YMMV / The Legend of Cynder Series

• Broken Base: The heavy use of first person narration. Some think it helps explore the characters' emotions more in depth and add a lot of emotional weight to the story. Detractors cite that, since we only ever see stuff happening or described from a character's viewpoint, it makes the story convoluted and hard to follow due to the overall lack of objective explanation for events that unfold; it's mostly left to deductive reasoning to piece together what might be happening unless outright clarified by the narration. The fact that Night Terrors tends to switch perspectives (in the earlier parts of the story without outright stating who we were following) does not help in the eyes of detractors. Most felt it was easier to follow back in the first story when it was at least mostly just Cynder whose view point was told from.
• Fridge Horror: With the reveal that Ignitus is Cynder's biological father in Night Terrors (chapter 63), his usage of her as a Child Soldier, as well as the series' deconstruction of Kid Hero become more harrowing when you realize that he is forcing his own daughter through all sorts of pain, misery, and suffering due to having to fight in a war as only a child, to say nothing of all the burdens and trials is being forced to endure as The Chosen One. Making things worse is that Ignitus likely knows how bad this is and feels horrible about it, yet feels no other ways. Chapter 64 even shows him depressed without Cynder and even missing his mate Koboa.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: The guardians. Though they are still trying to save the world and train Cynder, and they do help out some, such as how Terrador helps cure Myst's blindness, the Guardians still can be hard to sympathize with, although the story is not shy about calling them out on many of these. They note that they used child soldiers even before Cynder and had perpetuated a rather horrible tradition the dragons had, namely of forcing parents to give up their children to give to the temple or be exiled, even if they did not wish to do so. Additionally, while they are called on this, they sit around the temple for much of the stories as well, not really doing too much to aid Cynder on her missions. Additionally, they come across as distant and aloof to Cynder's wants or well-being at times, even when she calls them on being forced to fight and kill in a war endlessly. Though the situation might deem it necessary to rush it, they also send Cynder out on deadly missions with barely a few days of training in her elements.