Review: Great world building, interesting characters, some romance, magic, and a lot of paranormal creatures.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
I enjoyed this a great deal.  Love the fantasy setting, the magic system, the many varied characters, and the detail given to the world the characters inhabit.What kept this from being a perfect 5 for me was the length and some editing issues (typos mainly).I just felt that it could have been longer.  I actually wanted to see Raffe's training during the months that were skipped.  And it would have been nice to see the growth of his bond with Alrin during that period, and also the rest of the Princes of the Blood.  It just seemed like a waste to go into such detail about this fantastic world inhabited by the characters and only spend a short time in it.  The pacing was also a bit fast which I think might have been due to this originally being a serialized story.Having said that, though, I did love the story.  I liked Raffe from the time he was introduced, and Alrin... He's a dragon.  I love him by default.  They were actually quite sweet together.I was a bit worried that there was a sex scene so early on (first chapter!), and quite a bit more detailed compared to what I'm used to from the author, but, have no fear, this is not PWP.  If you're looking for a short read with likable characters, an interesting fantasy world filled with vampires, demons, dragoons, paladins, high priests, even some shifters, dredknights, necromancers, wraiths, deadwalkers, mermaids, sirens, and even angels, then you might want to check this out.  There are 2 more books in this series that haven't been released.  From the descriptions, those are prequels focusing on two of the other Princes in this story.I also want to point out for people interested in this book who are not residing in the USA to check the listed price on the publisher's website before buying as it appears that Amazon adds $2 to the price for some countries.  They do that sometimes (quite randomly) and this is one of those books....  So, if you see that the price is more than $6.99, then you might want to buy this from Less Than Three Press Book Market.