For the first time, the Fire Chronicles Series is brought to you in one scorching collection. These hot and steamy fire-breathing shape shifters are on a mission to find the mate who changes their world and teaches them the true meaning of love.
Book Dragons Don't Cry - Bastian and Acasia
Book Dragons Don't Love - Layrn and Roxanne
Book Dragons Don't Forgive - Sarn and Sierra
Book Dragons Live Forever - Tahr and Pepper
The Fire Chronicles takes the virgin bride tale to an entirely new level. You'll laugh, cry, and cheer!
I’m a writer, author, word warrior! I owned an independent bookstore for many years in my 20’s and 30’s. So it should be obvious, I LOVE BOOKS. Fiction or non-fiction it doesn’t matter. I hated self-help but then found Og Mandino. I hated French history and the game of chess and then discovered The Eight by Katherine Neville. I’ve stopped limiting myself to what I think I like.
That brings me to paranormal fiction. It’s a passion of mine. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, angels and demons, I read them all. I’ve wanted to write a vampire/werewolf novel for a long time. Taking a break from another series (aka Suzie Ivy The Bad Luck Detective), I decided to write the story screaming inside my head. The Fang Chronicles Book I almost wrote itself. No research or trying to remember a specific conversation, all I needed to do was keep the names straight.
So I'm picky on my shifter reads. What others like doesn't always appeal to me. That said I could not put this book down! I read three of the four in two days!!! The main plot is 4 dragons are left with a vicious curse. They have to work their own issues out together and separate to break the curse. You will have to read to see if they succeed. I'm a huge fan of Greek mythology and loved how that was worked into the story. Dragons don't Cry - in this story we first learn about the curse and meet the four male dragons that are doomed to find a virgin bride to transcend to be a family. Okay this will pull on your emotions. I got to the end and was like WTH I'm cussing the author right now. Luckily there was a HFN to be had but gut wrenching getting there. Bastian and Acasia have this relationship that breaks Bastian in a way he couldn't fathom. I couldn't get over her character. She was just so well written and strong. Despite being a virgin and scared she was a great heroine. Bastian grew so much over the story. I think it shows a writers depth to add such growth. Dragons Don't Love - we get to see more of Laryn as it's his turn to figure out what needs to be done. We also meet Ashrac which I won't spoil but to me adds such a comedic relief and humor. Laryn is a pompous a$$. He was just so hardened. I thought I loved the first story and had my heart yanked out with it but I was wrong this one did it too. Roxanne is a firecracker. How she crashed into Laryn's world and took it as her own was perfect. She's so different from Acasia but I loved that. They were strong in their own ways and made each dragon better in their own right. When things came crashing down Laryn was knocked down and humbled. He fell in a way that just had you wanting to hug the big blue dragon. Dragons Don't Forgive - Sigh Sarn...I don't even know what to say about the poor man. His greatest enemy was from within. Sierra saw something in him that just took his vulnerability and speared his doubt head on with love. Her strength saved him. And kudos to the author for shaking it up. You think you have it solved knowing how the story will end but you don't. She threw a curve at you and it made me love her as an author more. This one had me so anxious for the characters. I couldn't put it down. Dragons Live Forever - nothing could've prepared me for this story. It made me hurt for the dragons and just feel so much for Pepper. I can't even begin touching on all the swirling emotions this brought forth. What a fight, flight, and battle. It will leave so much to be said and you just won't want it to end. This one hurt to read but hurt so good that you loved it all the same.
I'm not a huge paranormal reader except when there is a dragon involved and the setting is more historical fantasy than urban fantasy. These books were mainly set in the dragon realm, where the setting has a medieval feel, but the powerful shifters can cross to other realms, including modern earth. There they occasionally interact with other shifters and vampires. This is a device that McClain uses to tie in her other series, The Fang Chronicles. I liked these dragon books enough that I might even dip my toes into the contemporary paranormal world that she has created.
The four books are centered around four immortal dragon "brothers" who are cursed to love and lose human women over the millennia. Each dragon gets a story where he has to overcome pride and love so deeply that personal sacrifice is the only resolution. The fourth book is a culmination wrapped around the love story of the last dragon brother.
These are deeply emotional and sensual stories, for all that they have a fairy tale feel about them. They should be read in order as each couple builds into the next story. While I am not usually a fan of "other women," and some people will dislike the experienced man/inexperienced woman theme, I dare you to not feel the emotion and connection that emerges when each dragon ultimately, desperately finds his true mate. Breaking the curse is a challenge for the dragons and the women they love. These books seemed to hit all the right notes for a richly romantic story. I enjoyed them so much I was sneaking in chapters while doing spring cleaning. (Shhh, don't tell).
I have read Dragon's Don't Cry, the first book in the series and really enjoyed it! I have yet to read the other books yet and really look forward to reading them. This is an interesting premise and I look forard toreading the other books in the series.