Review: Whispers of a World Breaker by Corey Ratliff

Blurb:

Aric’s job is simple; assist the elves as they moved dragon eggs across the kingdom.

When an orc raid leaves a dragon in peril and her egg vulnerable, the responsibility falls into Aric’s hands to complete the mission. But when the dragon hatches, Aric’s life is thrown into disarray.

Accused of being the world breaker of an old prophecy by the elves, sought after by the ever-growing orc clans as vengeance against the elves, and desired by the human kings and queens for power, Aric will stop at nothing to protect his new dragon. It may be the only thing that can turn the tides of the war.

Can Aric fight fate and save the world, or is he destined by the whispers of a world breaker?

“You live, you die. And in a very short span of time. Forgiveness is the path to freedom of mind and heart.”

Review:

Okay, after reading this book I need a hug. This was a very intriguing and captivating start to a series. I absolutely adored this book, and to be honest, I even enjoyed being punched multiple times in the emotional feels. If you like being hurt emotionally by an author and dragon rider books, then this is right up your street.

I absolutely adored everything in this book, the world, the characters, the lore, I am just grateful that book 2 is here and I can go head first into it, because DAMN that cliffhanger was an evil place to leave us hanging. 

“We are not born enemies. We are forged like blades in the fires of war.”

We follow two friends, who are basically brothers, and they end up on two different sides of the war, however, they both have a lot to learn about the war as, not all is at seems. The one question you will be forever asking, “who is the villain really?” 

“Could I have been wrong about them my entire life? No human knows what they’re like. What else have I been wrong about?”

If you have read my reviews so far, I really love multiple POV, in fact I think they are great, it gives us readers the chance to build up the world from a different perspective, but also it isn’t something we can do in the real world, we cannot look at our world from someone else's eyes, and I really love this in books. In typical fashion for me, yes this is a book that has multiple POV’s, but it is okay, there’s only two for this one. Now, Aric is our main character but I have to be honest, he took a while to grow on me. Moro on the other hand, I love him, I simply love him and I want and need more of him. I really hope there is more Moro in book two, otherwise me and Mr Ratliff will need to have some words.

“I won’t make a promise that I can’t keep. Death has no prejudice. And nobody owns heartbreak for themselves. But I can promise I will do everything in my power to return to you.”

Even though we have some world changing events going on, Ratliff manages to bring a little more reality to the book with some humour, quirky quotes and the cuteness of Sage and Eldras. Ratliff did a fantastic job at giving all of our cast a unique voice and they are all very easy to fall in love with. 

I have heard people say that Aric is meant to be 30 years old, but has little knowledge or sense of things around him. Aric is roughly 30 years old, who has only known living in the trenches and escorting elves and having his memory of such wiped. He has seen a lot of things, and knows how to deal with combat, but the real world stuff outside the trenches, and when his world has been thrown upside down? I think he deserves a little time. Him and Moro have just endured life changing events, and are on different sides of the war now, their lives aren’t the same. They don’t have much time to figure things out, but they are doing their best, and I am here for it. 

“You want to be my horse?” “No,” Eldras said with a tone of disgust. “How foul of you to suggest such a thing.”

I am known in many of the books and author discords I join to be a bit of a “Lore Nerd” when I love a book or a series, this is no exception, I LOVE THE WORLD BUILDING AND LORE. So much time and thought has been put into building this world and it was amazing to build up the picture through Aric and Moro’s eyes. I have a feeling I am going to need a new journal for this series!

The twists and turns that we take through this book are insane, you are very adamant that you know something, or that it will happen, and then BAM, you are wrong, repeatedly wrong! 

“You would rather your arm dismiss itself from your body?”

The only slight quirk, and it is slight, for me, is the use of profanities is mighty high, if you aren’t a big user of profanities then it might throw you off and pull you out of the world slightly. But they lessen, compared to the start at least but that is the only quirk for me. 

Overall, I adored this book, I am excited for the second one. I really cannot wait to delve back in, especially after that cliffhanger. I think this book is incredibly underrated and more people need to read it. If you have space on your list for a new Indie book, then definitely add this to it. 

Ratliff does include a trigger warning at the start of his book, please read it, if you are unsure before you purchase or read it, and want to know what they are, you can message me directly and I can share what they are. 

If you have made it to the end of this review, then thank you for reading. I will see you all on the next one!