Susie Dumond is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the author of Queerly Beloved, Looking for a Sign, and Bed and Breakup, and she also talks about books as a senior contributor at Book Riot and a bookseller at her local indie bookstore. Dumond lives in Washington, D.C., with her spouse, Mickey, and her cat, Maple. When she’s not writing or reading, you can find her baking cupcakes or belting karaoke at the nearest gay bar.
At Book Riot Dumond tagged ten of the most enchanting YA historical fantasy books. One title on the list:
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill BlackgooseRead about another entry on the list.
Set in an alternate-history North America, To Shape a Dragon’s Breath beautifully blends Native American history and culture into an extraordinary tale of dragons. Teenager Anequs finds the first dragon egg seen on her island home in generations. But when the colonizers on the mainland hear of Anequs’s dragon, they make it clear that she must attend their school for dragon training or else her dragon will be killed. It’s a dragon fantasy unlike any you’ve read before, full of layered characters and powerful reckonings. This first book in the Nampeshiweisit series left me begging for the sequel, and it will finally hit shelves on January 27 with the title To Ride a Rising Storm. This is another title that wasn’t technically published as a YA read, but it has great appeal to fans of YA.
--Marshal Zeringue
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