prepare for basically anything. Romance shouldn't have caused her to be an angry idiot, and yet it did, because as soon as her love interest is introduced, Sundew changed. Why? Why couldn't she be the strong dragon she was in Hive Queen and STILL be in a romantic relationship? It's like Tui can't comprehend a strong female character in a romantic relationship who would still be just as calculating and intelligent as before AND a loving partner. With they way this was written, it didn't matter who Sundew dated, because the romance issue would have persisted.The plot hiccuped a lot. We got a lot of flashbacks with Sundew, but they felt somewhat out of place so that when we found out these huge revelations about either her love interest or other mega important things, they felt unimportant in the grand scheme of things because Sundew was busy daydreaming or not focused on what was going on or being ridiculously angry.There also felt to be very little stakes in this. The ending had a lot of big things happening, but all of the major stuff that had been built up over the last two books happened to all the characters off page, so it didn't really matter because they weren't the main ones in the story because we were off with Sundew legitimately doing nothing.I can say for sure, unless the writing of the plot gets better, I'm not preordering any more of these after the Oasis novel. Tui Sutherland really needs to work on her romance writing (spoiler: it's pretty bad) and work on more high stakes for her plots if she's going to try to make something as big as what's leading up to in this series.This could have been a phenomenal story about the effects of war, genocide, and how one comes back from that. Willow proved you could. Sundew proved you could, if we're to take any of her development seriously from the other two books, and yet Sundew takes such a big step backwards in this that any hope for a compelling plot of dragon versus dragon and trying to understand why good people do bad things is now completely gone.As of now, I am officially DNFing this story, as the more I think of it, the less it appeals to me. Sundew could have been great if Sundew had acted the same as she was in Hive Queen. But she was worse than she ever behaved in any of the previous books, and so her story flopped. If Sutherland had made this book about Willow, it would have been more compelling because at least Willow was a good character, and maybe then the romance wouldn't have overridden the story to where it detracted time from the plot. Fluffy romance is great for some, but it's not what I signed up for when I started this series. Give me the rough, hardened character of Sundew with her gentle, firm girlfriend/bff and decrease the amount of time spent on flashbacks, and this would have been a solid 4 star book.And if you like this book, no sarcasm comes from me when I say this: I'm glad. This is a beautiful world with amazing dragons, a diverse cast of characters with mental illness and relationships. I wish I liked it more. I really, really do, but I'm sick and tired of series getting dragged out because they make money and authors being too afraid to do gritty topics with Middle Grade and YA.SPOILERSSSS (there's only one but whatever)For whatever reason in this story Sundew thought it was OK to take a freaking baby dragonet into the horrible dark depths of the jungle where she was almost eaten despite proving how logical she was in the other books. Really, Tui??

The Stupid parent agenda breaks through on this one.This just in all the 1* reviews are butt hurt bigot parents who cant handle the same puzzle pieces mashing together because it's not t he way the God puzzle master intended. This seems to be the main focus on "everyones" mind, how two female dragons god forbid are -gasp- INTERESTED IN EACHOTHER!??!?. lol In all seriousness thats not even the main focus of the book but one could say it is the canon-ish romance focus of this particular book. AS WERE ALL THE OTHERS. There was a couple or close relation between a few dragons in each book. This one just happens to stand out cause the dang puzzle pieces are the same and parents are bout ready to lose their mind because each piece has to be different and match as intended. I honestly enjoyed getting to know that there was more to sundew than just that bratty aggressive routine. That wore me out in the last book i was exhausted i thought she'd never open up and show a kinder side i almost thought it was impossible. But this book proved me wrong she does have feelings and she does have someone she can be around and not want to slip poison scorpions in their house at night while they're sleeping. She actually has conversations that arent one ended and hostile cause she hates any dragon that isnt a leafwing from her particular tribe (excluding willow cause well... duh she actually cares about another dragon).Its honestly the homophobic people who bring attention to something was otherwise not as important to the story as they felt it was. Because again like i said the puzzle pieces- (i cant type that with a straight face) ANYWAY great book I lookforward to more from Tui. Haters Gonna Hate.

I first bought Wings of Fire for my then eight year old dragon obsessed daughter. We waited eagerly for it to arrive and sat down to read it as a bedtime story together. In the first reading it noted someone having their head bitten off- YIKES! I felt the knee jerk reaction of 'What have I gotten myself into?' After a brief check in my daughter still wanted me to keep reading and I am glad that we did!The characters and imagery in the book are vibrant and rich. We were quickly pulled into the world of the novel and found ourselves travelling through the fascinating lands the author created. The main characters were developed with the same high level of detail so we quickly found ourselves attached. While there is great adventure and suspense the dialogues are also crafted with extreme wit and either dialogue or occurrences often lead to giggles and laughter.As a young reader this is my daughter's favorite series.As an adult this is my favorite series.Wings of Fire also has a Wings of Fire: Legends off shoot which we of course read as well and enjoyed.Tui T. Sutherland also wrote the Menagerie series which we read and similarly loved before we realized it was the same author.Tui T. Sutherland pretty pretty please write more Wings of Dragons and another Menagerie book series!Please forget those Warrior cats (just don't tell my daughter I said that).

This is the 13th book in the Wings of Fire series, the third book taking place on the new continent of Pantala. I enjoyed this a lot, this was a great continuation of the Wings of Fire series.This book follows Sundew as she tries to help overthrow the HiveWings while protecting and supporting her new friends. We also get to interact with some wonderful dragons from the Old Continent.This book was really fun to read. I mainly read these because my son loves them and loves talking to me about them. However, if I am being honest I end up really loving them every time I read them. I loved the adventure through the Poison Jungle and Sundew’s snarky attitude. Sutherland is always spot on with her dialogue and gets me laughing out loud a number of times. I can’t think of another author that does such great and humorous dialogue and makes her dragons seem so...real.This book finally sees the two worlds colliding (old and new continents) and we learn a ton of really intriguing history about Pantala. I really loved it.Overall I loved this and think fans of the Wings of Fire series will be really pleased. This is a series I think all ages can really get into; it’s very well written and highly entertaining. My son and I love this series and it just keeps getting better.

My child has been following the "Wings of Fire" books. The first books (which came as a set) we bought were in paperback. However, my munchkin loved the books so much, we replaced the paperbacks (donated the books to the school library) with the hardcover books. We have been collecting the books in hardcover ever since.This book explores the Poison Jungle where the surviving LeafWings hid since the war. Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings to avenge the LeafWings who were almost wiped out by the adversary. However, Sundew began to discover the dark secrets of the jungle. Sorry, I'm trying not to write spoilers."Wings of Fire" continues to impress with the "The Poison Jungle". My youngster read the book in a few hours and excitedly told me about what was going on. I have to admit, I haven't read the last 3 books. However, I don't really have to because I hear about the entire story anyway haha! As far as some complaints about a character being lesbian, we didn't find anything offensive about how the author approached the matter. My munchkin didn't view it as unusual. What my youngster saw was love and friendship. Everyone has a different perspective on this issue and everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. However, the book didn't contain anything lewd to completely shun the entire story. It's unjustified to give a 1-star rating over a single aspect. The story didn't revolve just around the same gender relationship-- it was much more than that. Of course, for the people who truly can't get past the idea of same gender relationships no matter what, this is not for you.

My imaginary child, Karen, came into my room one night, crying because of all the straight relationships happening in this book. Why should the straight people have to go pushing their outdated, political heterosexual agenda down people's throats? I took the book away from Karen and tossed it into the trash, instead of donating it to a library for someone else to read. To be honest, Karen wasn't really crying over the book, but because I took the book away and raised such a stink about it. It's all the gross heteros' fault, not my narrowmindedness. I had no problem with all the magic, war, slaughter, blood, burning, and other violent things, but the political heterosexual agenda has gone too far. Karen is so upset by all the straight people and traumatized by my outburst (but again, totally not my fault) that she wants to speak to the publishing manager!All joking aside, as I had actually bought, read and listened to the book... While a couple scenes did get a little mushy at times (this happened with the straight characters and couples too, in the previous books), I still found it great that an LGBT couple was officially introduced into the series, even with the occasional ones hinted in the previous books. The dragon friends didn't even question or ridicule when one introduces the other as her girlfriend, which is a huge plus. In this day and age where sexuality and gender have become more open, kids who are questioning their preferences can have someone they can relate to. Love is love, regardless of gender (and consent). Kids should never have to feel ashamed or "disappointed" over a same sex relationship. I grew up in a mostly conservative household, but became more open about LGBT issues and discovering my bisexuality as I became an adult. I often wonder what it would've been like if I had discovered LGBT representation a lot sooner.We get to see new and old characters again struggle with the dangers of the jungle, new and old villains, and yes, even love. One of the characters ends up having a pretty interesting twist towards the end. A new villain is one you wouldn't expect one to be! The book does leave at a cliffhanger obviously, but we do see a little of what will happen in the epilogue. It will be interesting to see how the next book will play out.I listened mostly to the audio book but have both that and the Kindle version. The narrator read out the story very well, with different voices and tones for each character. There were a couple of times where a character or two sounded the same as the narrator, usually with Willow, for example. This was the first audio book I had fully listened to and bought, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.I do question a lot of these 1 star reviews saying their kids were disappointed. Were they really disappointed, or was it really the parents taking the books away, saying they can't read them anymore due to hateful views? As said earlier in the review, the series has murder, war, magic, racism, etc., sometimes in graphic detail. For some examples, one dragon killed their parent without even knowing it. A dragon burns their opponents to death with their fire scales, and another dragon has their face painfully disfigured by another dragon's toxic spit. But nah, the one single gay ship out of all that is the issue.

If I hadn't set my expectations so high for this book, maybe I wouldn't have been as disappointed by it. It was still a great novel full of plot twists and surprises. But I have some problems with this book.1. It feels rushed and incomplete. I finished this book in significantly less time than any other novel I've read recently. It feels incomplete; it all happens inside the jungle, where significantly less dangerous things happen to the dragons than you would expect. There's lots of talk about how bad the plants are, but whenever they walk along, no problem. Of course, Sutherland threw in a couple of incidents to prove her point, but they're too exclusive and forced. No advances in plot are really made, either - not as far as what we discover, which is one thing this book did marvelously, but as far as getting any closer to their main goal.2. The archetype of the politically correct homosexual character tires me out. I'm not being homophobic or discriminatory. I'm just saying that it's too often thrown into books nowadays, even (especially?) children's novels, as you could call this series.3. I would have liked to see more of Blue and even Cricket, who actually gets a fair share of mentions and involvement in this book. Sundew is an intriguing character but so are previous main characters and it would have been amazing for all three of them to go on adventures instead of Sundew being forced along with Nettle, etc.Overall I liked the book, and I'm definitely hyped for the rest of the series. I was done with the book much sooner than I wanted to be. The Wings of Fire series continues to supply me with a unique and enthralling stories. I just hope the next books aren't similarly rushed/monotonous.

Wings of Fire is such a good series. My favorite part of the books is how different each dragon is, so you get to see so many unique points of view. I noticed how this book has been receiving some lower ratings because one of the dragons was apart of the LGBT community. In my opinion, I think the dragon of this book being apart of that was a good lesson that seems to be brought up in most of the books. Accepting others for things that are different, even if you don't agree with their line of thinking. I think that is an important lesson for both children and adults alike, but I can completely understand why that might upset people.However, Sundew, the main character, is more than just that. She is an excellent character, confused by her feelings and trying to replace it with a mask of anger. She is determined, and trying to figure out how she feels about friendship with the dragons she's met. She is an entirely new and refreshing character to this series. Sundew's personality was funny and interesting, I enjoyed it.This book is far more than just about relationships. Fans of the book will be excited to see returning characters, and also get shocking plot twists, which I personally, love the most about these books.Tui did a brave step. I'm sure she knew there would be upset parents, but she continued her series with fresh characters with realistic personalities.

So first off, skirting around the controversial issue for a moment, I really enjoyed the book. I gave it 5 stars because it was, like all these books in the series, a fun read. This is my opinion; it may not be yours. I am a sucker for any stories with dragons. I am a young adult, and I think these books are geared towards teens and young adults, as they do have a fair bit of violence. All in all, I think the book was exciting and once again left me waiting for the next one to come out. The author, Tui T. Sutherland, has a great way of telling the story through the characters; their actions feel natural and their dialogue is engaging. Once again, I liked the book and have given it 5 stars.Now about the issue others are having with the book. A main character has a romantic relationship with another character of the same gender. In a book previously the Sutherland had hinted at a relationship between two female characters. Now Sutherland has made it a large part of the story in this book. While I am not bothered by it being in the book, I will say it didn't add anything to the story told. There is dialog between the two characters about their relationship, but otherwise the story's plot wasn't altered. Which is good. If there were major alterations to the storytelling because of their relationship, then it would have felt forced upon the reader, like it was shouting to them "look at me, look at me! I'm not normal!" So, like I said before, it didn't affect my opinion of the book.Well... it did make me say "uh oh" when I got to their introduction of their relationship in the story. Because, as I said before, Sutherland had introduced a non-heterosexual relationship between two female characters before this book. There was also negative feedback in the reviews for that book. Not everyone agrees with these views, which is a shame, but their allowed to have their own beliefs and want their children to also be raised with the same beliefs. So why did Sutherland decide to alienate some people? No one knows except her. Maybe she just wanted to step away from the cookie-cutter and do something new. All I hope is that it wasn't because of some spiteful ulterior motive.If you’re uncomfortable with this subject being around you or your children, don’t buy the book. But if you’re looking for a fun story with lovable characters and suspenseful plots, then this series, and this book, are fantastic. Thanks for another great story Tui, I would love one day to meet the person who has written my favorite book series.