The Sky Is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith ★★★★☆

"From below, the dragon does not resemble a living thing. It is an oppression, a ceiling on the world." 

This book is really hard to describe but here goes: Jane Austen meets Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in an early post apocalypse setting with dragons. 

This was one of one. 

Duncan Humphrey Ripple V, The Dunk 

Reality star of Late Capitalism’s Royalty is the scion, and embarrassment, of the last great family of Empire Island. He’s a douchy harmless pretty boy trying to figure things out.

Baroness Swan Lenore Dahlberg, Swanny 
A storm of a woman: intelligence, pride, rage, pettiness, girth. Her mother will stop at nothing to see Swanny as Empress of Empire Island. Stronger shoulders have broken under such weight.

Abracadabra, Abby 
Raised in isolation on an island of garbage the feral beauty has magic unknown to the world. 

These are just the top three unique and well written characters.

And no, this is not a classic love triangle. Each character has their own journey. I loved that.

What I did not like was the lack of world building. There should be a warning on the jacket that this is a liminal space story. 

If you enjoy gorgeously strange character driven dramas, this one’s for you.