From the USA Today bestselling author of Dragon School comes the first novel in a vibrant, intricate fantasy world filled with unexpected adventure. Legends used to walk the Dragonblood Plains – great heroes now dead who left bloody scars across the face of the world. They are waking.For Tamerlan – an alchemist’s apprentice, sold to the guild in his teens – the only thing that matters is his … that matters is his desperate quest to save his sister from being sacrificed to the dragon at the height of the Summernight festival.
For Marielle – a Scenter for the Jingen City Watch who can read spiritual residues – all that matters is serving justice to protect her city.
But when Tamerlan stumbles upon an ancient magic that calls the Legends forth, and Marielle scents what he’s done and starts her pursuit, they begin a chain of events that can’t be stopped – a chain that will wake the Legends, call the dragons, and change everything.
Summernight is Book One of the Bridge of Legends series. Leap into this gripping fantasy story of dragons, Legends, and misused power, that readers are calling “addictive” and “spellbinding” when you scroll up and click to start reading.
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Squee! Ok, I know that’s not very mature, but I do think it’s the right reaction to having a truly favorite author come out with a new series. The author here is Sarah K. L. Wilson, the imaginative mind behind several masterpiece series (which I urge you to discover if you have not yet dine so). The new series is Bridge of Legends, the lead off book 1 of which is Summernight. That book is precisely the “Tale of Fantasy and Magic” promised by its cover page. Dragons, legends returning, magic, adventure, crazy twists, excitement, a great cast of characters from Tamerlan and Marielle on down, all wrapped up in a superbly plotted and written tale. This book really has it all, and it’s all pretty darn wonderful. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
This is the first book in what I envisage to become an amazing fantasy magical series full of heroes from legend and dragons, alchemists and so much more. In this first book we get to meet Tamerlan, a young kind hearted and gentle alchemist apprentice, who looked out for his friends. He had been sold off to the guild by his family of landholders as he was one of nine siblings, the youngest being his beloved sister Amarylis who during the procession of the summernight five day festival, he saw cooped up in her carriage on her way to being offered up as that year’s sacrifice to the legendary dragon. It was said that the town kept the dragon on who the city was built in thrall by the spilling of a young virgin’s blood and this year it seems his father had sold off his sister. Tamerlan though not a warrior decided he had five days in which to free her from the sunset tower. He used a magical recipe to call forth the help of the heroes from legend over the bridge of legends but when any of these appeared they took over his body and wrecked havoc in the city causing many deaths which obviously were attributed to him. Marielle was a scenter working with the watch, and she believed in the law and saw everything in black and white, right or wrong with no in between. Now she was on to Tamerlan and she vowed to capture him, however the clock was ticking and nothing turned out to be the way they thought they were. I found this first book in this captivating series to be wondrous and the characters extremely charismatic and the ambience of the city to be brought to life through the amazing descriptions of the many different areas. I would love to go on reading further into this series which has completely drawn me into the story.
Discovered these books thru a mutual friend who wanted to check if KU was working properly and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. This is a different kind of story with a scenter and a alchemy student in a world that is very well rounded. Read book one in a couple of hours and ready to download number two
Loved Tamerlan and Marielle’s beginning. Theirs is an adventure that sucked me right in and made me feel as though I was right there along side them. Learning about the magical history of the town of Jingen and unearthing some of it’s long forgotten truths all while trying to rescue Tamerlan’s sister. It’s like a thrilling rollercoaster ride with lots of twists, turns and surprises.
Tamerlan and Marielle are great characters. It was easy to like them. I also found myself very curious about their new friend Jhinn. I can’t wait to find out more about him and see where the next part of their journey takes them.
Interesting! Intriguing characters, fascinating world, exciting story. While an interesting (and complete) story by itself, this book is setting the stage for what comes next. Can’t wait to see where it goes!
Summernight by Sarah K.L. Wilson is the first book in her new series – Bridge of Legends. In this book prepare to be swept away to a world where Legends once walked the world. Some brought destruction while others brought mischief and others peace. They are all gone now, but the traditions remain to protect the world because tradition says that the city is built on top of the body of a dragon. So every year on Summernight a sacrifice must be made to keep it placated, the magic strong, and the land at peace. The author gives us two characters on opposite ends – Tamerlan – a young man intent on saving his sister from being the sacrifice, and Marielle – a Scenter who works for the Watch to keep order in the city. Marielle is tasked with keeping the law, but where is her path ultimately going to lead in this chase that is soon to begin?
Summernight is an engaging YA fantasy novel that whirls you away to a unique world. Tamerlan belonged to a rich family, but being one of nine children made him disposable, so he was sold as an apprentice. When he discovers that his sister is to be the sacrifice this year, his goal is to save her. The author focuses mostly on his story and his part in what is to come. Through an unexpected discovery, Tamerlan embarks on a dangerous quest that threatens the city if he succeeds. But he’s determined to save his sister because he can’t see a world without her being in it. He knows that he’s risking his life, but he won’t let that deter him. Tamerlan is a good character, but I won’t lie…he annoys me when he daydreams so much. I appreciate that he knows fact about himself, that his daydreaming is a problem, but he never seems to try to get a stronger hold on himself to keep it from being a problem for him. I wanted him to work toward doing better.
Marielle on the other hand, a member of the city Watch, she’s a unique character in and of herself. As a Scenter, the author has it to where she can’t see colors. While that is missing in her life, she’s able to smell essentially in color. She’s able to differentiate scents all around her. It can be overpowering, so she has to wear scarves to protect herself from being overwhelmed. I enjoy her as a character overall, but she’s not perfect. I have some issues with her attitude at times. I didn’t 100% like it when she basically seems “infallible” when she catches a scent. I wanted her to lose the scent or it to get mixed up with another and for her to get confused. There are a couple of moments of where she comes off a bit naive as well. At one point she wants to feel a sense of betrayal, but I wanted to remind her…you were warned.
This story ends in a lot of chaos and drama. I get swept away in it all and it’s only when another character makes a certain statement that brings the truth crashing down on me…Tamerlan potentially failed at his objective ultimately. The author leaves readers with a lot of questions and a heightened sense of curiosity as to what is going to happen next. My jaw literally dropped reading this book close to the end. I’m eager to learn what happens next and see if the author takes me back to the city to learn what has befallen those that remain.
I am rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. Is this book perfect? No. But it is a really good book that grabbed me and had me page-turning to learn what was going to happen next. I’m eager to read the next book in this series. If you enjoy books by this author then I highly recommend that you pick this book up and read it.
Overall rating: 4.7
An amazing start to an action packed series, the book lacks nothing! I am extremely excited that these characters held me so captive and the pages flew by effortlessly! The scenting is so unique and really had my curiosity engaged! This book one truly did its job with all the plot twists and challenges! Loved this and can’t wait for more! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
I was very excited to read this first book in a new series. I really enjoyed watching the development of the MC’s Tamerlan and Marielle. The story was different from what I’ve before by the author. I liked the concept of how magic works for the cities. Although some of the descriptions of the scenting ability were a bit overwhelming for me at times, but with that being said it was nothing I’ve ever experienced in another story. I can’t wait to see what happens next for our hero Tamerlan and our heroine Marielle. I would recommend this book
What if……all those myths and fairy tales we heard growing up had a kernel of truth? And there really were dragons, dragon-slayers and strong warriors able to fight to protect people? That is what Tamerlan and Marielle found out when the dragon awoke!
An exciting new book from a master of epic fantasy, completely different from her other dragon series (Dragon School and Dragon Chameleon)—no human riding this dragon, that is for sure!
The storyline is well developed and the characters come to life right before your eyes—avatars of people from those long ago times and places. Young people will look up to both the Hero & heroine as they display upstanding values, that sometimes get them into trouble, as they try to help others! Great first book, and I can’t wait for the next one!
This story was fast-paced and full of surprises. It had me on edge throughout. The crosspurposes of the two main characters left me uncertain who I wanted to root for because I wanted everything to work out for both of them and I couldn’t see how that could happen. I loved reading this and I’m anxious to see what will happen next in the series!
this is one hell of a thrilling fantasy read that once started you will not be able to put it down! Well written this fantastic fast paced storyline is filled with legends, magic, adventure, twists and turns galore, great characters and dragons my ultimate favourite! An epic start to this series, another hit for this author!
Tamerlan is an apprentice and has just 5 days to come up with a plan to save his sister. Marielle is a Scenter and member of the City Watch. It’s part of her job to make sure that nothing goes wrong with the Summernight Festival, no matter what!
So many twists and turns in the book, and I just couldn’t put it down. Tamerlan, Marielle and Jhinn are all wonderful characters, and I can’t wait to see what comes next for these guys.