Review: Ambituous world building for a short - but the romance and mystery were good
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2013
Citrine Dragon shifter Lyra is searching for her missing father and her only clues - a feather and an expensive sports car - point her towards a missing Caido (fallen angel) who is Archer Grant's brother.  Archer intends to use his contacts to look for his brother but Lyra insists on being in on the hunt and finds herself attracted to the angelically beautiful but untouchable Archer.Since it's short, the world building in Dragon Rising was a bit ambitious (even though it's not entirely new to me since it is the second short prequel to the series that I've read.)  So far in the series we've been introduce to Dragons, Dueces(mages) and Caidos (fallen angels) which make up the 'Crescents' - the Hidden supernatural races which trace their origins to an isle in the Bermuda Triangle (sorry but eye roll to that and I found a fair number of terms in the 'world' to be sort of cheesy). But once I got past that beginning bit setting up the world and the conflict, I did like the story which has a mystery (which was also mentioned in the first short.) And though it was a bit on the quick side, I did like the romance between the firey dragon and the icy angel - complete with HEA - so Dragon Rising ended up being pretty good and I will certainly consider giving the actual first book of the series a try when it hits the shelves (early next year, I think.)Complimentary copy for review - Forever Yours via NetGalley - (this is an unpaid review) - release date 10/1