Review – The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire, Book 12) by Tui T. Sutherland (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 320 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release Date: December 26, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1338214482
Stand Alone or Series: 12th book in the Wings of Fire series
Source: Bought
Rating: 4/5 stars
“Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp’s powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered.
Now she’s hiding again, wanted for stealing the Book of Clearsight along with her new SilkWing friends, Blue and Swordtail, and the fierce LeafWing, Sundew. The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a LeafWing attack. But Cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen’s deadliest secret? And if she does succeed — can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war?”
This is the twelfth book in the Wings of Fire series. This was a well done continuation of that series and I enjoyed it. My 11 year old son loves this series and rereads it constantly. I read it mostly because we have both been reading this series for years and it’s fun to talk to him about it.
We are on the Lost Continent, Pantala, again and our dragonets are in hiding and trying to solve the mystery of how Queen Wasp mind controls the HiveWings. Cricket and her friends are hoping to stop the mind control of the HiveWings and save the SilkWings from oppression. However, the LeafWings have their own rebellion planned…
The characters in here were great and I am still enjoying Pantala. Cricket is one of my favorite dragons yet! Reading about the new types of dragons and their abilities is still fresh and fun.
Some mysteries are solved and others are presented. The book starts a bit slow but picked up towards the middle.
Overall this was a good addition to the Wings of Fire series. I continue to enjoy this series and plan on continuing it. This whole series is recommended to those who enjoy fantasy adventure and dragons.
