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Heritage of Power #1
Dragon Storm
Born with a secret power he must hide…
Telryn “Trip” Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he’s struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother’s execution. Her crime? Witchcraft.
Understandably, Trip wants nothing to do with the power that lurks within him, always threatening to reveal itself. Instead, he dedicates himself to serving as an officer in the king’s army, to battling pirates and imperial conquerors. He longs to become a soldier as respected and renowned as the legendary General Zirkander.
But his country is in need of more than a soldier.
After disappearing for over a thousand years, dragons have returned to the world. A few of them are willing to be allies to mankind, as they were millennia before, but far more want to destroy or enslave humans and claim the world for themselves.
There are few people left with the power to fight dragons. For reasons he doesn’t understand, Trip may be one of those people. But if he chooses to learn more about his heritage and the power he can wield, he risks losing everyone he loves and everything he longs to be.
Telryn “Trip” Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he’s struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother’s execution. Her crime? Witchcraft.
Understandably, Trip wants nothing to do with the power that lurks within him, always threatening to reveal itself. Instead, he dedicates himself to serving as an officer in the king’s army, to battling pirates and imperial conquerors. He longs to become a soldier as respected and renowned as the legendary General Zirkander.
But his country is in need of more than a soldier.
After disappearing for over a thousand years, dragons have returned to the world. A few of them are willing to be allies to mankind, as they were millennia before, but far more want to destroy or enslave humans and claim the world for themselves.
There are few people left with the power to fight dragons. For reasons he doesn’t understand, Trip may be one of those people. But if he chooses to learn more about his heritage and the power he can wield, he risks losing everyone he loves and everything he longs to be.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 26, 2017
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Lindsay Buroker
198 books6,243 followersI'm a full-time indie fantasy and science fiction author. When I'm not writing, I'm ferrying my dogs to hiking trails for adventures.
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June 10, 2018
DNF at 35%.
Man, this book is not good. Very, very not good.
The author has an astonishing amount of works there, so when it comes to work ethic, I have to salute her, but it honestly feels like she has huge issues when it comes to some other things. Some authors develop in their skill levels very fast, you can see the huge jumps in quality. Here I'm just disappointed. After so many thousands of pages and so many great ratings the whole thing feels very amateur and very... juvenile, honestly. Sure, there are rookie mistakes that are called that because rookies do them and they are common. But she isn't such a rookie. I am disappointed.
Steampunk is something that's either a hit or a miss with people, it's relatively controversial when it comes to subgenres. I personally love it. One of my biggest discoveries last year was Anthony Ryan's Draconis Memoria, I am a huge fan of the Ketty Jay series by Chris Wooding, it all just appeals to me. So I was over the moon when I found an indie author with a steampunk series with dragons. Cool stuff, right?
Would be if the whole execution wasn't so BAD.
Snappy, humorous dialogue isn't easy, I understand. I'm not great at coming up with stuff like that, truly. I have no idea why everyone feels they can ace that shit, honestly. Here it's an absolute disaster in the most childish, "14-year-old sasses in a Tumblr post" way. Sometimes it feels like a lot of authors hinder themselves with spending so much time online and developing the very same type of dialogue writing as you can see in every clone of a clone "I'm so random" blog or comment section. It's derivative, not that funny and... honestly, it doesn't fit the setting. That has to be considered as well; maybe you quip like a god in a casual way with your friends or something, but not every setting benefits from 201X humour. (It will also really date the writing, by the way.)
The humour is not the only thing smashing my immersion, either. The characters are soldiers, they communicate with their subordinates and bosses and NOBODY is ever even just remotely professional. Zero discipline, zero respect. Commanders don't cutesy-cutesy with their wives in front of subordinates they met 2 minutes ago. The way they talk to each other wouldn't fly in any even just barely professional setting.
Sure, you can say it's fantasy, but that doesn't excuse the seemingly nonexistent knowledge the author has about any wartime protocol. It's horrid.
Now we also have the dreadful characters. They are idiots, plain and simple. Priceless weapons just get handed over to random people. Our heroine with 3 uni degrees has no idea how to fix a wobbly table. Important information gets thrown around casually and without proper thinking.
And of course we have to have our "bestestest smartest female character who is such a little victim of men". Not stale at all. She also blabbers like crazy about supposedly smart things that are basic and people are amazed. Then she looks at an attacking dragon and magically calculates everything for the soldiers to shoot it, because she is a Big Bang Theory level of "genius".
I will be honest, this was a dumpster fire. I will not mention it to anyone (except to point out it's baaaaaaad), I will not read the sequels or anything else by the author Epic fail.
Have a nice day and let me storm out now!
Man, this book is not good. Very, very not good.
The author has an astonishing amount of works there, so when it comes to work ethic, I have to salute her, but it honestly feels like she has huge issues when it comes to some other things. Some authors develop in their skill levels very fast, you can see the huge jumps in quality. Here I'm just disappointed. After so many thousands of pages and so many great ratings the whole thing feels very amateur and very... juvenile, honestly. Sure, there are rookie mistakes that are called that because rookies do them and they are common. But she isn't such a rookie. I am disappointed.
Steampunk is something that's either a hit or a miss with people, it's relatively controversial when it comes to subgenres. I personally love it. One of my biggest discoveries last year was Anthony Ryan's Draconis Memoria, I am a huge fan of the Ketty Jay series by Chris Wooding, it all just appeals to me. So I was over the moon when I found an indie author with a steampunk series with dragons. Cool stuff, right?
Would be if the whole execution wasn't so BAD.
Snappy, humorous dialogue isn't easy, I understand. I'm not great at coming up with stuff like that, truly. I have no idea why everyone feels they can ace that shit, honestly. Here it's an absolute disaster in the most childish, "14-year-old sasses in a Tumblr post" way. Sometimes it feels like a lot of authors hinder themselves with spending so much time online and developing the very same type of dialogue writing as you can see in every clone of a clone "I'm so random" blog or comment section. It's derivative, not that funny and... honestly, it doesn't fit the setting. That has to be considered as well; maybe you quip like a god in a casual way with your friends or something, but not every setting benefits from 201X humour. (It will also really date the writing, by the way.)
The humour is not the only thing smashing my immersion, either. The characters are soldiers, they communicate with their subordinates and bosses and NOBODY is ever even just remotely professional. Zero discipline, zero respect. Commanders don't cutesy-cutesy with their wives in front of subordinates they met 2 minutes ago. The way they talk to each other wouldn't fly in any even just barely professional setting.
Sure, you can say it's fantasy, but that doesn't excuse the seemingly nonexistent knowledge the author has about any wartime protocol. It's horrid.
Now we also have the dreadful characters. They are idiots, plain and simple. Priceless weapons just get handed over to random people. Our heroine with 3 uni degrees has no idea how to fix a wobbly table. Important information gets thrown around casually and without proper thinking.
And of course we have to have our "bestestest smartest female character who is such a little victim of men". Not stale at all. She also blabbers like crazy about supposedly smart things that are basic and people are amazed. Then she looks at an attacking dragon and magically calculates everything for the soldiers to shoot it, because she is a Big Bang Theory level of "genius".
I will be honest, this was a dumpster fire. I will not mention it to anyone (except to point out it's baaaaaaad), I will not read the sequels or anything else by the author Epic fail.
Have a nice day and let me storm out now!
November 10, 2022
Trip es un joven piloto en el escuadron Cougar, su sueno siempre ha sido ser el mejor piloto y poder volar junto al escuadron Wolf en la capital. Asi que cuando su oficial superior le indica que va a ser transferido a ese mismo escuadron, ademas de ser ascendido, no puede creer que sea cierto. Pero cuando llega a la capital se da cuenta que aunque ahora sea del escuadron Wolf, no va a volar con ellos, sino que es asignado a una mision extremadamente dificil al otro lado del pais, ademas ser que la espada "soulblade", llamada Jaxi, lo adoptara como su portador para esta mision.
Asi que ahora como parte de un grupo "elite", comandado por la Mayor Blazer, la Capitan Kaika, el Capitan Duck, la teniente Rysha y su mejor amigo el teniente Leftie, deben buscar y destruir el portal por el que estan llegando los dragones de nuevo a su mundo, y asi evitar una invasion. Pero como primer paso deben conseguir al menos una espada mata-dragones, que se encuentra en poder de un Rey Pirata en una isla remota al este del pais, y eso, quizas no sea tan facil de hacer como pensaban.
Me gusto mucho la trama del libro, los personajes son interesantes, divertidos y especiales. Me gustaron mucho los dialogos de Leftie y Kaika, ademas de la "sed de sangre" de Dreyak. Me gusto tambien la inocencia de Trip y Raysha, como intentan "evitar" sentir esa atraccion entre ellos. Por supuesto, me encantaron los dialogos de Jix, la "soulblade" con todos y cada uno de los personajes.
Sin embargo, esperaba que hubiera un poco mas de explicacion en el libro sobre la magia, los dragones y el reino, pero despues me di cuenta que esta saga es un spin-off de la saga "Dragon Blood" de la misma autora, acepte que hubiera sido preferible leerla despues de la anterior.
Y aunque me hubiera gustado saber de antemando que era un spin-off, la saga parece poder leerse tranquilamente sin necesitar mucho de la anterior, asi que voy a continuar con la lectura, esperando que siga tan interesante como hasta ahora.
Asi que ahora como parte de un grupo "elite", comandado por la Mayor Blazer, la Capitan Kaika, el Capitan Duck, la teniente Rysha y su mejor amigo el teniente Leftie, deben buscar y destruir el portal por el que estan llegando los dragones de nuevo a su mundo, y asi evitar una invasion. Pero como primer paso deben conseguir al menos una espada mata-dragones, que se encuentra en poder de un Rey Pirata en una isla remota al este del pais, y eso, quizas no sea tan facil de hacer como pensaban.
Me gusto mucho la trama del libro, los personajes son interesantes, divertidos y especiales. Me gustaron mucho los dialogos de Leftie y Kaika, ademas de la "sed de sangre" de Dreyak. Me gusto tambien la inocencia de Trip y Raysha, como intentan "evitar" sentir esa atraccion entre ellos. Por supuesto, me encantaron los dialogos de Jix, la "soulblade" con todos y cada uno de los personajes.
Sin embargo, esperaba que hubiera un poco mas de explicacion en el libro sobre la magia, los dragones y el reino, pero despues me di cuenta que esta saga es un spin-off de la saga "Dragon Blood" de la misma autora, acepte que hubiera sido preferible leerla despues de la anterior.
Y aunque me hubiera gustado saber de antemando que era un spin-off, la saga parece poder leerse tranquilamente sin necesitar mucho de la anterior, asi que voy a continuar con la lectura, esperando que siga tan interesante como hasta ahora.
September 29, 2022
4.5 Oh, how I missed this author!
The reason I love this author so much: her stories are high fantasy, with amazing world-building and great character development, but her writing style is urban fantasy, so fun to read, fast-paced, and interesting plot.
What more can you wish for, right?!
So, yes, this series is worth a try at least. Worst case scenario, it'll be a 3-star read.
The reason I love this author so much: her stories are high fantasy, with amazing world-building and great character development, but her writing style is urban fantasy, so fun to read, fast-paced, and interesting plot.
What more can you wish for, right?!
So, yes, this series is worth a try at least. Worst case scenario, it'll be a 3-star read.
December 25, 2018
Review of the series:
I read this series before finishing the prequel series. While you do get some spoilers about what's to come in the other series you otherwise don't need to read the other one to enjoy this one. It incorporates Lindsay's trademarks- her silly, light humor, her quirky unconventional characters and lots of action.
None of this author's books contain a lot of worldbuilding. That works for me because I can fill in a good bit on my own. Plus, too much detail will drag down the pace. However, if you need a lot of complex worldbuilding and details then your enjoyment might be diminished.
Her characters are all quirky and unconventional heroes and heroines. That is one of the things I love about this author, how her characters are all unusual and misfits in their own ways. For the most part they start as underdogs and grow into their potential which is very satisfying to read. Her books are very much character and action driven.
I also love the female positivity in her books. They aren't the in your face, all men are bad and women rule and are superior types. They simply show a variety of really strong women in very different ways who display different types of competency. They also easily hold their own next to men.
If you like some light hearted fantasy that doesn't take itself too seriously, along with some humor then give this author a try. Humor is always very personal and not everyone enjoys the same types. This author's humor tends to be a little screwball, perhaps a bit sophomoric, broad and droll. If you need more of a highbrow type of wit looks elsewhere. I think her humor adds to the feel of her books, that they are for escapism and not meant to be taken overly seriously. Basically, her books are great for getting away from the real world for a bit.
I read this series before finishing the prequel series. While you do get some spoilers about what's to come in the other series you otherwise don't need to read the other one to enjoy this one. It incorporates Lindsay's trademarks- her silly, light humor, her quirky unconventional characters and lots of action.
None of this author's books contain a lot of worldbuilding. That works for me because I can fill in a good bit on my own. Plus, too much detail will drag down the pace. However, if you need a lot of complex worldbuilding and details then your enjoyment might be diminished.
Her characters are all quirky and unconventional heroes and heroines. That is one of the things I love about this author, how her characters are all unusual and misfits in their own ways. For the most part they start as underdogs and grow into their potential which is very satisfying to read. Her books are very much character and action driven.
I also love the female positivity in her books. They aren't the in your face, all men are bad and women rule and are superior types. They simply show a variety of really strong women in very different ways who display different types of competency. They also easily hold their own next to men.
If you like some light hearted fantasy that doesn't take itself too seriously, along with some humor then give this author a try. Humor is always very personal and not everyone enjoys the same types. This author's humor tends to be a little screwball, perhaps a bit sophomoric, broad and droll. If you need more of a highbrow type of wit looks elsewhere. I think her humor adds to the feel of her books, that they are for escapism and not meant to be taken overly seriously. Basically, her books are great for getting away from the real world for a bit.
March 13, 2018
This book reminded me of why I fell in love with indie authors. This is quality writing, a fast and fun fantasy and it was $1 (free if you have KU)!! I know I’ll pay me for the rest but that’s okay because I’m hooked. I loved the world, where swords talk and dragons power depends on their color, I enjoyed the cast of characters, and the story was fun.
May 1, 2021
I got to the end of this book and was surprised by how little happened. In terms of adventure, enough happened, so it has to be that the characters are too flat. Even adventure novels should have some character development.
Apart from that, too much of the dialogue was taken over by sex jokes. Most of the remainder of the dialogue had too long verbal exposition. Might be fun as a quick dragon book read, if you can ignore the dialogue, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend it.
Apart from that, too much of the dialogue was taken over by sex jokes. Most of the remainder of the dialogue had too long verbal exposition. Might be fun as a quick dragon book read, if you can ignore the dialogue, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend it.
January 31, 2018
The ending dragged a bit but Lindsay Buroker, you witch, you did it again ! I did enjoy this one too.
January 7, 2018
This is the first book I've read from this author. I enjoyed the story line and the characters were entertaining. As a dragon oriented fantasy author myself, I did have a different viewpoint on dragons but that is the beauty of fantasy. Lindsay did a good job fleshing out her characters and their specific roles in the story.
I rated the book 4 stars, instead of 5, primarily due to the ending. I was disappointed in how quickly the author closed the story. I do understand it is the first book in a trilogy or series but I felt incomplete, just dangling in the wind, when reaching the end of the story. It felt rushed and then closed. I personally don't like feeling like I'm being coerced into buying the next book just to find out how the first one ended.
I might read one more book in the series just because I enjoyed the meat of the story and the dynamics set up between Trip and Ravenwood and would like to see how that develops. I truly hope Buroker spends a little more time on closing the next one.
I rated the book 4 stars, instead of 5, primarily due to the ending. I was disappointed in how quickly the author closed the story. I do understand it is the first book in a trilogy or series but I felt incomplete, just dangling in the wind, when reaching the end of the story. It felt rushed and then closed. I personally don't like feeling like I'm being coerced into buying the next book just to find out how the first one ended.
I might read one more book in the series just because I enjoyed the meat of the story and the dynamics set up between Trip and Ravenwood and would like to see how that develops. I truly hope Buroker spends a little more time on closing the next one.
August 11, 2024
I sentence you with horny jail
January 1, 2018
First in a new series, Heritage of Power, which is a wonderful fantasy adventure, with sorcerers, magical soulblades and pilots fighting against marauding dragons. Trip is a pilot with magical skills that he’s just learning about and trying to keep a secret, since magic and “witches” are feared and reviled in Iskandia. Rysha is a young noble born lieutenant chosen to accompany several pilots, including Trip, as well as other officers on a mission to close a portal that is allowing dragons to enter their world once more, after centuries of their banishment. Trip is chosen to carry a soulblade named Jaxi during the mission, a sarcastic, bossy, intrusive voice in his head, that also wields great power that will assist them all. This is the first in a new fantasy series, that has the author’s usual humor, action, wonderful characters and fantastic world building which I have enjoyed in all of her previous work that I’ve read. This world was originally described in the Dragon Blood series, which I still need to catch up on, but you can read this new series without having read that one first.
December 28, 2017
Fantasy. The dialog is often hilarious. Second book is due out in a couple of days so this one was on sale. Recommended.
May 1, 2024
Really enjoyed this one. Fast paced and entertaining!
February 15, 2018
Forced romance, no thank you. 3.5 stars
This is a series, come on, more effort could be put into building the characters and the plot before forcing a shallow and over sexualized romance on the reader. It seemed every other sentence was flirting or fantasizing or romancing. If I want to read a romance, I'll read a romance. The draw of sci-fi and fantasy books is the plot, not the totally unimportant romance that gets forced on the characters.
And the characters were not likable. Immature, everyone talked about sex. The women were all horny, the douche sidekick friend was horny, the "main" character was horny. Even the magical talking sword was horny. This is just not what I want to read about and I find sex humor to be part of the lowest tier of humor. Shallow characters and shallow romance, signs of a bad story.
It's sad, because the plot and the world building was intriguing. Dragons, magic, military, steampunk, it could be great, but I kept getting thrown out of the story because of the (in my opinion) out of place sex humor.
And as much as it seems Trip is the main character, be prepared to be doused with the antics of the three female characters (mostly the female romantic lead). I just wanted to bang my head on the wall.
My review feels a little harsh. I got excited with the premise. The ideas were there for me to keep coming back to. But while actually reading, it was hard to stay focused and care about the characters and their mission. A lot of my likes for a book were checked off, so I wanted to like and enjoy the story, but too many of my major dislikes in a book were there too and I just cannot continue with the series.
And the writing itself, the story and the plot and the execution, were not enough to keep me going. Maybe I should have read some of the related books, but if the writing is anything like in this book, I know I would not enjoy it.
This is a series, come on, more effort could be put into building the characters and the plot before forcing a shallow and over sexualized romance on the reader. It seemed every other sentence was flirting or fantasizing or romancing. If I want to read a romance, I'll read a romance. The draw of sci-fi and fantasy books is the plot, not the totally unimportant romance that gets forced on the characters.
And the characters were not likable. Immature, everyone talked about sex. The women were all horny, the douche sidekick friend was horny, the "main" character was horny. Even the magical talking sword was horny. This is just not what I want to read about and I find sex humor to be part of the lowest tier of humor. Shallow characters and shallow romance, signs of a bad story.
It's sad, because the plot and the world building was intriguing. Dragons, magic, military, steampunk, it could be great, but I kept getting thrown out of the story because of the (in my opinion) out of place sex humor.
And as much as it seems Trip is the main character, be prepared to be doused with the antics of the three female characters (mostly the female romantic lead). I just wanted to bang my head on the wall.
My review feels a little harsh. I got excited with the premise. The ideas were there for me to keep coming back to. But while actually reading, it was hard to stay focused and care about the characters and their mission. A lot of my likes for a book were checked off, so I wanted to like and enjoy the story, but too many of my major dislikes in a book were there too and I just cannot continue with the series.
And the writing itself, the story and the plot and the execution, were not enough to keep me going. Maybe I should have read some of the related books, but if the writing is anything like in this book, I know I would not enjoy it.
May 17, 2018
PS! This review is for the first five books in the Heritage of Power series/the entire series (depending on whether Buroker decides to grace her readers with more stories about these characters).
I read the entire series back to back, and honestly, I don't think I could easily differentiate between these five books just because the plot flowed easily and honestly it just felt like one story to me. Sure, there were different plots to each of them, but the romance between Trip and one bespectacled officer made the story flow like one story for me.
I loved meeting some of my old favourites from Buroker's "Dragon Blood" series - some of those characters were more prominent, such as Jaxi and Bhrava Saruth, but they didn't take over the series as their own. It was still mostly Trip's story and really, really enjoyed it.
Buroker herself has said that Heritage of Power is a different series from Dragon Blood and if one wished, they could simply skip Dragon Blood before diving into this series, but I actually feel as if some of the reading experience would be lost that way. I have read all of the books in the Dragon Blood series and I still felt that some parts needed a bit refreshing as some connections between different characters or their backgrounds weren't as clear as they maybe could have been. However, Buroker did a great job at trying to describe these different relationships without spoiling the contents of the other series if a reader hasn't read any or some of those books.
And as always with Buroker's books - once you start, it's really, really difficult to stop and once you do finish with all of the books, you feel like you want more. I definitely want more as I need to know what happens to Shulina Arya and if she finds herself someone as well.
I read the entire series back to back, and honestly, I don't think I could easily differentiate between these five books just because the plot flowed easily and honestly it just felt like one story to me. Sure, there were different plots to each of them, but the romance between Trip and one bespectacled officer made the story flow like one story for me.
I loved meeting some of my old favourites from Buroker's "Dragon Blood" series - some of those characters were more prominent, such as Jaxi and Bhrava Saruth, but they didn't take over the series as their own. It was still mostly Trip's story and really, really enjoyed it.
Buroker herself has said that Heritage of Power is a different series from Dragon Blood and if one wished, they could simply skip Dragon Blood before diving into this series, but I actually feel as if some of the reading experience would be lost that way. I have read all of the books in the Dragon Blood series and I still felt that some parts needed a bit refreshing as some connections between different characters or their backgrounds weren't as clear as they maybe could have been. However, Buroker did a great job at trying to describe these different relationships without spoiling the contents of the other series if a reader hasn't read any or some of those books.
And as always with Buroker's books - once you start, it's really, really difficult to stop and once you do finish with all of the books, you feel like you want more. I definitely want more as I need to know what happens to Shulina Arya and if she finds herself someone as well.
October 12, 2019
Ok so I started with the amazon sample of this book and I wasn't impressed. Wasn't anything I didn't like I just didn't feel much of a connection to the book. However something convinced me to buy it anyway, so very glad I listened to the voice in my head for a change.
Honestly how I managed to miss this author I will never know. What a great book, I'm actually already on book 3 but fallen behind on updating my reviews.
There feels like there are a lot of inside jokes and characters from the writers previous series, but as a new reader I dont feel left out or like im missing information. I may be aware they are there but its just convinced me to try the author's other series.
Great characters, fantastic story telling and all for a reasonable price. I highly recommend not just this book but the series. I will say it felt like this book chose an odd place to finish however if your reading my review you'll be lucky like me and get to start the series after a number of books have already been released and you can binge.
Honestly how I managed to miss this author I will never know. What a great book, I'm actually already on book 3 but fallen behind on updating my reviews.
There feels like there are a lot of inside jokes and characters from the writers previous series, but as a new reader I dont feel left out or like im missing information. I may be aware they are there but its just convinced me to try the author's other series.
Great characters, fantastic story telling and all for a reasonable price. I highly recommend not just this book but the series. I will say it felt like this book chose an odd place to finish however if your reading my review you'll be lucky like me and get to start the series after a number of books have already been released and you can binge.
December 23, 2019
This was poorly written.
I would love to rant about its many flaws, but someone else already did. Great review. Read it.
To be honest, first chapter was awful and second chapter was horrible. At that point I would have said this was one of the worst books I've ever read.
As soon as the adventure actually begins it does get better. It's still silly and unbelievable but at least it's not an insult to the intelligence of the reader.
I could have reconsidered my score, it was almost ok despite being so juvenile - but then, oh, the ending.
Books should end in a proper manner. Even if the series continues, there is a sense of finishing something that must be achieved. But here the adventure gets cut when it is just beginning!
Instead of being the first book of a series of five, it feels like the first part of a single large book.
I have actually bought the whole series and I hate leaving books unread, but deep down I know I should simply delete them and forget about them.
I would love to rant about its many flaws, but someone else already did. Great review. Read it.
To be honest, first chapter was awful and second chapter was horrible. At that point I would have said this was one of the worst books I've ever read.
As soon as the adventure actually begins it does get better. It's still silly and unbelievable but at least it's not an insult to the intelligence of the reader.
I could have reconsidered my score, it was almost ok despite being so juvenile - but then, oh, the ending.
Books should end in a proper manner. Even if the series continues, there is a sense of finishing something that must be achieved. But here the adventure gets cut when it is just beginning!
Instead of being the first book of a series of five, it feels like the first part of a single large book.
I have actually bought the whole series and I hate leaving books unread, but deep down I know I should simply delete them and forget about them.
July 6, 2021
DNF 35%
There's something that's "off" about the world-building here. A civilization that has planes and gun-powder but simplistic politics that you might find in a feudal village.
The Dragons have no foundation to their motivations. They are God-tier powerful, indestructible, immortal, etc., and yet they care about what humans are doing. I can't imagine how having a nation of enslaved humans would improve their life one iota. So why all the destruction and murder? Are they children stomping on an ant-hill perhaps?
And finally, the human characters were quirky, well-meaning, and upbeat. If my entire civilization was under dire threat, I'd expect some dark humor, sure, but not inane jokes, sexual innuendo, and an all-around positive attitude. Even children's fiction is allowed dark themes and emotional turmoil.
Look, it's not all that bad. It's just the total lack of realism in tone and detail that rubbed me the wrong way.
There's something that's "off" about the world-building here. A civilization that has planes and gun-powder but simplistic politics that you might find in a feudal village.
The Dragons have no foundation to their motivations. They are God-tier powerful, indestructible, immortal, etc., and yet they care about what humans are doing. I can't imagine how having a nation of enslaved humans would improve their life one iota. So why all the destruction and murder? Are they children stomping on an ant-hill perhaps?
And finally, the human characters were quirky, well-meaning, and upbeat. If my entire civilization was under dire threat, I'd expect some dark humor, sure, but not inane jokes, sexual innuendo, and an all-around positive attitude. Even children's fiction is allowed dark themes and emotional turmoil.
Look, it's not all that bad. It's just the total lack of realism in tone and detail that rubbed me the wrong way.
January 4, 2018
Rookie pilot Trip gets called in for a special mission: find the dragon portal and close it before the dragons take over the world. With him is a motley crew of pilots, muscle, and brain. They head out for their first goal: retrieve a magic sword with dragon killing abilities from the pirate king.
This story is a spin off of the Dragon Blood series by Lindsay Buroker, and while it is written as a stand-alone series, many of the Dragon Blood characters appear or are referred to.
The book is fast paced in typical Lindsay Buroker style, with a lot of action. I enjoyed the humor in this one a lot, had to laugh out loud several times. The tender romance was forgettable, I could not feel this connection. However - loved the book, page turner!
This story is a spin off of the Dragon Blood series by Lindsay Buroker, and while it is written as a stand-alone series, many of the Dragon Blood characters appear or are referred to.
The book is fast paced in typical Lindsay Buroker style, with a lot of action. I enjoyed the humor in this one a lot, had to laugh out loud several times. The tender romance was forgettable, I could not feel this connection. However - loved the book, page turner!
June 20, 2019
What was this?
About six pages in, I bailed. The writing was poor and the dialogue was numbing. It seemed like a badly written Young Adult novel.
I reread it and got further but only because one of the major characters is a six foot tall lieutenant with spectacles who reminded me of Miranda Hart. I admit that I've liked the actress' look and personality onscreen for a few years and seeing someone resembling her in print was wonderful. Unfortunately even that character couldn't cause me to overlook planes landing on a zeppelin.
The writer has done better work but I upgraded it to 2 stars from one star because of the lieutenant.
About six pages in, I bailed. The writing was poor and the dialogue was numbing. It seemed like a badly written Young Adult novel.
I reread it and got further but only because one of the major characters is a six foot tall lieutenant with spectacles who reminded me of Miranda Hart. I admit that I've liked the actress' look and personality onscreen for a few years and seeing someone resembling her in print was wonderful. Unfortunately even that character couldn't cause me to overlook planes landing on a zeppelin.
The writer has done better work but I upgraded it to 2 stars from one star because of the lieutenant.
March 15, 2018
It was not the worst book I've ever read (no issues with the writing style or grammar for instance). But I found myself disappointed with the plot pacing and honestly pretty uninteresting characters.
I may be judging too harshly because I loved the Emperor's Edge series to death, but this just fell flat to me. DNF at 15%.
I may be judging too harshly because I loved the Emperor's Edge series to death, but this just fell flat to me. DNF at 15%.
December 31, 2017
Dragon Storm is an enjoyable romp following the Dragonblood series. Lots of new characters including new hero and heroine. A book hard to put down, and I'm off to start Book 2!.
January 10, 2018
Enjoyed this book way more than I thought I would. I imagine the world something like that in World of Warcraft. It's funny, it's quirky, it's risque, it's thoroughly entertaining.
January 13, 2018
Dragon storm
Love the new characters and glad the older characters are still in it. Very good start. I will be reading revelations next
Love the new characters and glad the older characters are still in it. Very good start. I will be reading revelations next
January 20, 2018
Swords...soulblades and magic
I'm curious if the sorceress' soulblade will bond with someone we know?
Romance blooms amidst dragon fights and dying pirates.
I'm curious if the sorceress' soulblade will bond with someone we know?
Romance blooms amidst dragon fights and dying pirates.
February 21, 2018
Fantastic
Loved the story, characters, adventure, magic, dragons and slaying powerful swords. Some great banter and a small amount of romantic interest. Brilliant !
Loved the story, characters, adventure, magic, dragons and slaying powerful swords. Some great banter and a small amount of romantic interest. Brilliant !
August 23, 2018
A fantastic start to a new series following on from the totally awesome Dragon Blood series - even better it was free on Kindle.
This first book in a new series focuses on a small team of relatively junior officers who have been brought together by General Ridgewalker Zirkander for a mission to find swords and other magical artifacts capable of slaying the dragons which have somehow opened a portal back into the world and to ultimately destroy that portal.
Telryn 'Trip' Yert and his friend Lu "Leftie" Lymander are dragon flier pilots. Trip has a secret, he gets hunches which are almost always right and sometimes, when he doesn't pay attention, he can break things without touching them.
Rysha Ravenwood is a strange recruit to the elite troops, from a noble family she is scholarly and short-sighted with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of dragon lore.
The team also includes Jaxi (the soul blade), Captain Kaika the explosives expert, Major Blazer, Duck and a morose Cofah soldier.
If you like fantasy road trip plots with sarcastic sentient magical artifacts and pompous dragons then this is the novel for you. There's plenty of battles, big and small, humour, magic and a cracking plot.
Highly recommended.
This first book in a new series focuses on a small team of relatively junior officers who have been brought together by General Ridgewalker Zirkander for a mission to find swords and other magical artifacts capable of slaying the dragons which have somehow opened a portal back into the world and to ultimately destroy that portal.
Telryn 'Trip' Yert and his friend Lu "Leftie" Lymander are dragon flier pilots. Trip has a secret, he gets hunches which are almost always right and sometimes, when he doesn't pay attention, he can break things without touching them.
Rysha Ravenwood is a strange recruit to the elite troops, from a noble family she is scholarly and short-sighted with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of dragon lore.
The team also includes Jaxi (the soul blade), Captain Kaika the explosives expert, Major Blazer, Duck and a morose Cofah soldier.
If you like fantasy road trip plots with sarcastic sentient magical artifacts and pompous dragons then this is the novel for you. There's plenty of battles, big and small, humour, magic and a cracking plot.
Highly recommended.
April 30, 2018
The author has created a couple of appealing characters, and some not-so-appealing ones. Magical power comes from a person having dragon blood, some ancestor having mated with a dragon shape-shifted into human form. Prejudice against such people, known as sorcerers, makes for an interesting relationship between the two main characters: one magical, one mundane. The romance will obviously go forward, but the obstacles facing the two are obvious.
There is too much crude sexual innuendo to recommend the book to a YA audience.
There is too much crude sexual innuendo to recommend the book to a YA audience.
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October 3, 2020
Couldn’t put it down. Great mix of wit, action and romance. Buying the next book ASAP.
If you’re into dragons, swords, magic - this book is for you. Felt it still resonated with an older crowd although I’m sure it’s targeted for YA.
If you’re into dragons, swords, magic - this book is for you. Felt it still resonated with an older crowd although I’m sure it’s targeted for YA.
April 22, 2018
Great Fantasy!
Hard to put down. I found myself reading from 2AM to 6. I would recommend this book for teenagers and older. If you like stories of dragons, sorcerers and intelligent swords, this is for you.
Hard to put down. I found myself reading from 2AM to 6. I would recommend this book for teenagers and older. If you like stories of dragons, sorcerers and intelligent swords, this is for you.
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