Dragonlands: Volume 1-3

Dragonlands #1-3

by Megg Jensen

Enter the world of Dragonlands with the first three novels from this bestselling epic fantasy series.

Includes:

Hidden:
The mystery enshrouding Hutton’s Bridge is as impenetrable as the fog that descended at its borders eighty years ago. Each year, three villagers enter the mist searching for answers. No one ever returns.

Then a dragon falls from the sky to the town square, dead—the first glimpse of an outside world that has become nothing more than a fairy tale to Hutton’s Bridge. Except to Tressa.

Tressa grew up with Granna’s stories of the days before the fog fell. When Granna dies, leaving Tressa without any family, Tressa ventures into the fog herself, vowing to unravel the foul magic holding Hutton’s Bridge captive.

What she discovers beyond the fog endangers the lives of everyone she loves.

Hunted:
The fog that trapped the people of Hutton's Bridge for eighty years has disappeared, but now so have the villagers.

Fearing the worst, Tressa and Bastian must navigate a new and dangerous world in search of their people. Among their allies are a healer, a warrior, and even a dragon--but their enemies are far greater.

Hutton's Bridge has long protected a powerful secret, one the dragonlords will kill to control. As the realms rise, Tressa and Bastian risk everything to save their people, until one must make the ultimate sacrifice.

Retribution:
Tensions are mounting in the Dragonlands. The dragon hordes are mustering, each with its own agenda. But Tressa must conquer her personal demons before answering the call to war.

Gravely ill, her body undergoing mysterious and frightening changes, she travels to a distant land for the answers crucial to her survival. What she discovers rocks her to the core.

As the battle begins, a long-slumbering magic--dark, powerful, and brutal--awakens. And Tressa learns the ones you love most can become your greatest enemies of all.

Books 4 & 5 - Desolation and Reckoning - sold separately

Genres: Fantasy, Dragons, Amazon, Ebooks, Fiction, Paranormal, Epic Fantasy

696 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 16, 2014

About the author

Megg Jensen is a two-time USA Today bestselling author of epic fantasy.

No stranger to top ten lists on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the iBookstore, Megg's novels have garnered millions of downloads, attracting fans from all over the world.

She lives in Chicago with her husband, kids, and two insane miniature schnauzers.

Reviews

[Charlene · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unbelievable

What a ridiculous story. I would think it's for 12 year olds if it wasn't for the constant sexual angst of the main characters. When they suddenly jump each other after witnessing the violent, bloody death of their lifelong friend it was more than I could tolerate. That's as far as I got, I couldn't take it anymore.

[Sarah B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fast moving and very unpredictable trilogy! I do recommend to read it one right after the other as it's so much easier to follow the plot and characters that way. When I had downloaded this a few days ago, I hadn't expected to enjoy it so much...but to my surprise I just flew through the pages! And now that I finished the third book I want to know what happens next! Luckily there is a fourth book available.

So what is this story about? It's about a woman named Tressa who grew up in a very isolated town surrounded by thick fog. And no one knows what exists past the fog, if anything. It's been that way for a long, long time. And dragons are just myth and so is magic. Then one day a dragon falls out of the sky. Tressa and two others leave the town to brave the fog. And what they find is a large world they know nothing about.

This story (the trilogy) is like a soap opera. It's fast moving, lots of action, fights and all of the excitement you love in a tale. Through the pages I first found myself being ok with a character, liking him or her, but then rapidly changing my mind as the character in question did something I truly loathed! So many of the characters in here have dark sides or hidden goals. And they allow them to come fourth instead of controlling it. That's why I say it's like a soap opera. Some of the actions were truly horrid! The book never made me cry or anything but I didn't like what some of the characters did! And so you ponder if the hero is really a hero? I won't name any names because that way it won't be ruined if you decide to read it...but it is main characters. I guess it shows that no one is perfect. We all have flaws, make mistakes and are ruled by dark sides that sometimes emerge.

And the plot twists...wow! Some really big ones in here! And very original ones too! The biggest one deals with the secret of the honey that was in the town. The secret of why this particular honey is so very important is not revealed until the end of book 3 and the reason is so shocking! Totally unexpected! And there's other plot twists as well. Just when you think you know how things are going to be you get a big surprise out of the blue!

Lots of dragons in here of course..other creatures as well. Magic, healers who live by their unique set of rules, a world well invented with different lands...all in all great world building. The characters change and grow as they progress through the story. Romance too of course.

The thing I liked the best was the very unpredictable plot.

[Elizabeth Dragina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Content : Extreme

Highly recommended to stay far away.

[Lily]

Rating: ✮✮✮

To read my thoughts on the first book, here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Eric · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't take long for me to give up on this. Book one, even. Way juvenile!

At least it was free.

[Douglas Cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading the first three books as a set, I was pleased to see how swiftly the prose moved along. The characters changed and matured with the story which was relayed through their eyes. This made some sections confusing as the reader had only what characters knew. One complaint, a bunch of very unexpected and initially distracting plot twists occurred making it difficult to understand what was going on.

[Deanna Hovinga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast Paced but Fun

The author wastes no time with the fluff of story telling, I personally would have preferred a bit more to the constant action, action, action of every page turn. The world is interesting, the story is good with only tiny inconsistencies, but the romance part of the story is very frustrating to say the least, I won't say more and spoil it. Worth the read for sure.

[Mack · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm so torn about this book/series. I will review them all as one, as the review is about the same for all three anyway, but I will avoid major spoilers. I read several harsh reviews and almost skipped this, but I'm glad I didn't.

I think I'm going to be generous and give this three stars. It hooked me quickly and kept propelling me forward way more than the recent mega-prize-winning novel which bored me to tears. This is a fairly good story, although it definitely needs some major work. An editor would have fixed every issue, and I probably would have given the book at least four stars, five if the editor was really fabulous.

The town of Hutton's Bridge has been cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious fog that brings death to all who enter. The town remains isolated for eighty years, until one day a dragon falls from the sky into town and dies in town square. Now the residents KNOW there is a world/life somewhere beyond the fog. Three heroes take off, looking for help for their sick village.

Great hook, eh? The story itself is, for the most (half? Two thirds?) part, interesting and pretty great, especially if you happen to be a big dragon fan like myself. But I have to mention the problems, because there are just too many to overlook.

The beginning almost lost me. It seemed like immature writing at first, though I'm glad I stuck with it, because the author found her groove and really does have skill as a writer. The prologue and chapter one are the weakest, mainly in the dialogue and flat characterization of the antagonists. Bad guys are bad with no redeeming features whatsoever. One-note bad guys with no complexity whom the author makes sure we will not like because they are Really, Really Jerks. This does change later in the books, but only to sneak surprise!badguys on us out of nowhere from people who were supposedly Not Jerks.

There's an undertone of misogyny that bothered me, especially since all of the leaders are females. So why so much talk of “whores” (literal sex workers, not name calling) and women's places and using boobs to accomplish much? I get that fantasy worlds tend to be a bit medieval and often are sexist, but when our main protagonist is a strong young woman and every single city and kingdom we see is run by women, then all the misogyny seemed really out of place. Luckily, that was mostly in book one, and it wasn't bad enough to make me put down the book. It's wholly unnecessary and doesn't make any sense, though.

There are lots of typos. That is a thing which GREATLY bothers me in professionally published work – luckily I got this for free. It says something about the strength of the story that I continued on to the end despite all of these typos. And the inconsistencies! So many inconsistencies! Our MC uses her Womanly Wiles to ask about tips when seeking work in a tavern, but they made a point of saying that no one in Hutton's Bridge used money. There were no taverns, no coin in circulation, so how does she even know about tips? More than once (yes, more than once) the author uses the simile of things “bubbling over like a volcano erupting” or something like that, but no one in Hutton's Bluff knows what a volcano is (we read from Hutton's Bridge viewpoint characters) and we never see any volcanoes in the world throughout the book. A character's name changes from Book 2 to Book 3. He was only mentioned by name once in Book 2, but still. That should have been caught long before publication. Book 2, I think it was, also mentions “I can't believe just one moon ago...” but it was actually several months back in Book 1. We also have Middle Book Love Triangle Syndrome – which came out of literal nowhere separating a supposed Lifelong True Love. The FIRST sentence in chapter one of Book 3 has a typo. Your opening sentence should be the strongest one! Also, the mysterious plague in HB was never explained, and when we next meet the villagers, no one is sick or needed the medicine/healers which our heroes didn't actually bring anyway.

Some timeline issues that bothered me early in Book 1 make more sense after learning some secret reveal info. I don't want to give anything away, but some of my gripes make better sense knowing this, so it's worth giving certain characters a healthier dose of suspension of disbelief.

However, my biggest issue was the ending of Book 3 (Retribution). We're left on an unacceptable cliffhanger. I don't mind leaving a -bit- unanswered for following books, especially if it's regarding a whole different plotline, but this book opens a can of about half a dozen new plot points at the very end and doesn't wrap any of them. Some were sudden and out of complete nowhere, no foreshadowing or even explanation. Just, “Surprise! This is actually now a completely different story. Buy the next book to learn more!”

It sounds like a whole lot of bad. And, I mean, yeah, that stuff is a pretty significant amount of bad. Some folks apparently had a lot of trouble with the sex, but these are all adults and sex is a normal part of life. Yes, even (especially!) sex after trauma and grief. The sex scenes are vanilla and completely ungraphic, usually of the 'fade to black' variety, so I don't see the issue unless you're just uncomfortable with sex existing and people/characters enjoying it.

All that said, I still liked the story and am seriously contemplating finishing the series by reading the last two books. I sped through them and enjoyed the ride! Only problem is, I don't really want to pay for the next two. As a writer myself, that's saying something. I find it hard to justify when there are so many issues which should have been -so easily- fixed before publication. The story would have been so much stronger, and I would have a healthier respect for the professionalism of the author. I sincerely hope she avails herself of one – a good one – because this could easily be a very amazing tale. As it is, it's just kind of so-so overall.

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[Irena · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry i had to leave this one in the middle after many tries to finish it.
The very start is ok but very fast it become simply redicules and then ut get worse. It is as if the auther tried to be dramatic and add twist etc but all it got is plainly tedius

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The start was a bit dark and I was unsure if the book was keeping my attention, but as I continued the story kept me returning and I need to know the end!

[Mettesknit · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 22%

Not for me...

[Maya · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 10%. It’s just crap. It’s not even fun bad. I don’t want to read it anymore.

[Pippa P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dragonlands opens with a prologue, standard fare for many fantasy novels: overnight, the town of Hutton's Bridge is cut off from the outside world by a circle of blinding fog that holds life-threatening dangers. Not only that, but all the adults disappear leaving only the children under the age of 16. The main story begins decades later when the oldest surviving citizen of the town, Sophia, is dying, and her granddaugher, Tressa, is facing an uncertain future. Her grandmother's death will cause a leadership challenge that will significantly affect her: either the annual tradition of sending three people out into the fog will see Tressa facing almost certain death; or she faces the lecherous advances of the new leader, who wants to do away with the annual tradition but only to further his own ends.
Tressa chooses to leave the village anyway with her childhood friends, Connor and Bastian, and makes it through the fog. Only on the other side, they discover the the outside world does still exist. However, so does magic and so do dragons and other dangers even more unimaginable.
Ms Jensen has taken a basic premise and created a fantastically broad world, peopled with flawed, honourable, loving, despicably lovable characters. They are unpredictable and go to extreme lengths to save their countries and the people they love from danger.
I enjoyed these books. I was a little surprised when I got to the end of the box set and discovered that there were another two in the series to complete the story but from what I have read so far, the plot is full of unexpected twists. As in real life, nothing is assured, no action can ever be trusted fully, and no character is safe.
The plot moves at a terrific pace. The tension is balanced well from chapter to chapter, and from book to book. At times the characters' interactions get quite racy. And there are surprises, some of them good, some of them unpleasant but Ms Jensen leads the reader with a steady hand to tell a really good story.
I did have a couple of problems with the books. I found that there were a handful of times where the characters acted in a way which was unprecedented based on what I knew of them so far. It was puzzling and disconcerting but fortunately the pace and the interest kept the plot moving so that those became relatively minor issues.
And if one were to compare this with other fantasy novel series, I did feel that the story, while broad and sweeping, did lack the depth it required to make it epic. It moved a little too swiftly to create a detailed physical and emotional landscape. In physical terms, this was a world which had so much potential for development but retained mostly broad brushstrokes with the odd oasis of detail. Likeways, the emotional and philosophical landscape seemed to be limited to powermongering and revenge, with a large dose of betrayal. There were other themes – adventure, love, family – but the three former seemed to be the strongest and made for a flavour that kept repeating.
However, I really, really enjoyed this set. Will I read books 4 and 5? Most definitely!

[LaSayleM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starts Off VERY Slowly

But, if you get through the first half of the first book, it does gain momentum further along. Still, there were too many hints early on that weren't explained until several books later, and that's just seriously annoying. If it isn't going somewhere in the same book, leave it out, or at the very least, keep those allusions to a minimum. It's as annoying as, "you'll understand when you're older," is, when you're a kid. If it weren't for the taunting non-clues, and the slower parts, I'd consider this one of the better books I've read this year. Once the plot got off its fumbling, procrastinating duff and started moving, it was a decent read. There were also some moments in there, where characters went from acting in harmony with their described personalities, to - um, what the frak was THAT about?! Honestly, with all these issues, it's surprising to note that it was still enjoyable enough to rate 4 stars. I'm still interested enough to read the next book, even though the ending was the biggest WTF moment in the whole thing, promising to be just as eye-roll worthy as many of the passages in this one. I really hope this author gets better, or at least gets a tougher editor when it comes to pacing and foreshadowing. There's a lot of promise here, and I hope this diamond in the rough finds a really good gem cutter.

[Petrina Binney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hidden (Dragonlands #1)

If you like magic, secrets, guards, and lovers chosen through the use of coloured ribbons plucked from obscurity, followed by three months of trying for children before another round of ribbon-plucking, this is the book for you.

The small village of Hutton’s Bridge has been surrounded by an impenetrable and deadly fog for as long as anyone can remember. Despite small teams going into the fog every year to determine what the menace in the mist may be, no one ever returns, and they keep sending out teams.

But when a plague comes to Hutton’s Bridge, a small band of would-be heroes take their fate into their hands. Tressa, who if she doesn’t leave the village will risk the life of a concubine under the questionable care of an ungentlemanly, rather icky, political wretch. Bastian, the man who actually loves her despite his unfortunate coupling to a woman who doesn’t much like him, and Connor, friend to them both with responsibilities of his own.

But will the three make it through the fog-riddled forest when they only have one weapon? What kind of creature could have such big footprints? And if there is life on the other side of the fog, who’s to say it’s any better than home?

A solid story, I did get annoyed by the use of ‘off of’, which I know is an American thing but it’s still irritating. There was some minor repetition and a mixing up of lie and lay which somehow found its way through editing.

As ever, with the USA Today Bestsellers, there are four instances of arm-folding. “He folded his arms over his chest/he folded his arms across his chest,” that sort of thing. Look out for it. It’s come up in every USA Today Bestselling Author book I’ve read so far.

Hunted (Dragonlands #2)

Well, Bastian’s dropped in my estimation. He finds himself attracted to someone and has to mentally correct himself into thinking she’s a woman, not a girl, which is quite creepy. He seems to blame the women for his inability to concentrate around them. I suppose the force of my feelings about him speaks to good writing, but I got fed up with him pretty swiftly.

On the plus side, we’ve lost the ‘off of’s but the arm-folding continues unabated. Seventeen instances of it this time. Really, if you’re struggling with a book, I can recommend counting up the arm folds. It’s astonishing the editors never seem to notice it.

Retribution (Dragonlands #3)

Thirteen arm-folds, I was getting to the point of thinking the story was coming to an end when I realised the story would continue in further books. Not for me, I’m afraid. There is a small army of editors who are thanked in the acknowledgements, and I should think they all want a bit of a talking to.

[Reece · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pacing was slow. The worldbuilding was subpar. The character development was nil. There were typos.

Tressa: Oh Bastion, how I've missed you and desperately want to bang you, but what about your wife?
Bastion: She is a cold bitch and I don't love her.
Tressa: Makes sense, she is a horrid cow. But, what about your daughter?
Bastion: Both of us grew up without a father.
Tressa: Oh, how your logic makes me swoon. Fuck that kid, let's do it.

August 16, 2019 – page 200
25.58% ""Tressa glanced at Bastion, knowing he was only trying to diffuse the situation."
August 16, 2019 – page 342
43.73% ""How long have you been out here?" he asks his 2-year-old daughter... "16 minutes father. I can't count, but I know. I'm only 2, but I am quite verbose, as you can see."
August 16, 2019 – page 460
58.82% "Child is now making hilarious attempts at child-speak. Has gone from full sentences to broken "dada" kind of shit. Bastion admits he is "a man" and cannot resist a willing woman despite being in love with Tressa... Also feel the need to mention that the owl's name is Karen backwards. Why am I still reading this tripe?"
August 17, 2019 – page 552
70.59% "There is a difference between farther and further."
August 17, 2019 – page 577
73.79% "How many times am I going to read the word "boobs"?"
August 17, 2019 – page 600
76.73% "Sentence: Her tongue slithered out and licked up every last bit of blood. Following sentence: A drop remained at the corner of his mouth, glistening. Unsure why this irritates me so much, but it does."
August 17, 2019 – page 602
76.98% "Laughter falling from her lips like a volcano spewing lava. Oh yeah?"
August 17, 2019 – page 602
76.98% "Okay now she's licking horse shit off his face. "the more deviant, the better." What?"
August 17, 2019 – page 602
76.98% "Her tongue dipped into the valleys of his parched lips. How many valleys does one set of lips contain?"
August 17, 2019 – page 609
77.88% "Her breasts (thankful for the lack of boobs) are pulsing.
*looks down*
*pokes*
How come you never pulse?"
August 17, 2019 – Finished Reading

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an omnibus of the first three volumes in the Dragonlands series, “Hidden”, “Hunted”, and “Retribution”.

“Hidden” starts off with an intriguing premise, a village abruptly depopulated and cut off from the world for generations by a mysterious, deadly fog. Every three years an expedition is sent into the fog to seek help and no-one ever returns. It’s been done before, but the idea still has promise. Inside the boundaries, society evolves strict rules to ensure survival, which brings up the grown-up themes of barrenness, forced marriage, and unlawful love in a society geared to procreation. Again, intriguing and promising. As is the question what happens when a plague breaks out in the isolated village. Breaking through into the outside world thanks to some unexplained cutesy magic, the leads encounter a crazed world full of threats and treachery, rather than hoped-for normality. The outside has been transformed from their expectations in different ways to the isolated community, but just as deeply. But were their expectations manipulated? Revelations after revelations show there are as many unexpected secrets inside the village as out. Again, a promising concept. So. Lots of good ideas, enough to make me want to read on … but the execution of the story is poor. The subtle issues above are quickly taken over by action and sensation, but badly done. Written as a simplistic young adult story with some frankly childish and inconsistent behaviour from the lead characters, there’s a lot of lust, sex, violence, and imagery better suited to horror that contrasts with the implausible naivety of the narration. Despite aspiring to be a gritty, edgy fantasy, the all important battle scenes, especially the climactic fight, are so badly realised, so corny, the whole thing becomes laughable. There’s a bunch of great concepts here, but it’s like watching serious literature performed as a junior school play, with a few bawdy notions thrown in for the adults in the audience. A shame, as this could have been something thrilling rather than cringe-inducing. Nevertheless, the promising ideas do make me want to read on, so it’s three stars rather than two.

[Epper Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is the weirdest mish-mash of writing. Starting out it seems like a YA book (the way characters act, hardly any good communication), then a mystery (so many things that aren't revealed to the reader without a reason...maybe suspense or to keep you reading, but I wish the writing kept me reading not some story important fact that was mentioned but not revealed until the end of book 3, but even that left other questions about what was written), and then a pretend dark fantasy style. I say pretend because it only comes out occasionally and so a few scenes get that gritty, dark feel but the rest doesn't so it comes out as a YA book with dark fantasy green freckles (because they were trying to blend in and look normal but they instead stood out).

[Terrianna · Rating 1 out of 5]

10% in and couldn't take more...

May try reading these again when I am desperate... but I am not in the mood to deal with weak, pathetic females... heavens protect me. Here are some thoughts I had.

SHUT UP ABOUT THE OWL, FIND CONNOR AND WALK!
Bk.1 -
Barely a few pages in and I am already facing a weak pathetic and silly female... one that female characters written by #shellylaurenston who are the same age, would chew up and spit out.
...if it's not moving the story forward... or at least PARTIALLY interesting... why do I need to read abt what you are doing with your hair?
...

[Michelle O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first review....ever, so please be patient. In the first book I felt like the writing was more for young adult/teens. As I got more into the book I found myself thinking about it during the day and couldn't wait to read what happens next. I thought Megg did very well with bringing her characters to life, that they were relatable. The transition from book to book was very well done, there was very little time distance, it flowed well. This book is good for those with imaginations to follow. Loved it, look forward to the last two of the series.

[Samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't finish, got part way through the first book. I tried to keep going but it's just so bizarre. Things happen randomly with no lead up, hardly any description/background to anything and poorly written. There are also discrepancies which take you out of the story completely. Seems like a YA book or even a children's book at times but then suddenly there are sexual parts and a lot of violence.

Thankfully the books were free.

I was so hopeful that it was going to be good, it had so much promise!

[Jill Lill · Rating 1 out of 5]

So I honestly thought this book was for kids or teens but man was I wrong. The book was extremely slow paced in the beginning. The main character was not at all admirable. And to honestly think it was for teens was an understatement. So WARNING do not let your child read this. It will spoil their pure minds. They included/hinted things like s*x and by the page 50 I just couldn't take this anymore. OMG I am scarred.

[Vincent P · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book started off slow but as I kept reading, I genuinely enjoyed this series.

As I completed the third book of this series I did start to feel/question where this series is heading. I had hoped to see a nice resolution in the third book.

Overall, I enjoyed the first three books of this series.

[Carolyn Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

I could not put these first three down they were so good. I look forward now to moving on to the next in the series.

[Sheila Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m writing this as a series 1-3 books Where to start is a good question, I’m going to drift from one book to the other, it’s action packed do many twists and turns so much going on it was hard to keep up with the story and what was going on. Brining all the supernaturals together in one story OMG first there was humans good old kids enjoying life Jules and Jadon madly in love sneek away get married, her bestie Cyn and her fella Wil he gets killed by werewolves Jason is turned and Julia kidnapped Cy just left to grieve. That’s just the start. Then William a vampire kidnapped her from right under their noses. She (Julie) is called the rare one of true blood and everyone wants her for their own. Then she is kidnapped by another were pack, getting complicated? She is afraid as you expect she is thinking she is just a tool everyone wants, then she is kidnapped again by the singers they are supernatural beings with magic, she is their Queen but even though in human days she married she is still a virgin they never actually did it. She sole melds with Scott who is the oldest son of the leader all’s going well until they all slow but sure begin to come together The were and the vampire in the singers camp, then Jaqueline turns up mother of Scott and as mad as a hatter and twice as wicked. Now the story gets really complicated coz Julia being a virgin has to mate with the three vampire, were & singer to rule, Tom a cruel hater of women females of any race killed his Alph to become the alpha and captures Cynthia and Adi (she is a female were with a temper) his intent is to rape them both plant his seed and become king of his breed, then Jacquline turns up spoils his plan they fight the girls escape to the singer camp. There are more and more goings on else where, a cop with a nose like a were is following Cyn trying to find the truth behind it all, he is turned by David another were, then there the Fae Queen who just want her blood to heal herself. These three books end on Julie being kidnapped again. I have skipped a lot of the story as you need to read it yourself to understand what’s going on. I recommend these books 1-3 I’m off to get the next it’s a got to know what happens kinda story

[Fernando Muñoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

La lectura de estos primeros 3 libros me pareció que tiene una narrativa ligera, fácil de llevar y entendible. Tiene personajes, situaciones creativas, entrañables y por los cuales se llega a sentir simpatía o empatía.

Por otro lado, me parece que la extensión de la historia, la necesidad de la autora por crear un universo detallado y el cómo establecer relaciones entre personajes, objetos y lugares hizo que la autora dejara huecos argumentales en los que se deja de mencionar sin justificación a más de un personaje, los roles que tienen los mismos parece que se dejarán para después pero el momento no llega, algunos de las escenas presentan a ciertos personajes (principalmente la protagonista) en un tiempo y espacio y al siguiente párrafo se encuentra en otros, las relaciones mágicas y místicas de los objetos con estas propiedades no terminan de ser explicadas del todo, ni las relaciones con la historia son claras. Finalmente me pareció de mal gusto que al terminar e iniciar otro de los libros quede esa sensación de vacío entre los acontecimientos de uno y del otro.

Ignoro si era la intención de la autora, pero el tercer volumen da la sensación de enfocarse en las contradicciones de los personajes y el libro en sí se siente más caótico que los demás. Sé que es una saga 6 libros (dato que me enteré mucho después), así que no encuentro la motivación suficiente para continuar con los otros tres, considerando que es una saga entretenida pero blanda en su construcción.

Lo recomendaría para lectura ligera de entretenimiento, quizás comprando la colección completa, pero creo que no cabe esperar mucho de la segunda parte de la saga si es al menos parecida a la primera y si se escribió con mayores prisas a fin de publicar el producto final.

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

A missed opportunity

These books held so much promise it’s a shame it just didn’t deliver.
The characters, on the whole, were lacking in substance and they never fully engaged my interest on any meaningful level.
The story didn’t flow smoothly, especially in the first book which seemed a bit choppy, and it generally seemed rushed, this was especially noticeable in the battle or action sequences where the vast majority of what would be happening was glossed over.
There were also several discrepancies in the narrative, both large and small, that pulled you out of the story because it was either so simplistic or naive to believe that could happen, or because it contradicted things that had just been described.
A case in point is where one of the characters drops his sword on the ground so he can put his dagger in the scabbard while he climbs a tree, but when he requires the sword in the tree it is suddenly in his hand.
I had hoped things would improve with each book, but alas they didn’t.

[Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings on this series. I like the premise, and the initial mystery was good while it lasted, but there were several problems I couldn't get past. One was the action sequences. It seemed like every single fight or action scene lacked a tremendous amount of detail. The fight starts, and two dragons are battling over here. But pause, forget about them, over here the main character is interacting with a villain. Seems like nothing is happening outside the focus of the main character. Then when it's time for the end of the battle, she jumps in and ends it. I could have forgiven it once, but every battle scene played out exactly like that, and it was hard for me to swallow.

It's a real shame that it suffers from this too, because the cliffhangers at the end of each book are quite compelling as the story evolves. It's just too hard to get behind the characters because they breeze through the story.

[Jadelynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story
Edit: For whatever reason she removed all of her stories from publication. I bought the 4th book a long time ago, but don’t have the 5th so screw me I guess. Thanks. Makes me want to give this series a 0 but that wouldn’t be for the story.
Original review:
Loved the mystery, and Tressa and Connor 100% carried this series. The characters I disliked felt 3 dimensional, so it wasn't frustrating to have them.
I thought the first two books were great and the 3rd one wasn't bad. There were some awkward sentences here and there, but i didn't see any badly edited.
The third book had just a little too much happening at once. It had a lot of 180s happening, characters doing things out of left field, the plot felt like it couldn't figure out which way to go. However, I didn't feel bored reading it.
Overall, the series completed its purpose of entertaining me, and I will be reading the 4th book.