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Sara Keegan: An Accountant, owner of a new age book shop called "The Scrying Glass".
Quinn Tyrell: Pyr, a silver and blue dragon, the Smith.
Erik Sorensson: Pyr, a pewter and onyx dragon, leader of the Pyrs
Donovan Shea: Pyr, lapis lazuli and gold dragon
Lucien: Slayer, topaz yellow dragon
Boris Vassily: Slayer, ruby red dragon, leader.
Ambrose: Slayer, gold dragon
Niall Talbot: Pyr, amethyst and platinum dragon
Rafferty Powell: Pyr, opal and gold dragon
Sloane Forbes: Pyr, tourmaline dragon
Sigmund Guthrie: Slayer, malachite green and silver dragon, Erik's son
Sophie: Wyvern dragon, Pyr, crystal white, only female.
Everett: Slayer, tourquoise dragon
Xavier: Slayer, garnet red dragon
Magda: Sara's aunt
Delaney Shea: Pyr, emerald and gold dragon
★★★½✩ I was really enjoying this first in the Dragonfire series; loved the characters (and there were a lot!), loved the plot, and this made it for a fast page-turning read.
Then. Things. Changed.
I felt the author played a little fast & loose with the abilities and magic of the characters and world. She didn't have her “rules” firm enough, IMHO. Why didn't a character used that ability earlier? (Which happened more than once!) What was with the hero’s keen not-so-keen sense of smell? Why didn't a character recognize another character? Why didn’t the hero ensure the safety of his lady before antagonizing a potential foe, and then rapidly try to erect a defense? Especially given his history. Why could one character shape shift to enable escape, but didn’t do so earlier? Oh, because they didn’t know. But wait, they did! Why didn’t the dirt in the tunnel stop the smoke? I don’t know about that world, but here in the Real one, it does. And on and on.
Some parts of the book were fun and engaging, I enjoyed the author’s “voice” and I could forgive a few little things as a “first in the series book” - but the inconsistencies just started snowballing out of control, making me roll my eyes one too many times and lose interest. (And I was really, really interested the first 3/4 of the book!)
I did this as a “buddy read,” so of course I finished; I think my fellow “BRs” liked it more than I did, so you should probably give it a chance. In fact, I’m willing to give this author another shot. I’m just getting the next in the series from the library. ☺
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