Review: Cute idea, but poorly written
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 5/10PROS:- A dragon and a wolf together is a fun pairing and one that I haven't seen before.- The dragons amuse me: that they are so obsessed with their hoards of "pretties," that they have such limited understanding of human emotions, and that their sense of time is so different than their human counterparts'.CONS:- The writing is simplistic. Sparse descriptions, very little emotional buildup, momentous occurrences related in a few paragraphs, and language that is laughably silly at times: "he knew that Leon was about to be flattened by dragon-style anger." There's also an abundance of telling and not much showing. Example: "When Leon began speaking again, Nyle could hear the breaks in his voice that told of pain and suffering even though his words seemed perfunctory." We don't even get to hear what's said here.- Even in period pieces, I find antiquated language annoying. Here's an example of some dialogue that made me roll my eyes: "I have had much success. I return to the humans at dusk to pursue the knowledge gained during this morn's toil."Overall comments: This story is quite different from the third installment in the series,Stealing the Dragon (The Dragon's Hoard), which I read first. That one has no sex, and this one has multiple scenes early on. I did think the writing in Stealing the Dragon was better than the writing here, so it appears as though the author is improving with each story she writes. I liked the story here okay, but the writing was poor enough to make me glad that I borrowed the story rather than purchasing it myself.