Review: Part 1 of three
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
I love dragons, so this seemed like a really good read to me. The cover is also lovely and drew me in.It's my fault that I didn't realize what "the first part of a three-part novel originally published in serial format" meant. What it means is that this ends with no actual ending, a cliffhanger, if you will. Part two and three are available for purchase in a box set. When I read a series, I prefer to have at least some of the story arc complete, with the overall arc to be continued. This just stopped.The first part of the book was full of mundane detail that wasn't quite explained enough. I kept thinking, "Does this matter?" Some of the details did, but it was hard to pull them from the rest.Cora is 31. She read more like 18. She and her sister have an odd relationship with their mother. I was pretty appalled to find out who was watching Cora and freaking her out. That seemed wrong to me. The family are witches with ties to dragons. But Cora has never embraced that side of herself. Then, suddenly, she calls not one, but two dragons to her side.That part of the book was interesting. I like dragons and these were quite appealing. The men that the dragons belong to were also hot and mysterious.One wonders just who is the good guy and who the bad.Then the book ends.The dragon love scene might be enough to encourage a reader to continue reading through. I'm giving it three stars for that scene alone.I do thank NetGalley and the author for offering this book. I'm on the fence whether I'll read the other two as it appears from other reviews that the author likes that cliffie scenario. Not sure I want to be left hanging with book three.