Time Flies When You Are Lost in A World of Magic!
I couldn’t sleep last night. I took a long mid-afternoon nap yesterday plus drank several cups of coffee before dinner and while I was dead tired at 9 P.M, by midnight I was wide awake. As I was lying in bed staring at the ceiling, enumerating every ache and pain, I decided I would finish book 3 of Alisa Woods “Fallen Immortals series”, Fire of a Dragon. I had left the book just when it was getting to another climatic scene. Planning to read for just an hour or so, I was surprised when I heard the neighbor’s rooster crowing and realized that it was almost 6 in the morning! Time flies when you are lost in the world of magic, warring Fae and Dragon- shifter clans.
Ms. Woods refers to her series as a “paranormal fairytale romance” and I believe that fairytale and romance are indeed good keywords. Like all good fairytales there is a smoking hot prince, (in fact quite a few princes) in search of his princess. Of course , his princess does not seem to be a princess at first, just an ordinary human female trying to stay alive in the city of Seattle. Also like most fairytales there is magic, a quest to save the world, fairies good and bad and to make things interesting, dragons , angels and demons too. As far as romance goes, the underlying theme of the books is whether or not True Love exists and can love really conquer all. Also be warned, this fairytale is definitely not meant for children’s bedtime, as it has numerous steamy sex scenes as only love between dragons and humans can be!
Book 1 Kiss of a Dragon, Alisa Woods introduces the hero, Lucian Smoke, Crown Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke. Hard to belief that anyone so hot could be already 500 years old, but Prince Lucian is close to dying, unless he meets his “True Love” and begets a dragonling. To make matters more pressing, if he fails in this quest, a very old treaty that protects humanity from the immortal world of the dark Fae will expire and mortals may fall prey to demons. However, a dragon’s mate rarely survives the birth of a young dragon and Lucian refuses to be responsible for the death of another woman. He rescues Arabella from a demon roaming the streets of Seattle and decides to try to seduce her , without losing his heart, before he turns into a beast and the treaty is broken forever. I bet you don’t need a crystal ball, to know how well that works out!
Lucian and Arabella’s adventure continue in book 2 Heart of a Dragon. It is here that Alisa Woods, explores the idea of what is “True Love” and if you can truly love a person, warts and all, without ever doubting that love is real. Lucian and Arabella are forever being tested and it does seem like they are the proverbial star-crossed lovers. But again, if love is true then doesn’t it always conquer every obstacle thrown at it?
It is not until book 3, Fire of a Dragon, that Ms. Woods reveals if Lucian and Arabella’s love is strong enough to save the world. There are plenty of heart stopping moments for Lucian, Arabella, their family and friends, which keep you turning the page to see what happens next. Each book ends with a cliffhanger, sometimes literally. But don’t fear like all good fairytales there is happily ever after waiting at the end.
I love that Alisa Woods has such believable characters. Yes, the hero is dragon-fire hot , a billionaire and a prince. Yet, he is also broken, with flaws and tendency to let his heart and soul get in the way of his good judgement. And the heroine, is not some damsel in distress just waiting for a prince to sweep in and make life beautiful. Arabella is a complete person with strength in character and able to take care of herself in many situations. Yet together, like any good romance reader will tell you, love between soulmates, has a magic that always makes the couple stronger together then they are apart.
I highly recommend you pick up the “Fallen Immortals series” Books 1-3 by Alisa Woods. Like me you may find that knights in shining armor , riding white horses and saving you from fire-breathing dragons , is not near as much fun as hot dragon -shifter, sweeping down out of the skies and carrying you off to a mountain lair, far away from the evil world!