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Dragons Are People, Too
Never judge a dragon
by her human cover...
Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.
Then a junior operative breaks Rule Number One by changing into his dragon form in public—on Kitty’s watch—and suddenly, the world knows. About dragons. About the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC) Kitty works for. About Kitty herself.
Now the government is hunting down and incarcerating dragons to stop a public panic, and a new shape-shifting enemy has kidnapped the president’s son. Kitty and Bulisani are the last free dragons, wanted by both their allies and their enemies. If they can’t rescue the president’s son and liberate their fellow dragons before getting caught themselves, dragons might never live free again.
by her human cover...
Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.
Then a junior operative breaks Rule Number One by changing into his dragon form in public—on Kitty’s watch—and suddenly, the world knows. About dragons. About the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC) Kitty works for. About Kitty herself.
Now the government is hunting down and incarcerating dragons to stop a public panic, and a new shape-shifting enemy has kidnapped the president’s son. Kitty and Bulisani are the last free dragons, wanted by both their allies and their enemies. If they can’t rescue the president’s son and liberate their fellow dragons before getting caught themselves, dragons might never live free again.
255 pages, Paperback
First published March 25, 2015
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Sarah Nicolas
2 books205 followersSarah Nicolas is a recovering mechanical engineer and author who lives in Orlando with a 60-lb mutt who thinks he’s a chihuahua.
When not writing, Sarah can be found playing volleyball or drinking wine. Sarah is the host and producer of Queries, Qualms, & Quirks. Sarah is represented by Rebecca Podos of Rees Literary Agency.
When not writing, Sarah can be found playing volleyball or drinking wine. Sarah is the host and producer of Queries, Qualms, & Quirks. Sarah is represented by Rebecca Podos of Rees Literary Agency.
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December 19, 2022
Dragons are People, Too by Sarah Nicolas
YA paranormal adventure. Diverse elements.
Sixteen year old Kitty Lung is the commander of a stealth mission when her subordinate shifts into a dragon in front of a camera. The number one rule never to be broken. When the President’s son is kidnapped and all dragons are imprisoned, it’s up to Kitty and coworker Sani to figure out who is lying and how to save the dragon race.
A touching teen crush overlaid with worldly intrigue and politics. A fast-paced adventure with an altruistic focus. I enjoyed the adult responsibilities that these teens totally took on and handled. And agree with another reviewer, I really want my own CINDY.
YA paranormal adventure. Diverse elements.
Sixteen year old Kitty Lung is the commander of a stealth mission when her subordinate shifts into a dragon in front of a camera. The number one rule never to be broken. When the President’s son is kidnapped and all dragons are imprisoned, it’s up to Kitty and coworker Sani to figure out who is lying and how to save the dragon race.
A touching teen crush overlaid with worldly intrigue and politics. A fast-paced adventure with an altruistic focus. I enjoyed the adult responsibilities that these teens totally took on and handled. And agree with another reviewer, I really want my own CINDY.
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December 11, 2014If you're at all wary of reading a book about weredragons, don't be. This urban fantasy is SO well-written, with tons of action and parts that will make you laugh and swoon. I absolutely love the diversity in the story, and the lore, and pretty much everything about it. If you're looking for something different and fun, this is the one! (totally didn't mean to rhyme, but sometimes it just happens when I'm excited :))
April 1, 2015
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Publisher: Entangled
Publishing Date: April 2015
ISBN: 9781633752207
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 2.1/5
Publisher Description: Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.
Review: I really like YA. No seriously, I do. The only YA that makes me cringe is when the story line constantly devolves (even when there is blood flying) into this clingy, jealous, myopic love fascination. Kitty is a self-centered, love-struck narcissist who can’t help but smell, sniff, scent, feel, get electric charges from, burn hot, blush at and get weak knees for Sani. For example Sani gets shot, twice and Kitty has the presence to note his “perfect chest”. Kitty goes from super secret soldier/agent dragon-pants to poor hepwess Kitty dat needs her stwong man to steady her little muffin head….meow.
Besides bad phrasing like ” his arms crossed across his chest, making his biceps bunch enticingly..” or the really bad metaphors, “His tone is harsh and quiet, like polished steel” or my favorite ” The safety of his arms around me is like the sight of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in the jungles of Indonesia…..”. Huh? Add in the “guns are bad” message throughout this failure or the ACLU/CNN as the new church of O’merica and you’re left with, well, not much in the way of entertainment.
So why the generous 2 stars? There is so much potential within this work that gets draped and hidden with juvenile Nora Roberts spew. It diminishes Kitty’s character by making her weak and dependent. The only way she comes out of her funk is with her hunky man who either calms her “Dragon Rage” or eases her pouting/tantrums. Why not make Kitty alluring and aloof with tough mission focus while showcasing her skills as a 16 year old operative commander that has been training since the age of two and speaks 4 languages and mastered college level schoolwork and guards the Presidents son while residing in a deep secret government bunker (lol).
Publisher: Entangled
Publishing Date: April 2015
ISBN: 9781633752207
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 2.1/5
Publisher Description: Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.
Review: I really like YA. No seriously, I do. The only YA that makes me cringe is when the story line constantly devolves (even when there is blood flying) into this clingy, jealous, myopic love fascination. Kitty is a self-centered, love-struck narcissist who can’t help but smell, sniff, scent, feel, get electric charges from, burn hot, blush at and get weak knees for Sani. For example Sani gets shot, twice and Kitty has the presence to note his “perfect chest”. Kitty goes from super secret soldier/agent dragon-pants to poor hepwess Kitty dat needs her stwong man to steady her little muffin head….meow.
Besides bad phrasing like ” his arms crossed across his chest, making his biceps bunch enticingly..” or the really bad metaphors, “His tone is harsh and quiet, like polished steel” or my favorite ” The safety of his arms around me is like the sight of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in the jungles of Indonesia…..”. Huh? Add in the “guns are bad” message throughout this failure or the ACLU/CNN as the new church of O’merica and you’re left with, well, not much in the way of entertainment.
So why the generous 2 stars? There is so much potential within this work that gets draped and hidden with juvenile Nora Roberts spew. It diminishes Kitty’s character by making her weak and dependent. The only way she comes out of her funk is with her hunky man who either calms her “Dragon Rage” or eases her pouting/tantrums. Why not make Kitty alluring and aloof with tough mission focus while showcasing her skills as a 16 year old operative commander that has been training since the age of two and speaks 4 languages and mastered college level schoolwork and guards the Presidents son while residing in a deep secret government bunker (lol).
April 23, 2015
I received a copy of Dragons Are People, Too in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Entangled and Netgalley. A copy of this review is also on my blog: www.bookblogbird.weebly.com
On the face of it, Kitty Lung is just an average sixteen year old girl. She goes to high school, she has a massive crush on her best friend, she reads gossip magazines. Appearances can be deceiving, though, because Kitty is in fact...a WERE-DRAGON!
I want to say that again. WERE-DRAGON!
Seriously, I’m ridiculously pleased about reading a book about were-dragons. I don’t know of any other were-dragon books out there, and I’m surprised because were-dragons are cool! I never really got on board with the whole were-wolf thing, probably because I’m not a fan of dogs, but dragons... Now there’s a shape-shifter animal I can get behind.
Kitty and her dragon-best-friend, Sani, attend the same school as Jacob, the president’s son, ostensibly as the children of diplomats, but actually they’re on a security detail to protect him. Kitty and Sani both work for a super-covert dragon division of the government where they use their abilities as spies and bodyguards. One day, a new girl starts at the school and that’s when things start to go a tiny bit wrong.
There’s some really nice world building in this book. The author has obviously put a lot of thought into the quantum mechanics of shape-shifting, and I really liked that. There were also some quirky little touches, like all Chinese dragons having a coloured stripe in their hair and how dragons from different parts of the world have different appearances and abilities. The world building was introduced gradually, too, and not all as one huge infodump.
Kitty was very enjoyable as a protagonist. She had enough abilities to make her kick-ass and a lot of fun to read about, but managed to avoid being a Mary-Sue. Chinese dragons, like Kitty, have a serpentine look and no wings (I’m thinking Haku from Spirited Away) and can fly using the earth’s magnetic fields, which is obviously awesome, but Kitty had failings too and these made her really relatable.
The only area where I felt this book fell down slightly (and it was only slightly) was in the romance. I liked Sani well enough as a character, but he didn’t seem to move the plot along very much. His main purpose seemed to be to provide some well-honed muscles for Kitty to perve on every now and then. I’m as much of a fan of a decent set of biceps as the next girl, but the romance didn’t really feel necessary. There were points where I thought the book would have worked as well, or even better, just as an action-adventure, almost like someone had turned round to the author and said, ‘You know, if you’re writing a YA book, you’ve gotta put some romance in.’
Still, all in all this was a fun, compelling book and I look forward to seeing more from this author.
On the face of it, Kitty Lung is just an average sixteen year old girl. She goes to high school, she has a massive crush on her best friend, she reads gossip magazines. Appearances can be deceiving, though, because Kitty is in fact...a WERE-DRAGON!
I want to say that again. WERE-DRAGON!
Seriously, I’m ridiculously pleased about reading a book about were-dragons. I don’t know of any other were-dragon books out there, and I’m surprised because were-dragons are cool! I never really got on board with the whole were-wolf thing, probably because I’m not a fan of dogs, but dragons... Now there’s a shape-shifter animal I can get behind.
Kitty and her dragon-best-friend, Sani, attend the same school as Jacob, the president’s son, ostensibly as the children of diplomats, but actually they’re on a security detail to protect him. Kitty and Sani both work for a super-covert dragon division of the government where they use their abilities as spies and bodyguards. One day, a new girl starts at the school and that’s when things start to go a tiny bit wrong.
There’s some really nice world building in this book. The author has obviously put a lot of thought into the quantum mechanics of shape-shifting, and I really liked that. There were also some quirky little touches, like all Chinese dragons having a coloured stripe in their hair and how dragons from different parts of the world have different appearances and abilities. The world building was introduced gradually, too, and not all as one huge infodump.
Kitty was very enjoyable as a protagonist. She had enough abilities to make her kick-ass and a lot of fun to read about, but managed to avoid being a Mary-Sue. Chinese dragons, like Kitty, have a serpentine look and no wings (I’m thinking Haku from Spirited Away) and can fly using the earth’s magnetic fields, which is obviously awesome, but Kitty had failings too and these made her really relatable.
The only area where I felt this book fell down slightly (and it was only slightly) was in the romance. I liked Sani well enough as a character, but he didn’t seem to move the plot along very much. His main purpose seemed to be to provide some well-honed muscles for Kitty to perve on every now and then. I’m as much of a fan of a decent set of biceps as the next girl, but the romance didn’t really feel necessary. There were points where I thought the book would have worked as well, or even better, just as an action-adventure, almost like someone had turned round to the author and said, ‘You know, if you’re writing a YA book, you’ve gotta put some romance in.’
Still, all in all this was a fun, compelling book and I look forward to seeing more from this author.
April 28, 2015
Okay, first of all, I WANT a CINDY! Don't know what a CINDY is? Well then, I guess you'll have to read and find out. ;)
I was a little worried before I read this that the description of a person, changing to a dragon, was going to be confusing, and pull me out of the story. But Sarah Nicolas does a fantastic job of not only describing the change, but what each of the differnt kinds of dragons look and move like. I could absolutely picture them, in whichever form they were.
I really enjoyed the buildup of Kitty and Sani's relationship. There was a jaw-dropping conversation in the middle of the book that makes SO MANY things much clearer about everything that's gone on between them. But this book isn't just about their relationship. It is definitely a coming-of-age story. Kitty has to take the bull by the horns when she is the most senior (and only one of two) free dragon at the moment. She must take everything she's ever learned about being an operative for the DIC, and turn it on its head, because the world now knows that dragons exist. And, of course, there are people on all sides of the battle who would rather see her locked up, or worse. She really is very strong, even in her weakness. She knows when she needs help, even if she's stubborn about using it.
The secondary characters, both good and evil, are fantastic in this story! They bring a lot of things into the story; without them, there would have been a lot less laughing, and probably less crying. I currently have a love/hate relationship with Kitty's parents, as well as a few other characters who shall remain nameless so you can experience them for yourself.
And I must say...there ABSOLUTELY has to be a sequel to this book! I. Need. MORE.
Your Not-So-Anonymous Book Junkie
I was a little worried before I read this that the description of a person, changing to a dragon, was going to be confusing, and pull me out of the story. But Sarah Nicolas does a fantastic job of not only describing the change, but what each of the differnt kinds of dragons look and move like. I could absolutely picture them, in whichever form they were.
I really enjoyed the buildup of Kitty and Sani's relationship. There was a jaw-dropping conversation in the middle of the book that makes SO MANY things much clearer about everything that's gone on between them. But this book isn't just about their relationship. It is definitely a coming-of-age story. Kitty has to take the bull by the horns when she is the most senior (and only one of two) free dragon at the moment. She must take everything she's ever learned about being an operative for the DIC, and turn it on its head, because the world now knows that dragons exist. And, of course, there are people on all sides of the battle who would rather see her locked up, or worse. She really is very strong, even in her weakness. She knows when she needs help, even if she's stubborn about using it.
The secondary characters, both good and evil, are fantastic in this story! They bring a lot of things into the story; without them, there would have been a lot less laughing, and probably less crying. I currently have a love/hate relationship with Kitty's parents, as well as a few other characters who shall remain nameless so you can experience them for yourself.
And I must say...there ABSOLUTELY has to be a sequel to this book! I. Need. MORE.
Your Not-So-Anonymous Book Junkie
June 21, 2014
Okay, so I haven't TECHNICALLY read the book yet. But I give Sarah 5 stars for being so awesome.
April 27, 2015
Thanks to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing LLC for giving me this book to review.
Most people think that Kitty Lung is an average teenage girl, not a government operative, charged with protecting the president’s son, Jacob, and certainly not a were-dragon. When an operative under Kitty’s command breaks rule number one, don’t change into dragon form in public, the lives of all dragons change. With the government incarcerating dragons and a new enemy having kidnaped Jacob, only Kitty and her best friend Bulisani and the only dragons free. With time running out, is Kitty able to fix everything before she is caught too?
Dragons are People, too is an enjoyable YA paranormal novel about were-dragons, which has action and romance, and is very fast paced. This book has good world building and interesting different types of dragons.
Kitty is smart, tough and has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders, but also has a temper and a lot of teenage angst. However, I did get a bit annoyed at her as she was too perfect, as she was super intelligent, fit and good looking. However, I liked Sani as he was protective, stealthy and thoughtful. I am also glad that there was not a love triangle in this book, as I thought Jacob, the charming president’s son would be a love interest.
Dragons are People, too was an entertaining read and I would recommend it to fans of YA paranormal books about dragons.
This and my other reviews can be found at Amethyst Bookwyrm
Most people think that Kitty Lung is an average teenage girl, not a government operative, charged with protecting the president’s son, Jacob, and certainly not a were-dragon. When an operative under Kitty’s command breaks rule number one, don’t change into dragon form in public, the lives of all dragons change. With the government incarcerating dragons and a new enemy having kidnaped Jacob, only Kitty and her best friend Bulisani and the only dragons free. With time running out, is Kitty able to fix everything before she is caught too?
Dragons are People, too is an enjoyable YA paranormal novel about were-dragons, which has action and romance, and is very fast paced. This book has good world building and interesting different types of dragons.
Kitty is smart, tough and has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders, but also has a temper and a lot of teenage angst. However, I did get a bit annoyed at her as she was too perfect, as she was super intelligent, fit and good looking. However, I liked Sani as he was protective, stealthy and thoughtful. I am also glad that there was not a love triangle in this book, as I thought Jacob, the charming president’s son would be a love interest.
Dragons are People, too was an entertaining read and I would recommend it to fans of YA paranormal books about dragons.
This and my other reviews can be found at Amethyst Bookwyrm
May 5, 2015
Every once in awhile I read a book that totally blows my mind. The story is so well-written and the characters change my perspective on life, love and pursuit of equality. Dragons Are People, Too is such a book.
I had no expectations about this book other than it was about dragons, which I have loved since the 8th grade. The premise doesn't do it justice but the cover comes close.
Kitty Lung is your typical teenage girl. Goes to school, has a crush on her best friend, argues with her mother, goes on covert operations and is a dragon in charge with protecting the President's son. Wait, what??!!??
Dragons are among us... and it's freaking cool! I want to live in Kitty's world and want to be her friend! Okay back to the story...
The President's son is kidnapped and suddenly everything Kitty knows is shattered and she is Public Enemy #1. The dragons are captured to "protect the public" and Kitty turns to the only one who understands her, Bulisani. Together, they uncover the secret agenda and vow to free the President's son and their fellow imprisoned dragons.
The author created such a magnificent world with rich characters, complex plot with twists and turns, a sweet romance, heart-racing action and a message of diversity. I loved it and I want more!
Every person who reads this book will see diversity in a new light because...
Dragons Are People, Too!
** I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **
I had no expectations about this book other than it was about dragons, which I have loved since the 8th grade. The premise doesn't do it justice but the cover comes close.
Kitty Lung is your typical teenage girl. Goes to school, has a crush on her best friend, argues with her mother, goes on covert operations and is a dragon in charge with protecting the President's son. Wait, what??!!??
Dragons are among us... and it's freaking cool! I want to live in Kitty's world and want to be her friend! Okay back to the story...
The President's son is kidnapped and suddenly everything Kitty knows is shattered and she is Public Enemy #1. The dragons are captured to "protect the public" and Kitty turns to the only one who understands her, Bulisani. Together, they uncover the secret agenda and vow to free the President's son and their fellow imprisoned dragons.
The author created such a magnificent world with rich characters, complex plot with twists and turns, a sweet romance, heart-racing action and a message of diversity. I loved it and I want more!
Every person who reads this book will see diversity in a new light because...
Dragons Are People, Too!
** I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **
May 23, 2015
I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review
I love dragons, and the idea of dragon shifters is awesome. Put dragon in the title, and I'm bound to read it sooner or later. Dragons Are People, Too is a fast-paced thrill ride featuring a sixteen-year-old dragon working for a secret government organization of dragon shifters.
I really liked Kitty. She was so tough, having trained for her job since she was four. But she also showed emotion and weakness at times which made her seem real. Kitty was a Chinese dragon, but her organization also had African and English dragons. Seriously, dragons galore in this novel. I found the romantic interest, Bulisani (great name BTW) quite intriguing. Definitely some diversity in this read with the female lead a Chinese dragon, and the romantic interest an African dragon.
I enjoyed the author's writing style-- lots of shorter sentences during the action scenes led to more tension. And there were some great action scenes. I also appreciated the fast pace. In addition, the romance, though built slowly, was rather sweet once it got going. Not so thrilled about the lack of ending, but series are so popular nowadays, and it's really hard to have a concrete ending between books. So just keep that in mind if you hate non-endings.
Overall, this is a fun, high-action story, with great characters and a sweet romance. Perfect for a YA audience.
I love dragons, and the idea of dragon shifters is awesome. Put dragon in the title, and I'm bound to read it sooner or later. Dragons Are People, Too is a fast-paced thrill ride featuring a sixteen-year-old dragon working for a secret government organization of dragon shifters.
I really liked Kitty. She was so tough, having trained for her job since she was four. But she also showed emotion and weakness at times which made her seem real. Kitty was a Chinese dragon, but her organization also had African and English dragons. Seriously, dragons galore in this novel. I found the romantic interest, Bulisani (great name BTW) quite intriguing. Definitely some diversity in this read with the female lead a Chinese dragon, and the romantic interest an African dragon.
I enjoyed the author's writing style-- lots of shorter sentences during the action scenes led to more tension. And there were some great action scenes. I also appreciated the fast pace. In addition, the romance, though built slowly, was rather sweet once it got going. Not so thrilled about the lack of ending, but series are so popular nowadays, and it's really hard to have a concrete ending between books. So just keep that in mind if you hate non-endings.
Overall, this is a fun, high-action story, with great characters and a sweet romance. Perfect for a YA audience.
April 28, 2015
Two thumbs up for diversity and butt-kicking!
Two huge thumbs up to Sarah Nicolas for making her protagonist and love interest not-white. I was so thrilled to get some diversity up in my ereader! Not only that, they were both great characters. Kitty wouldn't even know how to step back and let someone else trample her decision making and she holds her own against foes. If you prefer Katniss or Tris types of heroines you will love Kitty and Bulisani is an excellent match for her.
What made DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO really different is that these are characters who don't have any idea what it means to be human. Their way of thinking is really different and at times that doesn't read as well as I wish it did. I found myself occasionally frustrated with it and yet liking it at the same time, it felt authentic even if it didn't make sense to my human way of thinking things should be done. It definitely will not work for everyone. Also, unlike most YA they don't think like teenagers either. They think like soldiers/spies because that's very much what they are for their kind.
Action-driven and diverse, I would very much recommend it for readers who found Julie Kagawa's TALON a bit too romance-centered and fluffy. I liked it a lot and would really like to see more books like it.
Notes: ARC received via NetGalley.
Two huge thumbs up to Sarah Nicolas for making her protagonist and love interest not-white. I was so thrilled to get some diversity up in my ereader! Not only that, they were both great characters. Kitty wouldn't even know how to step back and let someone else trample her decision making and she holds her own against foes. If you prefer Katniss or Tris types of heroines you will love Kitty and Bulisani is an excellent match for her.
What made DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO really different is that these are characters who don't have any idea what it means to be human. Their way of thinking is really different and at times that doesn't read as well as I wish it did. I found myself occasionally frustrated with it and yet liking it at the same time, it felt authentic even if it didn't make sense to my human way of thinking things should be done. It definitely will not work for everyone. Also, unlike most YA they don't think like teenagers either. They think like soldiers/spies because that's very much what they are for their kind.
Action-driven and diverse, I would very much recommend it for readers who found Julie Kagawa's TALON a bit too romance-centered and fluffy. I liked it a lot and would really like to see more books like it.
Notes: ARC received via NetGalley.
May 7, 2015
((4.5 stars))
I started off liking this, then around 30% I was like maybe not, but then something happened and I fell IN LOVE with this book. That something was more than likely Bulisani Mathe, because he's sweet and adorable and hot, but the high octane plot, dragon fighting action, and spy stuff didn't hurt either.
Dragons Are People, Too is a brilliant blend of thriller and conspiracy, heartfelt romance and driven action. The dragons are really cool, woven into modern life wonderfully, and I loved the organisation around them. The stakes were high enough to make my heart pound, but the characters just really MADE this book. Kitty is brave and kickass and lovely all at once, and Sani is all I ever wanted. Their romance had me all *heart-eyes* and squealing, and I was so happy when they finally became A Thing. These two grabbed my heart in a way that hasn't happened in a very long time.
This book is perfect, everything I needed and more than I expected. The main characters are POC, the cover isn't whitewashed, and there's even a pretty sweet/creepy computer! I'm praying there'll be another book because one just isn't enough!
I started off liking this, then around 30% I was like maybe not, but then something happened and I fell IN LOVE with this book. That something was more than likely Bulisani Mathe, because he's sweet and adorable and hot, but the high octane plot, dragon fighting action, and spy stuff didn't hurt either.
Dragons Are People, Too is a brilliant blend of thriller and conspiracy, heartfelt romance and driven action. The dragons are really cool, woven into modern life wonderfully, and I loved the organisation around them. The stakes were high enough to make my heart pound, but the characters just really MADE this book. Kitty is brave and kickass and lovely all at once, and Sani is all I ever wanted. Their romance had me all *heart-eyes* and squealing, and I was so happy when they finally became A Thing. These two grabbed my heart in a way that hasn't happened in a very long time.
This book is perfect, everything I needed and more than I expected. The main characters are POC, the cover isn't whitewashed, and there's even a pretty sweet/creepy computer! I'm praying there'll be another book because one just isn't enough!
April 21, 2015
Just finished reading this book and I can't wait for the next one. There is great writing that keeps the reader turning the page and guessing about the who done it. This is a wonderful first book and I look forward to reading more stories of about the dragons.
This review was originally posted on Books In Brogan
This review was originally posted on Books In Brogan
August 23, 2020
This my 1st book from this author and I have HFN frustration. II enjoyed the pace of the book and the characters. I m not a huge PNR fan but the author did a good job explaining the whys of the Paranormal .
March 25, 2015
Chines dragons don't have wings, but can manipulate earth's magnetic fields in order to fly. Their body is longer and thinner then the English ones., it has a shape of 30 foot green serpent with yellow spines all the way down back. they have a kind of colorful com on their head. They can't breath fire.
Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung - She is a were dragon (She is a green chines dragon as there are many species of dragons in the world. Her mother is red dragon and her father is a blue one)) who secretly works for the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC) for US government and has the very important job of guarding the President’s son (Jacob) whilst he’s at school. In her human form she is a petite teenager, brown big eyes and a purple stripe in her hair (which she don't afraid to use when it's necessary). But don't judge her by this look she is physical very strong, very fast thing. She had been trained in the DIC since she was 3 yo, and had many successful missions. Her Character project a smart, badass, antsy and hot tempered (very risky trait in dragons), persona, but she is a good daughter and loyal agent. One of her Draconian traits is invisibility, and any other dragon kind who ride her at that moment will be invisible too. The love of her life is Sani, an African dragon and of course her stricter chines mother didn't approve.
Kitty's parents - Both chines dragon (see above) - Her mother is very high on the command chain in DIC. and her father (Commander Lung) is retired one as he can't shape shift to his dragon form because a wound he take from a rouge dragon who ripped out one of his hearts. (Usually dragon heal very quickly, if one of their two heart got injury they will have to wit till it will heal till they can shift again. But If the injury is really bad they won't be able to shift again, ever). Both her parents love each other fiercely, but her father don't live in the dragon compound with them. Kitty's mother was the one who rescue him from the rouge dragon and carried him to safety. Their love, even their separate live stayed strong.
Bulisani Mathe (Sani), another were dragon (An African specie, agile long body, four legs dragons with black fur - much panther like. this kins of dragons can't fly) and one Kitty is really attracted to although In his human form he look like a tall, brown skined long limbs but muscular with bright green-yellow eyes. As typical to dragons he also has high temperature signature, 2 hearts, and strong physical abilities like, strength, agility and speed. He had never shown anything other than friendship towards her. Originally he is from Uganda, where his his parents die in racial eruption of hate. He came afterward to the US and worked for the DIC since then. He love Kitty as much she love him. After he got a bullet in one of his hearts he couldn't shape shift to his dragon form, because of this he had to ride on Kitty dragon back foe most of the book.
Wallace - He is an English computer geek with ratty shirts and also an English dragon (the ones always depict in movies: a four egged dinosaur-like body. a bearded head with jewel-bright eyes, a long tail ending in arrow shaped tip, and a massive leathery wings. They also Can breath fire.He is CIA agent and really heat dragons) He is only got into the DIC as result hacking into the system of the government, and had been training under Kitty only for a year. He called No. One (Kitty got the tag Unlucky from same operation) because he was the one who didn't stand in the pressure of breaking into the Lebanese embassy and shape shift in front of the camera's (which discoverd his body heat signature - dragons have higher temperature) and by this exposed of the dragon race to the world. As a computer geek it is really dangerous to live him with any electronic gadget. He is helping Kitty to retrieve Jacob by giving her the access to his AI - CINDY and to his bank account.
After the exposure of the dragons to the world the government confined all of them in their quarters under the the earth. Only Kitty and Sani stayed outside and could answer to the request of the President to return his son, Jacob, from the his kidnappers (The CIA was too busy to keep the dragons looked don from the world).
Dominic (Secret agent Harris) - another government agent, but unlike Wallace, he know and appreciate the help that the government got from the dragons all this years. He was sent as a trusty agent by the president of the US to help Kitty and Sani get Jacob back from his kidnapers.
Kitsune - Fox female from the Japanese mythology, who can take the shape of any and only female shapes. They are very canny and can manipulate the mind of the people around them only by looking at them (with dragon they have to touch them and they succeed only to confused them). They don't have a regular loyalty ans usually preform as a mercenary. She is working with the Yakuza (Japanese mob) in the US. She Kidnapped Jacob by pretending to be the very beautiful (they can't be not beautiful) daughter of the German embassy. Gesina. She manipulated Dominic mind and made him shot Sani in one of his hearts, which made it for him to impossible to shift most of the plot. She exposed her identity by her long white tail, which the kitsune can't hide when they are under extreme stress.
Director Bean - is the chief commander of the DIC and one of the bad guys, as he cooperate with the Yakuza in kidnapping Jacob. He also responsible for the locked down of the dragons. He confirm his rule as the bad guy when he ask from Kitty not to rescue Jacob (luckily at that point he didn't know that Sani is also free to roam around)
Cleft Chin- it is a nick name of kitty to the one of the secret agents. He is one of the bad guys and hate the dragons as whole. Of course he was happy to confine the dragons an he think they are too dangerous (monsters) and must be eliminated. He was the one to arrest Kitty's disable retired father in his wheelchair and would gladly add kitty to the rest. To kitty herself, he said that he would never surrendered to a Lizard. Also, He is the one who is responsible the change in kitty's operation from a very undercover one to a very public one - to show the world how the dragons rescue the president son in live. So now instead of sneaking to them under the cover of the night they are coming to them in full daylight.
May 3, 2015
Thank you to YA Bound Book Tours and author Sarah Nicolas for providing me with a copy of this in exchange for an honest review!
Find this review and more on my blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten!
Dragons Are People, Too by Sarah Nicolas is a really well written and sassy debut novel that really is pure fun to read and is sure to easily entertain.
Sixteen year old Kitty Lung has never been a normal teenager. Not only does she come from a long line of renowned were-dragons, but she’s a secret government operative tasked with protecting the President of the United States’ teenage son. Capable and confidant, Kitty is good at her job, but when her latest mission turns bad and an agent under her instruction changes form on camera, the were-dragons are revealed to the world. To stop panic from spreading, the American government steps in and in begin imprisoning dragons with only Kitty and her best friend, and secret crush, Sani free. And in the midst of all this, is a successful kidnapping of the president’s son that leaves Kitty out for blood and prepared to rescue her friend and charge, even if it means disobeying orders…..
There’s nothing bad I can say about this urban-fantasy novel. Sarah Nicolas has obviously thought long and hard about the backstory behind her world in Dragons Are People, Too and implements it wonderfully. Nicolas won me over by choosing to introduce different types of dragons to the story, from those within Chinese folklore and the more popular English dragons of medieval lore. I thought this was really cleaver and appreciated the multicultural feel it brought to the story, especially when combined with Kitty’s Chinese heritage and Sani’s African background.
Kitty was likable and easy to follow as the main character. Her voice was sassy with plenty of attitude. Her inner monologue was funny and entertaining to read and I liked her attitude towards the world. At the end of the day Kitty is still a sixteen year old girl, so I’m going to forgive her constant reference to Sani, her crush, and the endless appreciation of his physique, abilities and calm approach to everything she seemed to have.
The storyline within Dragons Are People, Too was entertaining to read. The story was easy to follow and the characters Kitty meets and knows are colourful and bring a little something each to the story. There’s enough humour, romance and action to keep you on your toes and the abilities of the dragons and Kitty’s dragon form make for an easy reading experience.
My only issue with this novel was the ending; the ending was too erupt and seemed to come out of nowhere. Not a cliffhanger per say, the final chapter of Dragons Are People, Too leaves the story open to a sequel as there wasn’t really any resolution to one of the obstacles Kitty faced during the story. Sarah Nicolas left me wanting more from Kitty, Sani and their associates and I hope for another story!
Light, entertaining and just downright fun, Dragons Are People, Too is a great young adult urban fantasy which explores were-dragons in a delightful manner that is sure to entertain from beginning to end.
Find this review and more on my blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten!
Dragons Are People, Too by Sarah Nicolas is a really well written and sassy debut novel that really is pure fun to read and is sure to easily entertain.
Sixteen year old Kitty Lung has never been a normal teenager. Not only does she come from a long line of renowned were-dragons, but she’s a secret government operative tasked with protecting the President of the United States’ teenage son. Capable and confidant, Kitty is good at her job, but when her latest mission turns bad and an agent under her instruction changes form on camera, the were-dragons are revealed to the world. To stop panic from spreading, the American government steps in and in begin imprisoning dragons with only Kitty and her best friend, and secret crush, Sani free. And in the midst of all this, is a successful kidnapping of the president’s son that leaves Kitty out for blood and prepared to rescue her friend and charge, even if it means disobeying orders…..
There’s nothing bad I can say about this urban-fantasy novel. Sarah Nicolas has obviously thought long and hard about the backstory behind her world in Dragons Are People, Too and implements it wonderfully. Nicolas won me over by choosing to introduce different types of dragons to the story, from those within Chinese folklore and the more popular English dragons of medieval lore. I thought this was really cleaver and appreciated the multicultural feel it brought to the story, especially when combined with Kitty’s Chinese heritage and Sani’s African background.
Kitty was likable and easy to follow as the main character. Her voice was sassy with plenty of attitude. Her inner monologue was funny and entertaining to read and I liked her attitude towards the world. At the end of the day Kitty is still a sixteen year old girl, so I’m going to forgive her constant reference to Sani, her crush, and the endless appreciation of his physique, abilities and calm approach to everything she seemed to have.
The storyline within Dragons Are People, Too was entertaining to read. The story was easy to follow and the characters Kitty meets and knows are colourful and bring a little something each to the story. There’s enough humour, romance and action to keep you on your toes and the abilities of the dragons and Kitty’s dragon form make for an easy reading experience.
My only issue with this novel was the ending; the ending was too erupt and seemed to come out of nowhere. Not a cliffhanger per say, the final chapter of Dragons Are People, Too leaves the story open to a sequel as there wasn’t really any resolution to one of the obstacles Kitty faced during the story. Sarah Nicolas left me wanting more from Kitty, Sani and their associates and I hope for another story!
Light, entertaining and just downright fun, Dragons Are People, Too is a great young adult urban fantasy which explores were-dragons in a delightful manner that is sure to entertain from beginning to end.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 29, 2015
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The main thing to draw me to this book was one word. Dragons. Any time I see the word dragon I'm like a meerkat popping it's head up. I love dragons and if a book is about them then there is a very strong chance I will read it. Dragons Are People, Too though was such a unique take on dragons. These are were-dragons and I think I've only read one other book about people that can shift into dragons and it was nothing like this. I absolutely loved Nicolas' take on them. This urban fantasy was action-packed, exhilarating and highly entertaining. It has such a diverse set of characters and I loved the protagonist, Kitty. She had all the characteristics I love: snarky, tough, and well able to kick some butt. And her side-kick Sani was also great. The two of them make a brilliant team and I loved watching them work together.
The story itself is very fast paced and has no shortage of action. The world building was done really well too. The history of dragons and DIC wasn't made overly complicated. It was easy to understand and follow and I never felt lost. The book is very well written and I just found myself completely immersed in this world. I stayed up until well after 3am to finish it, I just could not put it down. I really hope there will be a sequel because I need more! A fab start to what I hope will be an amazing series. Highly recommend this one :)
The main thing to draw me to this book was one word. Dragons. Any time I see the word dragon I'm like a meerkat popping it's head up. I love dragons and if a book is about them then there is a very strong chance I will read it. Dragons Are People, Too though was such a unique take on dragons. These are were-dragons and I think I've only read one other book about people that can shift into dragons and it was nothing like this. I absolutely loved Nicolas' take on them. This urban fantasy was action-packed, exhilarating and highly entertaining. It has such a diverse set of characters and I loved the protagonist, Kitty. She had all the characteristics I love: snarky, tough, and well able to kick some butt. And her side-kick Sani was also great. The two of them make a brilliant team and I loved watching them work together.
The story itself is very fast paced and has no shortage of action. The world building was done really well too. The history of dragons and DIC wasn't made overly complicated. It was easy to understand and follow and I never felt lost. The book is very well written and I just found myself completely immersed in this world. I stayed up until well after 3am to finish it, I just could not put it down. I really hope there will be a sequel because I need more! A fab start to what I hope will be an amazing series. Highly recommend this one :)
May 20, 2015
**I received this book for free from (Entangled Teen) via (NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!! This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.**
*Genre* Young Adult, Fantasy
*Rating* 3.0
*My Thoughts*
Dragons Are People, Too, centers around 16-year old Katherine "Kitty" Lung who works for a secretive government agency called Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC). Think covert spies if you will. Kitty is a Chinese dragon with a purple stripe in her hair who can not only manipulate the earth’s magnetic fields in order to fly, but she can also make herself invisible. She is the daughter of two covert spies, one of which is her boss. She can speak 4 different languages, and has been training since she was 4 years old. While not on missions, Kitty also works for the Secret Service in protecting Jacob, the President's son while he is at school.
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*Recvd via NetGalley 03/12/2015* Published: April 28th 2015 by Entangled
*Genre* Young Adult, Fantasy
*Rating* 3.0
*My Thoughts*
Dragons Are People, Too, centers around 16-year old Katherine "Kitty" Lung who works for a secretive government agency called Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC). Think covert spies if you will. Kitty is a Chinese dragon with a purple stripe in her hair who can not only manipulate the earth’s magnetic fields in order to fly, but she can also make herself invisible. She is the daughter of two covert spies, one of which is her boss. She can speak 4 different languages, and has been training since she was 4 years old. While not on missions, Kitty also works for the Secret Service in protecting Jacob, the President's son while he is at school.
*Full Review Posted @ Gizmos Reviews*
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*Recvd via NetGalley 03/12/2015* Published: April 28th 2015 by Entangled
February 23, 2020
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I wanted to read Dragons Are People, Too because of the title. It seemed like such a weird title, I had to find out why it was called that way.
Turns out that dragons are people, too mainly because they are were dragons and spend most of their time in human form working for a specialized government organization fulfilling secret spying missions. Rule number one, never let them see your dragon side. When one of these missions blows up and there is camera footage of an actual drama, all dragons are being contained 'for their and everyone's safety', it is up to 16yo Kitty to prove that dragons are not so bad after all.
It never stops to surprise me why in books all the most serious and most important jobs are constantly given to teenagers. Kitty is this book in no different and has a high ranking position in the secret dragon organization even though she's still at school. As such, most of what happens with respect to the 'case' is highly unlikely and the resolution felt too simple. CINDY was nice though. And I also liked the diversity of the main characters, even though it turned out to be just another of the same kind of love story.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I wanted to read Dragons Are People, Too because of the title. It seemed like such a weird title, I had to find out why it was called that way.
Turns out that dragons are people, too mainly because they are were dragons and spend most of their time in human form working for a specialized government organization fulfilling secret spying missions. Rule number one, never let them see your dragon side. When one of these missions blows up and there is camera footage of an actual drama, all dragons are being contained 'for their and everyone's safety', it is up to 16yo Kitty to prove that dragons are not so bad after all.
It never stops to surprise me why in books all the most serious and most important jobs are constantly given to teenagers. Kitty is this book in no different and has a high ranking position in the secret dragon organization even though she's still at school. As such, most of what happens with respect to the 'case' is highly unlikely and the resolution felt too simple. CINDY was nice though. And I also liked the diversity of the main characters, even though it turned out to be just another of the same kind of love story.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
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July 2, 2019I hate that there is a comma before "Too" in the title.
April 8, 2015
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review
I love books about shapeshifters and haven't read a lot of dragon shapeshifter books yet, so when I heard about this book I jumped on the chance to read and review this book. It's a fun and original book about dragon shapeshifters with diverse characters. I had some issues with this book, but overall I enjoyed it. My biggest issue was that while the beginning is spectacular, after that it loses a bit of the pace and power. The beginning was so good, that after that it just felt a bit slow, but that might also be partly due to the fact I couldn't read for long periods of time as this was my breakfast book. It just felt like it started with a bang and then sort of sizzled on.
Dragons Are People, Too follows Kitty. She has been trained as a spy and her current mission is to protect the son of the president named Jacob. Then there's the boy Sani with whom she's secretly in love. Her whole world is turned upside down as due to an accidental shift of someone under her command dragons are revealed to the general public and all hell breaks lose. The story is filled with action and there are some really cool action scenes involving Kitty in her dragon form.
Also there is this twist with all the dragons being captured except for Kitty and Sani, which seemed a bit too convenient. I assumed there are still a lot of dragons in total and it just seemed weird all of them got captured, even with the explanation that sort of made sense. And ofcourse the two of them still manage pretty well and avoid escape. I also would've liked a bit more normalcy, now the focus was constantly on guns and action, trying to free people, trying to infiltrate buildings and regrouping and making new plans. There's also a scene with a super computer that made me wonder in which time it takes place.
I liked Kitty, she is a bit stubborn and hasty to jump into the action sometimes, but she has her heart on the right place and she's focussed on the goal and mission. I did think she made a few hasty decisions at times, but if you count in that she is only a teenager I think she did pretty well with all the responsibility. There is also a part at the end where I wanted to scream at her to go after a certain person as I am sure now that decision is coming back to bite her in the next book. Sani the love interest was someone who could easily keep his cool and he was the perfect partner for Kitty. They make a great duo and work well together.
The romance is done well, it's a bit slow at first, but for a good reason as they are busy trying to save some people and trying to stay alive. I could appreciate how they didn't start kissing in the middle of an action scene, but there were all these little touches after the action scenes from which you noticed they liked each other and really cared and knew each other. There is a scene were sani buys something for Kitty and it was so sweet as he knew exactly what she needed to relax at that moment. They wait till they are on a save place before the romance comes out.
The world building isn't as elaborate as I would've wished, but I did like it. There are 3 different types of dragons to account for the different ways dragons are depicted, like the Asian and English dragons. Although I had some trouble imagining the African dragons as they looked more like a panther in my head and I am not sure what part of them is dragonish. Also the whole explanation attempt at how they could shift instantly and keep al their clothes and things on was a bit icky, but that's just me. I prefer shifts that actually take time and their own body shifts, although the instant shift did make for some really cool moves in the action scenes. Also I just would've liked a bit more depth to the world building and insight in how the dragons lived. Also is it just me or is the other supernatural we meet in this book seriously overpowered?
I also would've loved to see the actual reactions of the public after their world is upside down due to the revelation that dragons exist, now it just seemed to focus on Kitty her mission to free the dragons and Jacob instead of the bigger picture. But the thing that attracted me to this book was that it dealt with dragons suddenly made public and there is actually very little focus on that.
To conclude: I enjoyed this book, but the great beginning made the rest of the book seem somehow less enjoyable. I liked the characters and thought Kitty and Sani made a good team. the romance was present, but didn't overtake the plot. The world building was a bit meh, the concept was cool, but I would've liked a bit more punch behind it. It just felt a bit flat and I was a bit disappointed there wasn't more focus on the aftermath and how the world reacts to dragons existing.
I love books about shapeshifters and haven't read a lot of dragon shapeshifter books yet, so when I heard about this book I jumped on the chance to read and review this book. It's a fun and original book about dragon shapeshifters with diverse characters. I had some issues with this book, but overall I enjoyed it. My biggest issue was that while the beginning is spectacular, after that it loses a bit of the pace and power. The beginning was so good, that after that it just felt a bit slow, but that might also be partly due to the fact I couldn't read for long periods of time as this was my breakfast book. It just felt like it started with a bang and then sort of sizzled on.
Dragons Are People, Too follows Kitty. She has been trained as a spy and her current mission is to protect the son of the president named Jacob. Then there's the boy Sani with whom she's secretly in love. Her whole world is turned upside down as due to an accidental shift of someone under her command dragons are revealed to the general public and all hell breaks lose. The story is filled with action and there are some really cool action scenes involving Kitty in her dragon form.
Also there is this twist with all the dragons being captured except for Kitty and Sani, which seemed a bit too convenient. I assumed there are still a lot of dragons in total and it just seemed weird all of them got captured, even with the explanation that sort of made sense. And ofcourse the two of them still manage pretty well and avoid escape. I also would've liked a bit more normalcy, now the focus was constantly on guns and action, trying to free people, trying to infiltrate buildings and regrouping and making new plans. There's also a scene with a super computer that made me wonder in which time it takes place.
I liked Kitty, she is a bit stubborn and hasty to jump into the action sometimes, but she has her heart on the right place and she's focussed on the goal and mission. I did think she made a few hasty decisions at times, but if you count in that she is only a teenager I think she did pretty well with all the responsibility. There is also a part at the end where I wanted to scream at her to go after a certain person as I am sure now that decision is coming back to bite her in the next book. Sani the love interest was someone who could easily keep his cool and he was the perfect partner for Kitty. They make a great duo and work well together.
The romance is done well, it's a bit slow at first, but for a good reason as they are busy trying to save some people and trying to stay alive. I could appreciate how they didn't start kissing in the middle of an action scene, but there were all these little touches after the action scenes from which you noticed they liked each other and really cared and knew each other. There is a scene were sani buys something for Kitty and it was so sweet as he knew exactly what she needed to relax at that moment. They wait till they are on a save place before the romance comes out.
The world building isn't as elaborate as I would've wished, but I did like it. There are 3 different types of dragons to account for the different ways dragons are depicted, like the Asian and English dragons. Although I had some trouble imagining the African dragons as they looked more like a panther in my head and I am not sure what part of them is dragonish. Also the whole explanation attempt at how they could shift instantly and keep al their clothes and things on was a bit icky, but that's just me. I prefer shifts that actually take time and their own body shifts, although the instant shift did make for some really cool moves in the action scenes. Also I just would've liked a bit more depth to the world building and insight in how the dragons lived. Also is it just me or is the other supernatural we meet in this book seriously overpowered?
I also would've loved to see the actual reactions of the public after their world is upside down due to the revelation that dragons exist, now it just seemed to focus on Kitty her mission to free the dragons and Jacob instead of the bigger picture. But the thing that attracted me to this book was that it dealt with dragons suddenly made public and there is actually very little focus on that.
To conclude: I enjoyed this book, but the great beginning made the rest of the book seem somehow less enjoyable. I liked the characters and thought Kitty and Sani made a good team. the romance was present, but didn't overtake the plot. The world building was a bit meh, the concept was cool, but I would've liked a bit more punch behind it. It just felt a bit flat and I was a bit disappointed there wasn't more focus on the aftermath and how the world reacts to dragons existing.
January 19, 2023
Captivating Read!
This is the first by Sarah Nicolas I've read. I have read a few by her other pen name, Aria Kane. I have enjoyed them immensely. I think the difference is Sarah writes Young Adult while Aria writes adult paranormal and Sci-fi.
This was an engrossing read that I couldn't put down. There's a lot of action, some cool digs, and a bit of romance. No sex, just some kissing, and cuddling. While Kitty is only sixteen she is in a position for someone normally double her age. But she's been training since she was two and she has had to grow up fast. I do like the fact that when things go to hell, she still wants her mom. But pulls herself together and gets through anyway.
I hope that there will be more books in this series. I want to see what happens next.
This is the first by Sarah Nicolas I've read. I have read a few by her other pen name, Aria Kane. I have enjoyed them immensely. I think the difference is Sarah writes Young Adult while Aria writes adult paranormal and Sci-fi.
This was an engrossing read that I couldn't put down. There's a lot of action, some cool digs, and a bit of romance. No sex, just some kissing, and cuddling. While Kitty is only sixteen she is in a position for someone normally double her age. But she's been training since she was two and she has had to grow up fast. I do like the fact that when things go to hell, she still wants her mom. But pulls herself together and gets through anyway.
I hope that there will be more books in this series. I want to see what happens next.
February 21, 2016
This copy was provided for free from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
<--- Look at that cover. Just look at it. How could I resist? Asian chick protagonist with purple hair who turns out to be a badass? This book was probably written with me in mind, right, Sarah Nicolas? ;)
Kitty Lung looks like an ordinary teenage girl, but actually, she's a shapeshifting weredragon working for the government, tasked with keeping the President's son Jacob safe. Training since the age of four, she is senior to agents twice her age at the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC)... and when one of those agents reveals their secret to the world (on her watch) and then Jacob gets kidnapped by some other shape-shifting person (on her watch), her life suddenly turns upside-down.
Suddenly all other known dragons, including her parents, are being rounded up and detained, and it's up to her and her partner/best friend/true love Sani to help rescue Jacob, figure out what's going on with this other shape-shifter, and set free all the other dragons.
So, like I said, I couldn't resist requesting this book. It seemed right up my alley. And it didn't disappoint - it was a really fun, really quick read, and the ending left me curious about a sequel.
Mild spoilers ahead
In the book, there are people who are also dragons, and the types of dragons that exist are as varied as the types of people. Kitty is Chinese, and is a Chinese dragon, with a long serpent-like body, exactly like the Chinese dragons you've seen at Lunar New Year festivals. Her junior agent, Wallace, is British, and is an English dragon, the more typical-looking dragon you would imagine from medieval legends. Her partner/best friend/true love Sani is an African dragon from Uganda, and I know nothing about dragons from African folklore, so I can't speak to the accuracy, but he is pretty awesome also.
The story is narrated by Kitty herself, and was a breezy, fun read - she's sharp, outspoken, and witty, but definitely a teenage girl (and I appreciated all the Asian mom references). Though she's only 16, she's the more experienced agent between her and Sani, and it falls upon her shoulders to figure out how to help Jacob the best. They learn that he was kidnapped by a kitsune, a shape-shifting fox who has the power to incapacitate dragons through touch and control human minds by looking into their eyes, and they only have 48 hours to figure out where exactly Jacob is being held.
Is it an outrageous story? Sure. But it's totally fun.
There's a bit of a romance between her and Sani, and I liked it because it wasn't the focal point of the story, but I really liked it because it was an interracial romance, and I rarely find individual main characters who are PoC, let alone main character relationships that are between two different PoC. They're a good pair, with her being the hot-tempered, brash leader, and Sani being the perceptive, observant, methodical one.
I'm not going to do a play-by-play of the plot here, but everything does turn out well, except that the kitsune escapes and the other dragons still haven't been released by the end of the book, so I hope this means that there will be at least one other book coming, because I'd like to see how this ends. The incarceration of the weredragons is very pointedly a look at systemic intolerance, and I was highly amused by the news clip Kitty is watching at one point where there is a crowd of protesters passionately calling for their liberation. Good on you guys :)
Yeah, this book was fun. It's not the deepest book, nor the most poetic, nor the most epic, but it was just plain fun, like a popcorn movie, and Kitty is sassy and cool. She makes for a fun protagonist/narrator, and I liked the idea of finally meeting a protagonist that I could identify with, at least aesthetically, so I'm glad I took the time to read this. I'd give it a high-five.
<--- Look at that cover. Just look at it. How could I resist? Asian chick protagonist with purple hair who turns out to be a badass? This book was probably written with me in mind, right, Sarah Nicolas? ;)
Kitty Lung looks like an ordinary teenage girl, but actually, she's a shapeshifting weredragon working for the government, tasked with keeping the President's son Jacob safe. Training since the age of four, she is senior to agents twice her age at the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC)... and when one of those agents reveals their secret to the world (on her watch) and then Jacob gets kidnapped by some other shape-shifting person (on her watch), her life suddenly turns upside-down.
Suddenly all other known dragons, including her parents, are being rounded up and detained, and it's up to her and her partner/best friend/true love Sani to help rescue Jacob, figure out what's going on with this other shape-shifter, and set free all the other dragons.
So, like I said, I couldn't resist requesting this book. It seemed right up my alley. And it didn't disappoint - it was a really fun, really quick read, and the ending left me curious about a sequel.
Mild spoilers ahead
In the book, there are people who are also dragons, and the types of dragons that exist are as varied as the types of people. Kitty is Chinese, and is a Chinese dragon, with a long serpent-like body, exactly like the Chinese dragons you've seen at Lunar New Year festivals. Her junior agent, Wallace, is British, and is an English dragon, the more typical-looking dragon you would imagine from medieval legends. Her partner/best friend/true love Sani is an African dragon from Uganda, and I know nothing about dragons from African folklore, so I can't speak to the accuracy, but he is pretty awesome also.
The story is narrated by Kitty herself, and was a breezy, fun read - she's sharp, outspoken, and witty, but definitely a teenage girl (and I appreciated all the Asian mom references). Though she's only 16, she's the more experienced agent between her and Sani, and it falls upon her shoulders to figure out how to help Jacob the best. They learn that he was kidnapped by a kitsune, a shape-shifting fox who has the power to incapacitate dragons through touch and control human minds by looking into their eyes, and they only have 48 hours to figure out where exactly Jacob is being held.
Is it an outrageous story? Sure. But it's totally fun.
There's a bit of a romance between her and Sani, and I liked it because it wasn't the focal point of the story, but I really liked it because it was an interracial romance, and I rarely find individual main characters who are PoC, let alone main character relationships that are between two different PoC. They're a good pair, with her being the hot-tempered, brash leader, and Sani being the perceptive, observant, methodical one.
I'm not going to do a play-by-play of the plot here, but everything does turn out well, except that the kitsune escapes and the other dragons still haven't been released by the end of the book, so I hope this means that there will be at least one other book coming, because I'd like to see how this ends. The incarceration of the weredragons is very pointedly a look at systemic intolerance, and I was highly amused by the news clip Kitty is watching at one point where there is a crowd of protesters passionately calling for their liberation. Good on you guys :)
Yeah, this book was fun. It's not the deepest book, nor the most poetic, nor the most epic, but it was just plain fun, like a popcorn movie, and Kitty is sassy and cool. She makes for a fun protagonist/narrator, and I liked the idea of finally meeting a protagonist that I could identify with, at least aesthetically, so I'm glad I took the time to read this. I'd give it a high-five.
May 23, 2015
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DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE TOO by Sarah Nicolas was one I have been very excited to read. I love that paranormal is getting a shot again, but that this time, instead of Vampires or werewolves, Dragons are getting featured! So freaking excited!!!!!!
And Kitty, our heroine is a great character to play a spy/thief/bodyguard dragon girl. She's fun, spunky, tough, snarky and a hot head. Outside of the personality, she's also got colored hair, naturally colored. All Dragons are marked by that apparently. To be specific, Kitty is a Chinese dragon, and the daughter of two badass DIC (Draconic Intelligence Command ) agent dragons.
She does have her whiny moments, and there were things about her that bothered me, but they were over shadowed by the things I did like so I'm not really upset about them.
Jacob was an interesting character. No, he's not Kitty's romantic interest, but he is her assignment. Jacob is the son of the President of the USA and Kitty is his undercover bodyguard. He gets kidnapped after the first few chapters so we don't get to see a lot of him, even after they rescued him. I hope that changes with the next book. I like him, and there was a lot left open with his character.
Now, Sani. He is Kitty's love interest. And he's......okay. I liked him, but he wasn't as badass as I wanted for a teen boy Dragon, especially one with his very sad back story. Without spoiling it, I did like his reasons for holding back his feelings for Kitty, but when they finally did kiss, it was a bit of a let down. That's not to say Sani wasn't a good character, but I just wasn't sure what his purpose was outside of keeping Kitty's temper and rash behavior in check. (That and it was a good excuse for Kitty to go all googlie eyes teenage girl)
The world building was good, I liked the layers that kept the world from knowing about Dragons, or at least I did until that secret got blown to smithereens after the first chapter. But I just felt like there could have been more. I liked the back and forth-who-is-the-bad-guy thing, but the book ended without giving us any real kind of conclusion.
While not as bad as some I've read, I felt like the book ended a few chapters away from the end of the book, not at the actual end. This is probably just my own pet peeve, but unless you're leaving me on a monster cliffhanger a la Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit style, I want resolution at the end of a book.
That was the biggest part of my beef with DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE TOO.
Despite that I did still enjoy the book and I would read the next book to see how Kitty, Sani and Jacob develop as characters. I am also looking forward to other things, but I can't say them without giving away spoilers so..................
I'll leave it at this: I would totally recommend this book to all those desperate for YA paranormal to be a thing again. This is also great for fans of Urban Fantasy and anyone who likes a lighter--much lighter--play on Game of Thrones. (I use this reference only because of Khaleesi and her dragons! And the whole repressing an entire culture of people thing.)
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DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE TOO by Sarah Nicolas was one I have been very excited to read. I love that paranormal is getting a shot again, but that this time, instead of Vampires or werewolves, Dragons are getting featured! So freaking excited!!!!!!
And Kitty, our heroine is a great character to play a spy/thief/bodyguard dragon girl. She's fun, spunky, tough, snarky and a hot head. Outside of the personality, she's also got colored hair, naturally colored. All Dragons are marked by that apparently. To be specific, Kitty is a Chinese dragon, and the daughter of two badass DIC (Draconic Intelligence Command ) agent dragons.
She does have her whiny moments, and there were things about her that bothered me, but they were over shadowed by the things I did like so I'm not really upset about them.
Jacob was an interesting character. No, he's not Kitty's romantic interest, but he is her assignment. Jacob is the son of the President of the USA and Kitty is his undercover bodyguard. He gets kidnapped after the first few chapters so we don't get to see a lot of him, even after they rescued him. I hope that changes with the next book. I like him, and there was a lot left open with his character.
Now, Sani. He is Kitty's love interest. And he's......okay. I liked him, but he wasn't as badass as I wanted for a teen boy Dragon, especially one with his very sad back story. Without spoiling it, I did like his reasons for holding back his feelings for Kitty, but when they finally did kiss, it was a bit of a let down. That's not to say Sani wasn't a good character, but I just wasn't sure what his purpose was outside of keeping Kitty's temper and rash behavior in check. (That and it was a good excuse for Kitty to go all googlie eyes teenage girl)
The world building was good, I liked the layers that kept the world from knowing about Dragons, or at least I did until that secret got blown to smithereens after the first chapter. But I just felt like there could have been more. I liked the back and forth-who-is-the-bad-guy thing, but the book ended without giving us any real kind of conclusion.
While not as bad as some I've read, I felt like the book ended a few chapters away from the end of the book, not at the actual end. This is probably just my own pet peeve, but unless you're leaving me on a monster cliffhanger a la Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit style, I want resolution at the end of a book.
That was the biggest part of my beef with DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE TOO.
Despite that I did still enjoy the book and I would read the next book to see how Kitty, Sani and Jacob develop as characters. I am also looking forward to other things, but I can't say them without giving away spoilers so..................
I'll leave it at this: I would totally recommend this book to all those desperate for YA paranormal to be a thing again. This is also great for fans of Urban Fantasy and anyone who likes a lighter--much lighter--play on Game of Thrones. (I use this reference only because of Khaleesi and her dragons! And the whole repressing an entire culture of people thing.)
April 27, 2015
3.5 stars. This is a fun, fast-paced YA tale with dragons, secret government operatives, a bit of romance and a race against time to save the President’s son. Kitty may only be sixteen but she’s the daughter of two dragon commanders and has been in spy training since she was four (yeah, I know…), she’s super-smart, speaks several languages and, actually, considering all of that, is a bit of a self-absorbed brat. She’s got attitude and a bad temper and spends most of her time drooling over her best friend, Sani. Which might not work for some people because this book is all about Kitty.
I have to admit I had my doubts about why a sixteen-year-old would be in charge of a spying mission with a rookie operative. Not that Kitty doesn’t have the experience, but you’d think it might be hard for her to have the authority over a guy who is over ten years older than her. And that was before I got to know her. I actually quite liked Kitty as the book progresses – she’s funny and brave and determined, but despite her supposed intelligence she never struck me as being all that smart. She makes mistakes, she’s not always in control of a situation and doesn’t quite know how to handle things when that happens, and considering who her parents are her strategy training is woeful. As such I think the idea of her being in control of such a mission is daft. Then again the idea of risking such a tech genius on a routine spy mission seemed foolish too.
So I have some issues with this book. Kitty won’t appeal to everyone, but if you strip away the dragon aspect she’s a fairly normal teen girl – in her behaviour, anyway. The weredragon part of things is great, with elegant Chinese dragons manipulating magnetic fields to fly and English (why not European?) dragons being big and bulky fire-breathers. I liked the idea of African dragons too, but I have to admit I would have liked to have known more about them since I have no go-to cultural reference.
The world-building is interesting, though the idea that only the US knows of and supports dragons (until the reveal) is a bit suspect, as is the idea that Kitty knows of no other paranormal entities but her own. Add in the fact that every single other dragon was caught and imprisoned except for Kitty and Sani and you will need to stretch your incredulity quite far beyond the simple weredragon storyline. It might have been nice if Sani had been allowed more of a personality beyond stoic friend providing eye candy. He seemed so much more capable than Kitty half the time too, yet she was always the one in charge. Maybe it’s because her dragon is bigger?
In all this is enjoyable and fun, especially if you don’t take it too seriously. There are dragons and diverse characters, which is always a win in my book, some action, a bit of adventure, plenty of sarcasm and snarkiness and a hint of over-the-top romantic angst. I enjoyed it and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)
I have to admit I had my doubts about why a sixteen-year-old would be in charge of a spying mission with a rookie operative. Not that Kitty doesn’t have the experience, but you’d think it might be hard for her to have the authority over a guy who is over ten years older than her. And that was before I got to know her. I actually quite liked Kitty as the book progresses – she’s funny and brave and determined, but despite her supposed intelligence she never struck me as being all that smart. She makes mistakes, she’s not always in control of a situation and doesn’t quite know how to handle things when that happens, and considering who her parents are her strategy training is woeful. As such I think the idea of her being in control of such a mission is daft. Then again the idea of risking such a tech genius on a routine spy mission seemed foolish too.
So I have some issues with this book. Kitty won’t appeal to everyone, but if you strip away the dragon aspect she’s a fairly normal teen girl – in her behaviour, anyway. The weredragon part of things is great, with elegant Chinese dragons manipulating magnetic fields to fly and English (why not European?) dragons being big and bulky fire-breathers. I liked the idea of African dragons too, but I have to admit I would have liked to have known more about them since I have no go-to cultural reference.
The world-building is interesting, though the idea that only the US knows of and supports dragons (until the reveal) is a bit suspect, as is the idea that Kitty knows of no other paranormal entities but her own. Add in the fact that every single other dragon was caught and imprisoned except for Kitty and Sani and you will need to stretch your incredulity quite far beyond the simple weredragon storyline. It might have been nice if Sani had been allowed more of a personality beyond stoic friend providing eye candy. He seemed so much more capable than Kitty half the time too, yet she was always the one in charge. Maybe it’s because her dragon is bigger?
In all this is enjoyable and fun, especially if you don’t take it too seriously. There are dragons and diverse characters, which is always a win in my book, some action, a bit of adventure, plenty of sarcasm and snarkiness and a hint of over-the-top romantic angst. I enjoyed it and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)
May 7, 2015
Previously reviewed on The Good, The Bad, and The Unread:
One of the great freedoms of young adult novels is the lack of need for explanations, which is why I’m far more trusting of shifter stories in the genre than I am in paranormal romances aimed at older audiences. I’ve been burned once too often by stories that give impossible ‘scientific’ explanations for were-whatevers, while I’ll happily accept that such things ‘just are’ in the universe I’ve been plunged into upon opening the book. Fortunately this rip-roaring adventure (pardon the pun) explains away were-dragons and their abilities from a very teenage point of view: people have tried to explain how shifting works, but our heroine isn’t interested.
Kitty (only her mother calls her Katherine, and then only when she’s in trouble) is a Chinese-American were-dragon, who juggles high school, where the President’s son is one of her classmates, with special ops duties. Her problems begin during a night mission when the new operative accompanying her panics and is caught on camera shifting from human to dragon. As if being disciplined by her mother and the other commanders isn’t bad enough, the world’s media gets hold of the footage and suddenly the dragons are being rounded up and locked away to protect the humans.
Before the CIA can track down Kitty and her fellow shifter classmate Sani, however, they are caught up in the kidnapping of the President’s son. Sani gets shot and is forced to stay in human form until he heals. The two teenage were-dragons go on the run, finding their images plastered all over TV and the internet, but helped by one of the human bodyguards who was also a witness to the kidnapping and is keen to help them rescue his former charge.
This is a non-stop rollercoaster ride of a story with the teens very much in control of their destinies, although also prepared to accept help wherever it’s offered. I like the different forms that the various ethnicities of dragons take on, and the way they are able to play to their best skills when not being told what to do by the top brass.
The romance between Kitty and Sani is very understated for reasons that become clear towards the end of the story and which are totally understandable, given both the ages of the protagonists and what we know of their backgrounds. I do feel that the ending is setting us up for a sequel, but the story doesn’t end on a total cliffhanger, for those readers who dislike that sort of thing.
All in all, this is an enjoyable adventure, and I’d like to spend more time with the characters at some point.
One of the great freedoms of young adult novels is the lack of need for explanations, which is why I’m far more trusting of shifter stories in the genre than I am in paranormal romances aimed at older audiences. I’ve been burned once too often by stories that give impossible ‘scientific’ explanations for were-whatevers, while I’ll happily accept that such things ‘just are’ in the universe I’ve been plunged into upon opening the book. Fortunately this rip-roaring adventure (pardon the pun) explains away were-dragons and their abilities from a very teenage point of view: people have tried to explain how shifting works, but our heroine isn’t interested.
Kitty (only her mother calls her Katherine, and then only when she’s in trouble) is a Chinese-American were-dragon, who juggles high school, where the President’s son is one of her classmates, with special ops duties. Her problems begin during a night mission when the new operative accompanying her panics and is caught on camera shifting from human to dragon. As if being disciplined by her mother and the other commanders isn’t bad enough, the world’s media gets hold of the footage and suddenly the dragons are being rounded up and locked away to protect the humans.
Before the CIA can track down Kitty and her fellow shifter classmate Sani, however, they are caught up in the kidnapping of the President’s son. Sani gets shot and is forced to stay in human form until he heals. The two teenage were-dragons go on the run, finding their images plastered all over TV and the internet, but helped by one of the human bodyguards who was also a witness to the kidnapping and is keen to help them rescue his former charge.
This is a non-stop rollercoaster ride of a story with the teens very much in control of their destinies, although also prepared to accept help wherever it’s offered. I like the different forms that the various ethnicities of dragons take on, and the way they are able to play to their best skills when not being told what to do by the top brass.
The romance between Kitty and Sani is very understated for reasons that become clear towards the end of the story and which are totally understandable, given both the ages of the protagonists and what we know of their backgrounds. I do feel that the ending is setting us up for a sequel, but the story doesn’t end on a total cliffhanger, for those readers who dislike that sort of thing.
All in all, this is an enjoyable adventure, and I’d like to spend more time with the characters at some point.
May 21, 2015
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I would like to thank author Sarah Nicolas for giving me the opportunity to read and review her novel, Dragons Are People, Too.
Kitty Lung is far from a normal teenager, but like most teens she’s great at keeping secrets. First, she’s undercover at school with the President’s son as part of his protection detail, along with her friend Sani. She gets sent on top-secret missions for the government when she has time. She might be not-so-secretly in love with Sani. And Kitty’s biggest secret of all is that she’s a dragon. But Kitty’s partner on her last mission was caught on camera shapeshifting into dragon form. Now the world knows that dragons are real and dragons are being rounded up and imprisoned. When the president’s son is kidnapped on her watch, it’s up to Kitty and Sani to rescue him and show the world that dragons are people too.
This novel was short and had very fast pacing. There was tons of action, comedy, and romance in it. I spent a great deal of my time laughing out loud, swooning, and hovering on the edge of my seat.
A good deal of mythology also made appearances in this novel. The mythology surrounding shape-shifting dragons, dragon hunters, and old perceptions about dragons were delved into, but also Japanese mythology on the Kitsune, the fox shifters and tricksters.
Kitty was a likeable, intelligent, brave, and often self-deprecating main character. She was fiercely loyal to her friends, family, the government and her job of protecting the president’s son. She has a healthy respect for the dangers in the world and on her missions and will risk her life to get the job done. Kitty’s also a normal teenage girl with a hopeless crush on her best friend. Added to that, she’s a normal dragon-to-human-shifter who would like to be able to fly and show her abilities without always having to worry about remaining invisible.
Sani shared many of the same personality traits as Kitty. He was funny, witty, dependable, and loyal. He was also very attractive and protective. He was often the voice of reason to Kitty’s behavior and would have her slow down to think before she acted. Their balance as friends, partners and undercover operatives worked well. Sani was a very worthy romantic-interest for Kitty.
Dragons Are People, Too is appropriate for adolescent and adult audiences.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
I would like to thank author Sarah Nicolas for giving me the opportunity to read and review her novel, Dragons Are People, Too.
Kitty Lung is far from a normal teenager, but like most teens she’s great at keeping secrets. First, she’s undercover at school with the President’s son as part of his protection detail, along with her friend Sani. She gets sent on top-secret missions for the government when she has time. She might be not-so-secretly in love with Sani. And Kitty’s biggest secret of all is that she’s a dragon. But Kitty’s partner on her last mission was caught on camera shapeshifting into dragon form. Now the world knows that dragons are real and dragons are being rounded up and imprisoned. When the president’s son is kidnapped on her watch, it’s up to Kitty and Sani to rescue him and show the world that dragons are people too.
This novel was short and had very fast pacing. There was tons of action, comedy, and romance in it. I spent a great deal of my time laughing out loud, swooning, and hovering on the edge of my seat.
A good deal of mythology also made appearances in this novel. The mythology surrounding shape-shifting dragons, dragon hunters, and old perceptions about dragons were delved into, but also Japanese mythology on the Kitsune, the fox shifters and tricksters.
Kitty was a likeable, intelligent, brave, and often self-deprecating main character. She was fiercely loyal to her friends, family, the government and her job of protecting the president’s son. She has a healthy respect for the dangers in the world and on her missions and will risk her life to get the job done. Kitty’s also a normal teenage girl with a hopeless crush on her best friend. Added to that, she’s a normal dragon-to-human-shifter who would like to be able to fly and show her abilities without always having to worry about remaining invisible.
Sani shared many of the same personality traits as Kitty. He was funny, witty, dependable, and loyal. He was also very attractive and protective. He was often the voice of reason to Kitty’s behavior and would have her slow down to think before she acted. Their balance as friends, partners and undercover operatives worked well. Sani was a very worthy romantic-interest for Kitty.
Dragons Are People, Too is appropriate for adolescent and adult audiences.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
October 11, 2015
Kitty was raised with a secret- a pretty big secret. You see instead of the gossiping loving care-free sixteen year old girl that she shows the public, she is something different. She is part of a secret government agency the DIC and she has been assigned to protect the president’s son, Jacob. Jacob doesn’t know her secret, I mean come on she is a sixteen year old girl. Do you really think a girl could protect the president’s son? Hmm… no? Well, what if that girl was not just a trained government agent but also a dragon?
Jacob is kidnapped on the same day that the public finds out about dragons and panic ensues. The president has to promise the public that he will protect them from the dragons. To do this, he rounds up all of the dragons that he can find. Most of them already government agents. Kitty now not only has to save Jacob but also her parents, friends and co-workers. This is a lot of stress on a gal. At least her crush Sani is with her, and yes there is a bit of romance.
Kitty has the type of personality that people flock to. She is easy-going, fun loving on the outside. She plays her cards close to the vest and rarely do people know much about her. Partly because of how she is raised and partly because of what she is. Her romantic relationship with Sani has been a long time coming, although others couldn't see it. Sani is a different kinda love interest. He is not an alpha male- but instead the sweet understanding beta. He gives Kitty the room she needs to make the decisions that she has to make. While he does speak his mind he trust in her leadership.
Dragons Are People, Too is a different kind of paranormal tale. Vampires are so last week and werewolves…over it. Dragons are the newest and hottest things around. Or they will be, especially if they breathe fire. Will Kitty save Jacob and the other dragons? Will Sani and Kitty kiss? These are all questions that are answered in the book. Looking for something different? Go on and one-click away. I promise you won’t regret it.
My Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Favorite Quote Number One rule of an operative for the Draconic Intelligence Command: Don’t let anyone know what you are.
Other People
Jacob- president’s son
Sani- Jacob and Kitty’s best friend, also a dragon
Wallace- dragon tech support
My Review
Jacob is kidnapped on the same day that the public finds out about dragons and panic ensues. The president has to promise the public that he will protect them from the dragons. To do this, he rounds up all of the dragons that he can find. Most of them already government agents. Kitty now not only has to save Jacob but also her parents, friends and co-workers. This is a lot of stress on a gal. At least her crush Sani is with her, and yes there is a bit of romance.
Kitty has the type of personality that people flock to. She is easy-going, fun loving on the outside. She plays her cards close to the vest and rarely do people know much about her. Partly because of how she is raised and partly because of what she is. Her romantic relationship with Sani has been a long time coming, although others couldn't see it. Sani is a different kinda love interest. He is not an alpha male- but instead the sweet understanding beta. He gives Kitty the room she needs to make the decisions that she has to make. While he does speak his mind he trust in her leadership.
Dragons Are People, Too is a different kind of paranormal tale. Vampires are so last week and werewolves…over it. Dragons are the newest and hottest things around. Or they will be, especially if they breathe fire. Will Kitty save Jacob and the other dragons? Will Sani and Kitty kiss? These are all questions that are answered in the book. Looking for something different? Go on and one-click away. I promise you won’t regret it.
My Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Favorite Quote Number One rule of an operative for the Draconic Intelligence Command: Don’t let anyone know what you are.
Other People
Jacob- president’s son
Sani- Jacob and Kitty’s best friend, also a dragon
Wallace- dragon tech support
My Review
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 25, 2015
You'll need to read this book to find out what a CINDY is... but I need one now!
The right side of the screen then shows a close-up of the protesters. There are only about thirty of them, but Gods bless them they're energetic. And they have catchy picket signs, like: "Set the dragon-people free!" and "Dragons are people, too!" and "End Racial Segregation! Again!"
DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO is an action-packed, fast-paced, YA adventure featuring dragons with a delightful romantic element thrown in for good measure! The story is played amidst diversity issues and dirty back-room politics.
Kitty Lung, our heroine, is a sixteen year old government security operative who works undercover detail protecting Jacob, the president's son. Bulsani Mathe, our hero, is Kitty's backup protecting Jacob. Kitty calls him Sani for short. When Kitty's not attending school and shadowing Jacob, she's on covert missions. The job protecting Jacob has been pretty boring with no real threats to Jacob - until now.
As the story opens, Kitty is on one of those special missions with a newbie dragon operative who loses it under pressure and morphs into dragon form on camera - a huge No No! All these years, dragons have been incognito - it's just Kitty's luck that dragons would have to be revealed to the public in such a colossal way on one of Kitty's missions! Of course, the director of Draconic Intelligence Command and her mother, Kitty's Draco Team Delta leader, are very unhappy with Kitty. While the director and Kitty's mother decide what to do with Kitty as punishment, she has her regular job to do at the school. However, this won't be a mundane day. On this day, someone will kidnap Jacob. AND the dragons at Draconic Intelligence Command will be placed on lock down leaving Kitty and Sani as the only free dragons left in the world.
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4 Wine Glasses!
The right side of the screen then shows a close-up of the protesters. There are only about thirty of them, but Gods bless them they're energetic. And they have catchy picket signs, like: "Set the dragon-people free!" and "Dragons are people, too!" and "End Racial Segregation! Again!"
DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO is an action-packed, fast-paced, YA adventure featuring dragons with a delightful romantic element thrown in for good measure! The story is played amidst diversity issues and dirty back-room politics.
Kitty Lung, our heroine, is a sixteen year old government security operative who works undercover detail protecting Jacob, the president's son. Bulsani Mathe, our hero, is Kitty's backup protecting Jacob. Kitty calls him Sani for short. When Kitty's not attending school and shadowing Jacob, she's on covert missions. The job protecting Jacob has been pretty boring with no real threats to Jacob - until now.
As the story opens, Kitty is on one of those special missions with a newbie dragon operative who loses it under pressure and morphs into dragon form on camera - a huge No No! All these years, dragons have been incognito - it's just Kitty's luck that dragons would have to be revealed to the public in such a colossal way on one of Kitty's missions! Of course, the director of Draconic Intelligence Command and her mother, Kitty's Draco Team Delta leader, are very unhappy with Kitty. While the director and Kitty's mother decide what to do with Kitty as punishment, she has her regular job to do at the school. However, this won't be a mundane day. On this day, someone will kidnap Jacob. AND the dragons at Draconic Intelligence Command will be placed on lock down leaving Kitty and Sani as the only free dragons left in the world.
My full review is posted at Reading Between The Wines Book Club. Check it out here: http://www.readingbetweenthewinesbook...
4 Wine Glasses!
May 8, 2015
What I liked: We all know I'm hopelessly in love with dragons, right? Right. There aren't very many dragonshifter books out there that I'm aware of. I mean, the only other one I can think of is the Going Down in Flames series (which was awesome in it own right, of course). Yet, Going Down in Flames is different from Dragons Are People, Too. Not only in the types of dragons each book presents, but in the way the two main characters are. Of course, they have their similarities as well, but I mean they're both dragons so some traits would be similar I suppose. Still, the premise of each book is completely different as well. Dragons Are People, Too follows a young Chinese girl named Katherine (though everyone calls her Kitty) who's been trained to be a spy and protect the son of the president since she was very young. Now at sixteen, Kitty has a mission go extremely wrong for her. The main story though, is about her and her best friend Bulisani
What I didn't like: There wasn't much world building about the dragon population in general, which was something I was looking forward to in this book, as well as the reaction to the reveal of dragons in the population. It wasn't really explored, and there didn't seem to a big outcry about it from the general population, which would have been cool to see.
Overall Review: This was a good read that entertained me and I thought was really interesting when I read it. The characters were good and I liked them, especially CINDY in the short time she was around. While I did expect a little more about the dragons than I got, I thought different aspects of the dragon population (such as the different types of dragons and what they can do) was a really interesting part to the story.
Recommend?: If you're interested in dragonshifter stories with spies, this is totally the book for you!
What I didn't like: There wasn't much world building about the dragon population in general, which was something I was looking forward to in this book, as well as the reaction to the reveal of dragons in the population. It wasn't really explored, and there didn't seem to a big outcry about it from the general population, which would have been cool to see.
Overall Review: This was a good read that entertained me and I thought was really interesting when I read it. The characters were good and I liked them, especially CINDY in the short time she was around. While I did expect a little more about the dragons than I got, I thought different aspects of the dragon population (such as the different types of dragons and what they can do) was a really interesting part to the story.
Recommend?: If you're interested in dragonshifter stories with spies, this is totally the book for you!
May 7, 2015
In DAPT we meet Katherine "Kitty" Lung, who is a super spy operative within a super secret government agency housed in DC. It's Kitty's job to take on various missions through the world for the U.S. She's also responsible for keeping the President's son safe while at school. If you're wondering why some teenage girl is racked with so much responsibility, and how she can be expected to handle it all...it just so happens that Kitty is not only trained to be a lethal fighting machine, she also is part dragon! At her own will, Kitty can change into a full on, non-fire-breathing (only English dragons breath fire) dragon!
But when the dragons cover is blown and the President's son is kidnapped, it's up to Kitty to save both her best friend and her people.
This book was action packed and full of mind-blowing fun. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Kitty and all of the people/dragons surrounding her. Kitty's progression from a well trained fighter battling with her emotions, to a girl who can be true to herself was nice to watch. I also enjoyed seeing her figure out how to navigate the difficult waters of freeing the President's son, while trying to barter for her parents (and friends) freedom.
The characters throughout the book were spot on. Both her parents were fierce and seasoned warriors who had different battle scars. It was nice to see how each one had a different influence on who Kitty was and how she would grow throughout the story. And the plot twist that conveniently got them out of the way so that she could grow as the hero was well done. I also liked how the romance between herself and her partner in crime, Sani, developed. It felt natural and not at all rushed. You'll find no insta-love here!
Overall, this was a great story, with great characters that really drew me in.
4 Stars!!!
But when the dragons cover is blown and the President's son is kidnapped, it's up to Kitty to save both her best friend and her people.
This book was action packed and full of mind-blowing fun. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Kitty and all of the people/dragons surrounding her. Kitty's progression from a well trained fighter battling with her emotions, to a girl who can be true to herself was nice to watch. I also enjoyed seeing her figure out how to navigate the difficult waters of freeing the President's son, while trying to barter for her parents (and friends) freedom.
The characters throughout the book were spot on. Both her parents were fierce and seasoned warriors who had different battle scars. It was nice to see how each one had a different influence on who Kitty was and how she would grow throughout the story. And the plot twist that conveniently got them out of the way so that she could grow as the hero was well done. I also liked how the romance between herself and her partner in crime, Sani, developed. It felt natural and not at all rushed. You'll find no insta-love here!
Overall, this was a great story, with great characters that really drew me in.
4 Stars!!!
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