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Summary: More like a script less like a book.
Review: After reading this novel, I felt as if I had just looked over someone's script, rather than a full length novel. The characters never really leapt out at me, or even cause me to care about them in any way. The villain was a rough draft of any villian out there. Overall there were some great ideas I wished had been explored in more depth, however by the end I was happy to get it over with and move on to something else. Feels like it was published before it was finished. Much like the other reviewer I hate to bash a new authors first work, but this was flat and needed more depth throughout its entirety. I find this more to be a problem with Avon's Editor than the author.
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Summary: ehh.
Review: There's nothing truly BAD about this book--the writing is competent, if not remarkable, and there are no glaring logical errors in the plot...but there's nothing really memorable about it, either. Shunlar never stepped outside her role as the stereotypical Amazon warrior, and the rest of the characters are equally flat. Creedath, the villain, is also thoroughly mediocre; sure, the author has him rape and kill a few people to show how bad he is, but it never makes any impact, somehow. We're told that he's this big, threatening, evil guy, but we're not SHOWN it. As for the plot, I'm not even sure if I remember it. The idea about crossbreeding dragons and humans was kind of interesting, but it never seemed to go anywhere. I hate to trash a first time author; I know personally how tough it is to send out that first manuscript and get rejected time and time again. But I don't want to write a less-than-honest review, either. This novel just never came alive for me.
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