moonwatcher6

a year ago

I just finished the ninth book of Wings of Fire, Talons of Power, a fantasy by Tui T. Sutherland for the eighth time and it's still the best series in the whole wide world! Talons of Power is about a SeaWing named Turtle (one of the SeaWing princes out thirty-two) who is actually a super rare dragon called an animus. An animus is a dragon who has control over objects. For example, if I were an animus, I could say “Enchant this bracelet so that the wearer has the power to fly.” A two thousand-year-old animus (an evil one who also has the powers of mind-reading and future-seeing) named Darkstalker just rose out of the ground. Even though he killed his own father, everyone thinks that he is a normal friendly dragon due to a spell he put on everyone. But Turtle has hid himself from Darksalker with his animus power also making it so that Darkstalker is not able to cast any spells on him so Turtle is able to see Darkstalker’s evilness. But when Turtle follows Darkstalker to the Rainforest, Dakstalker says to the NightWings that he will take the NightWings (who are currently under the rule of a RainWing and most of them are not happy about it) who want to go with him. And he’s giving out superpowers. How can Queen Glory compete with that?

dykynobadamu

3 years ago

“Talons of Power” by Tui T. Sutherland. The Seawing prince, Turtle, is trying to stop Darkstalker, the evil Nightwing, from taking over Pyrrhia, while trying to hide his animus powers. First, Darkstalker breaks out from his stone prison and his spell. Then Turtle uses his animus powers to enchant a stick to hide him from Darkstalker in full because he does not trust Darkstalker. Then Darkstalker enchanted an earring to make everyone like him. After that, Turtle tried to follow Darkstalker into the rainforest to see what he was up to. In the middle, Turtle followed Darkstalker to the lost Nightwing city. Then Darkstalker enchanted Anemone to fly off to kill Queen Coral. Turtle flew after her to stop her and then they had a big battle of animus magic. What started the battle was Turtle told Anemone that when they took the animus test, he enchanted her to be an animus to hide his powers. When they were in the middle of the battle, Darkstalker made a spell to make all the animus dragons in the world come to him. I recommend this book because it is full of adventure and magic.

edwardhp101010

3 years ago

I really want this exciting book.

celebang

3 years ago

Talons of Power was my least favorite book in the whole series, but it was still okay. I just find Turtle a boring character who isn't really interesting enough to deserve his own book. The story was okay, but I didn't find the level of emotion I like in a book. Just boring Turtle's boring personality, really.

adroit_avimimus

3 years ago

I thoroughly enjoyed the reading experience of Talons of Power, never finding myself uninterested. That being said, I think this is definitely the weakest book in the second arc and most of the book can be classified as filler. 3 stars. Before I get into my issues, let me preface this by saying I adore the Wings of Fire books and consider this one of my all time favorite middle grade series. My critiques of this book do not change that, and 3 stars is a positive rating for me. Other than the last 20 pages or so, this book is the same thing happening over and over again. Turtle follows Darkstalker, waiting for him to do something evil, Darkstalker doesn’t. Repeat for 200 pages. Turtle is a very…passive character. He spends nearly the entire book “invisible” and just hanging out observing everyone else. He rarely takes matters into his own hands, which I recognize is part of his character but it makes him so much less interesting compared to the other main characters like Moon or Peril. Turtle is so infrequently involved in the story that he didn’t even feel like the main character. Most of this book is slow and repetitive. A lot of the plot serves to bridge the gap to the series finale. Though I was let down by this penultimate novel, I still enjoyed reading it. I love this series and world. The characters of this arc are extremely endearing. I’ve been reading Tui’s writing since I was very young, so I’m always happy to jump into her stories. I’m still super hyped for the finale. There are so many ways this could go, and I can’t wait to see. Not to mention I think Qibli is the main character of the final book, and he is one of my favorites!

starseeker

4 years ago

Really amazing book! I think that this is my favorite in the series. Some people argue that this book is so boring because all Turtle does is run and hide for the most part and I can 100% see why but at the end (Spoilers) there is like the most epic animus fight in the world. It was very entertaining and I enjoyed it so much. I do think that animus magic gives too much power to the character and that's why (Super DUPER spoiler here) Tui decided to get rid of animus magic for good. Turtle is really an awesome character, although he is cowardly. He is kind and wants the best for his sister. I highly recommend this book if you read Escaping Peril. So amazing and super awesome!

skywing

4 years ago

i really really want all the wings of fire.

david

4 years ago

i really want this book

alphacloudmike

4 years ago

Loved Turtle's bravery and his determination to protect his sister from a dragon who would happily kill him. So he hid himself as an animus.

wardragoncatt02

4 years ago

~ Names. Secrets. All of such should stay in place, but not be found. It all changes with Darkstalker, the most terribly powerful dragon appears out of his cave of such he has been put to sleep in by an animus spell in and hiding in for the last four thousand years in----and came out just to see Moon, a dragons in Turtle's winglet. Who is turtle? Turtle is the most anxious, why dragon in the kingdom of the sea. And he's a prince. With animus magic. And the secret he holds. The secret of Darkstalkers notorious ways. Dragons like that don't just pop up like that at school----and worst of all,everyone in Pyrrhia is under a spell that makes them completely unconvinced that he is even the slightest of evil. So he hides. Scence Turtle is an animus, he's worried if he uses his magic too much, h e will lose his soul, and to crazy like Darkstalker, who is full out making his sister----Anemone----like that. Turtle created her magic, to hide his own, and is going to have to take it back, before she does some thing worse than Darkstalker has done. Turtles about to find out that life isn't a story----and fast. Before it's too late....