Daggers & Dragons

by Megan Linski, Natalie Erin, Krisen Lison

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Megan Linski offers a seven book romantasy starter collection into her magical worlds. Dragons fly, royals find romance, and heroines take up their swords to reign over all. This collection features found family, mythical creatures, action-packed adventures, and disabled main characters.

Fall in love, cast a spell, and discover new realms within Megan Linski’s imaginative fiction. In this special edition box set, fae fight to rule their kingdoms, princesses become warriors, supernaturals discover mysteries, vampires battle against werewolves, fairy tales are retold, and angels war against demons. Each book within this collection is the first in a series. These novels feature slow burn, forbidden romances, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, and mental health representation.

Within are the following

The Wolven Mark
Kingdom From Ashes
Rhodi’s Light
Court of Vampires
Torrent
Song of Smoke and Fire
Kiatana’s Journey

Contains both young adult and new adult books. Recommended reading age 16+

Genres: Fantasy, Audiobook, Paranormal, Romantasy, Romance, Shapeshifters, Anthologies

1778 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2025

About the author

Megan Linski lives in Michigan. She is the author of more than fifty fantasy and paranormal novels which feature themes of friendship, community, and healthy romantic relationships. She has over fifteen years of experience writing books alongside working as a journalist and editor. She graduated from the University of Iowa, where she studied Creative Writing.

Her passions include ice skating and horseback riding. In her free time she enjoys dancing in the snow and drinking fancy coffee while at her natural habitat, the mall.

Megan advocates for the rights of the disabled, and is an activist for mental health awareness.

Megan co-writes the Hidden Legends Universe with Alicia Rades. She also writes under the pen name of Natalie Erin for the Creatures of the Lands series, co-authored by Krisen Lison.

Awards Megan has won include;

Best Fantasy Book of the Year 2019 by Once Upon a Book

Best Co-Authored Book of the Year 2022 by Once Upon a Book

Author of the Year 2022 by Once Upon a Book

Keynote Speaker at Once Upon a Book 2023

Best Book Friends (Ava and Kallie) 2023 by Once Upon a Book

Featured in the FOX Teen Choice Awards Gift Baskets

Two-time Reader's Favorite Five Star Read (Bronze Medal Finalist)

Winner of Amazon's Kindle Scout Competition

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a sample of seven different books by this author ( included the first book in eack series). Megan is a new to me author and I found this book through Hoopla's bonus reads for January. 55 hours long!

Unfortunately, I really enjoyed only three of the books and will continue these series, as they peaked my interest. The Mark, the vampire/shifter war, and the Rhode stories were my favorites. The rest were good but I feel would have been better if there appeared to be a better future for the characters... some were just too dooms day for me. I get that bad things will happen and people will die but come on! Part of the issue might be these are mostly fairies and fey - which I generally do not enjoy. I prefer fantasy ( think warriors, warlocks, or shifters - paranormal). The ones that I liked leaned more that way.

The character development, the story, fighting/action are all extremely enjoyable.

[Tamarra · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this has several stories with all different themes. All fantasy with some romance. Enjoyed the different scenes and characters.

[Jane Charbonneau · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am currently listening to this book as an audiobook, and I wonder if I would enjoy it more as a paper book. The story is well-written, interesting, and engaging, and the characters and magic are believable. However, both narrators' voices are distracting, especially the voice of the female protagonist. Her narration is inconsistent and starts out overly formal, with a forced "deepness" that eventually fades from her style, as the book progresses. Although I appreciate clear enunciation, this narrator's style is sometimes overly so, and her style varies between precisely spoken consonants and a casual style (which I prefer and suits the character better). The only issue about the writing that I have encountered is that the main female character uses the word "f...k" regularly, then says "Oh my Gosh", at one point. Um....... I may be nit-picking, but if I read or listen to a book and notice things like this, I'm taken out of the story :-/ I'd be interested to know others' experiences in reading the actual book. Worth reading!

[Brandi Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 🌟 Completed book Daggers & Dragons
by Megan Linski Natalie Erin, Krisen Lison.
HOOPLA BONUS BORROW
some are SERIES WORTHY
A Compilation of 1st book of 7 different series.

4 🌟 1st book. . Really good story. Series worthy The Wolven Mark (Hidden Legends: University of Sorcery, #1)
2.5🌟 2nd book. Kingdom from ashes bk 1. very predictable. Not worth the read.
3.5 🌟 3rd book. Rhodi’s Light. did have an okay story but either the Narrator annoyed me or the book was too wordy.
4 🌟 4th book. Court of Vampires (The Shifter Prophecy #1) Better narrator .wolves and vampires. Series worthy
3🌟 5th book. Torrent. Half Demon and angel over a girl.
3.5🌟 6th book. Song of Smoke and Fire book 1. Dragon falls in love with his captive.kinda dumb. Teenager would enjoy it.
4🌟 7th book. Kiatana's Journey Creatures of the lands book 1. Unicorns and fairies. Great preteen mythical book.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a bonus borrow on hoopla for January, and it looked interesting.
This is a collection of 7 books that are the first books in their series. Some of them were better than the others and I would want to continue in the series a bit later. It was a decent introduction to Megan Linski's writing.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each story has a decent plot, a few twists, and while there are no cliffhangers, they are all left open in some areas for future books. While the stories are interesting I found myself drifting away from the narration quite often.

[JB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dnf

[Marsha · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5.