Review: Dragon call- a steamy witch/dragon tale set in modern day by E.R. Davis
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2013
3.5 stars. This book blew me away.  I'm reeling from it, trying too wrap my mind around this story of dragons, witches & the woman who is in the middle of it all.  I've never read this type of story before & probably wouldn't have had it not been offered for free. Now that I've read it, I can say that I'm sorry I've never checked out this kind of book before & this author because it really was fun even if I didn't understand alot about it.  I'm really not into witches but like science fiction and had to set aside my preconceived ideas to take the plunge. The very first words grabbed me with their humor and I knew I was in for a fun read.  It didn't disappoint in that area.  The author has a talent for mixing our modern day life with witches, dragons, dragonlords, mystics and others & makes it work.  That's hard to do.Mild story reveal:  This was an intense but interesting book. I became so involved that I actually felt part of the story enjoying the heroine (Caro) as a person as she struggled with her dreams & insomnia since a bad experience a year prior. She has come to stay with her sister to find herself or her "faith" if only to get her insomnia to stop.  The mother and both daughters are witches with a family history that goes back many generations, tho our heroine isn't sure of her abilities. At some point in their history the family became entwined with dragons, to protect them from being killed by the superstitious era of the church (medieval times I thought). I really enjoyed the banter between the sisters and the mothers interaction with her 2 daughters (she reminded me of an older version of Samantha from the TV show Bewitched, i.e. funny modern day witch without the nose twitching). There wasn't any typical spell casting I would have expected from witches, just a way of life different from others. I laughed alot at their interactions, liked them quite a bit as secondary characters or for future novels. The two men in the story were very different in character & often I felt left in the dark about what was going on with them in relation to the story.  Why do they act the way they do? Are they enemies for a reason? Are they causing our heroine to have those bad dreams? I didn't know what to make of either of them. That's probably because this concept is new to me or maybe the authors style but it drew me in more - wanting to figure things out so I read areas I didn't understandEnd of story reveal.The concept of dragons and dragonlords is not new to me in the realm of sci-fi. I've read many sci-fi dragon stories, but never one with a solid romance tilt & set in our time. It was steamy (borderline erotica) at times and the ending did have cliff hanger.  I prefer an ending with the a start to another character (not a series) so I will have to go find the 2nd one to see what happens next. This is why it didn't receive higher ratings from me because of my preferences and expectations as to how a book should go (beginning, middle, end). It was fast paced and jumped around some, skipping over some things, omitting others which could have added texture and more background to make it a richer reading experience.  I had a hard time picturing each person as they were not expressly described. For example, I know Caro is blonde and Diane has black hair, but what either looks like other than that?  No clue. The same for her mom, couldn't say what she looked like. I formed my own pictures but would have liked those basic descriptions to start with.  The men were described better but again with some areas missed.  I knew one was taller but not how tall the heroine was, later one had glasses he didn't have before. This is what I mean by texture & background: the things that bring your imagination in focus and have you see exactly what the author saw in their mind as they wrote.  For this I wanted to rate this lower at 3.5 stars, but the story creativity was very good so I left it at 4 stars.A very good read with a ending that leaves you hanging. It has some unusual sexual content (think mating with dragons & dragonlords - but tastefully done). There is some cussing but not as much as some books out there.  I wouldn't recommend this for younger readers. Being conservative I'd say no one under 16 but nowadays there is much more freedom to read whatever you want so teens are far more exposed are exposed. This is an adult story and paranormal too, so if you enjoy that, this will appeal to you. I liked it enough to go find the next one right away.