The Cloud Roads
Moon wants to belong. He’s a shapeshifter: he can shift from groundling to a flying creature that looks similar to a Fell—evil-smelling creatures that destroy all that they touch.
When Stone finds him, Moon runs, assuming the worst. But Stone rescues him when the groundling settlement Moon is staying with tries to kill him, believing that he is a Fell.
Moon quickly learns that he is a Raksura, that there are others like him, and that he is a Consort which is the highest-ranking male in Raksura society.
Part court drama, part survival and rescue drama, the story moves swiftly, the dialogue is crisp, and the plot surprising. The ending is alright, but being book 1 in a series of 3, I expect it not to wrap up as satisfyingly as a stand-alone book.
I’m looking forward to reading the next books in the series, and seeing how Moon adjusts to courtly life after being alone for so long.