Review: An entertaining read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
I picked this up based on friends recommendations.  I suppose this means the disclaimer is that I paid cold, hard, virtual cash, where by paid, I mean "I clicked a button on Amazon" to get my copy.  I'd read the trial portion and loved the idea behind it.I rapidly found myself sympathizing with Myrnah.  I mean, it's hard to not like a woman who can negotiate in a pencil dress, muck boots, and standing in puddle of half digested dragon vomit.  At first, it reminded me of Office Space with Dragons.  Once Myrnah's one time lover Trian enters the picture, Myrnah spends a lot of time angry at him.  This is actually quite understandable, since the novel would only be a few pages long if they worked out their issues like rational human beings.The dragons in this novel are on the "sword and sorcery" end of the dragon scale as opposed to the "dinosaur planet" end.  In other words, they are intelligent, clever, and spend an amazing amount of time off screen. There's an appropriate level of "you are tasty with ketchup" banter between the dragons and the humans, and each dragon has a relatively unique personality.The dragon origin story is probably the weakest part of the story, but honestly, all you really want is a reason for there to be talking, fire and fume breathing, flying dragons, right?  So enjoy it, laugh about it, and go on reading.  It's a fun story, with the expected plot twists, unexpected villains and handsome rogues you'd want nestled right in with a daily dose of dragons.