Review: Maiden Flight
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2008
Belora lives with her mother in an isolated forest set in a magical andenchanted world. Although she was raised with delightful stories ofdragons and their bonded knights, Belora has never met a dragonfirsthand. When the noble dragon, Kelvan, inadvertently enters herlife, Belora's future takes a sharp turn.Because of Belora's ability to communicate with dragons, Kelvanrecognizes her for the special woman that she is. Believing that shecould very well be a mate for one of the powerful knights, Kelvansnatches her up and takes her to meet his knight, Gareth.Gareth is strong and noble, and resides at the Border Lair with theother fighting dragons and their warrior knights. He has been fightingagainst the evils in his land with Kelvan as his partner, for a longwhile. Upon meeting Belora, Gareth feels instant attraction, and notesthat it is mutual. Because of the shortage of wives for the knights,life in the Border Lair is a far cry from the beliefs with which Belorawas raised. Gareth can only hope that Belora is able to accept thetraditions in the Lair if she recognizes Gareth as her mate.Maiden Flight is a fantasy with a dash of drama and a lot of heat,which completely fascinated me, but not in the way I expected. I wascaptivated by the contradiction between the almost childlike innocenceof the dialogue and the love scenes packed with steamy sexuality. Inone paragraph there would be pure, syrupy words, then in the next I'dbe reading a scorching ménage scene that would blow my boots off.Every character is extremely likable, although they seemed almost tooperfect with very few flaws to make them human. I thoroughly enjoyedthe journey of reading Maiden Flight, and loved the bonding between thedragons, the knights and their families. I am definitely lookingforward to any sequels that Ms. D'Arc may later offer.Joliereviewed for Joyfully Reviewed