Review: Fast-paced Fantasy!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
If you’ve read the Garnet Dagger, you will want to read the sequel, Son of Dragons.  The action and characters in the first book of the series were breathtaking and in Son of Dragons the high tension continues. Mirhana, Brock’s sister, is the hunter of the undead - a beautiful, young woman, imbued with ancient Elvin wisdom. As a twin she was cast out of her Elvin home, following the tradition which requires one of the babes to be sacrificed to the witches. She roams the land, slaying the progeny of the Warloc− the undead soldiers.Prince Landon, whose man is rescued by Mirhana, leaves the safety of his kingdom to travel as a commoner in search of the maiden slayer of the deadwalkers; to learn her secret and rid his lands of this scourge. But the Elvin Warrior is like no other woman Landon has met. Despite his betrothal to a stranger, he cannot deny the call of his heart. But Mirhana is not easily won. Hardened by the banishment from her people and the pain of outliving scores of human loves, she has become single-minded in her deadly quest.In keeping with The Garnet Dagger, this brim-full-of-action sequel chronicles the second stage of the quest to follow Nivel’s prophecy and save the earth from the evil Warlock. Mirhana and Landon, together with Brock, Celeste and Jeslyn – a beautiful but mysterious character who joins their hunting group − take the reader on a fast-paced adventure through mystical and fascinating lands where one conflict after another challenges the characters. The author’s world building is superb, the descriptions are vivid and the settings magical. I must admit I did get a bit lost at times with so much happening but others may not experience this.Andrea R Cooper has a skill of grabbing the reader from the first line and taking you breathless on a whirlwind of adventure. The fast-paced action is part of her writing style as well as her prose. Recommended to lovers of fantasy.