Shining Armor

The Will of the Unknown #1

by Amy Keeley

Nicholas is a confused dragon trying to forget his past. Annie is a frustrated human, unaware of the magical blood that runs through her veins. One deal ties them together. But ignorance only lasts so long, and the past, driven by revenge, is not easily put aside. Soon, Nicholas and Annie must decide what they're willing to sacrifice, because if they don't, they'll lose everything...including each other.

A unique re-imagining of shapeshifting dragons, Shining Armor is the first book in the contemporary fantasy series, The Will of the Unknown.

354 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2013

About the author

I write fantasy, usually with a little romance in it. Well, sometimes a lot of romance. Depends.

Favorite authors include Anne Bishop, Grace Draven, Tanith Lee, Kristine Grayson, Annette Marie, Ilona Andrews, Kathryne Kennedy, and Gene Wolfe.

Reviews

[InD'tale Magazine · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read, Shining Armor puts a new twist on the dragon paranormal genre.

Read full review in the 2013 June issue of InD’tale Magazine.

[Ricard Margienda · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story has potential from the very beginning, a good plot, nice characters and a nice mix between action and dialogs. However it has an uneven pace. All of a sudden we have a badass heroine, then a dull character that fails to read emotional cues and fails for any handsome guy that as you espect is the bad guy. We can try to accept it as an outcome of her unestable magic but it gets tiresome. When the plot switchs to action the badass comes back and saves the day and the book. Its remarkable that the MMC is far more stable and coherent along the book. His character lends some stability to the plot.
It took some effort to finsh the book, but it will be unfair not to remark those good moments.

[Iesha (In east shade house at...) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shining Amour was a fun read for me. I loved the dragons in your story, and their personality as a whole was captured well. I liked Zab the best simply because he made me laughed. I would love to see more about the dragonchildren. My favorite part was when Annie was getting breakfast before going with Zab and Nick to the testing area. Brain was fun to read about-I can’t help but feel he and the ghost had some kind of close relationship. The Grand Aerie got on my nerves, and I loved how you have other species outside of the dragons. You also shows that dragons have their negative characteristics when they kill off other species because they doesn’t fit into normal or other categories. I also liked how the three words was setup- Dayscape, Nightscape, and Gloaming. In the story, I got a little confused on some parts, but rereading them helped. I’m not happy about this being book one, because now I have to wait until you finished the book(s). The book had a good ending.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun twist on dragons. Sometimes hard to grasp when time and characters change so quickly. But doable and interesting.