Review: Romantic Fantasy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2013
Opening the book's cover, she confronts a quest: save Dragonspeir from destruction by the Black Dragon before he utilizes power of August's red moon to expand his strength and overthrow the opposing Imperial Dragon. Lyra accepts the challenge, fearing Cullen will perish if evil wins. Along with magical animal guides, Cullen helps her through many perils, but ultimately Lyra must use her own power...and time is running out"Moore truly created an enchated fantasy world, filled with dragons, talking tortoises, fairies, and you name it... it probably makes an appearance at least once. Yet, the fantasy world feels so natural and never feels like its overwhelming the story, but rather rising to new experiences not yet explored. The main character Lyra is a lost puppy and Cullen rescue's her from her own distress and she learns to love again. Although set in a fantasy world, I would definitely qualify this book as a romance first, before fantasy.  Overall, it was an interesting read, and there were times when I was on the seat of my chair wondering what would happen next.Unfortunately, that feeling did not last the entire book. The climax of the book really comes about 3/4 of the way through and then tapers off. The pace seemed off for me, and the urgency of finishing the "quest" felt plastered on at the end, as the main character had to also contend with her normal day to day routines. In honesty, I struggle to finish the last few chapters, simply because there were no more questions hanging in the air for me and all the danger felt gone, depleted or minimal. It would have made for a much more interesting ending for example, if Lyra had failed at her task as opposed to finishing it in the nick of time. But that is purely my opinion. It felt too predictive at the end.