A Demon and a Dragon

The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons #3

by Virlyce, Mateusz Dąbrowski (Illustrator)

Blue mages learn skills from beasts. This is the story of one fortunate enough to be taken in by dragons. This is a sequel to The Kingdom Razed by Dragons.

Genres: Fantasy, Dragons

576 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2019

Reviews

[Eric Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. I think the premise is running a bit thin for me on this one. I was more bored than entertained by the majority of it. It starts out slow like the second book, but then it never really picks up much. Also, it just didn’t have the humor that the first two books had. It feels very made-up-as-the-author-went-along-y.

[John #Audible · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mare did a great job with narration, but the book falls way short with Vir. Vir boils down to a child with not a care in the world, to much power, spoiled rotten, ZERO empathy and being this is the 3rd book he has not learned anything to make him grow and mature.

[Jerod Harvey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has s one of the best

I can't wait for the next book that is how good this series is this is the fourth of city time I binge read these three books please bring us more fun and adventures with your next book

[Jacob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's the short list:

None of the characters really progress.

For someone who ate half of a tree of knowledge, Vir still has no book smarts or street smarts.

The person who shows up as the foil turns out to have the intelligence of a potato.

There are very few stakes. (I know it's a slice of life, but give me a little more here.)

The water elemental who fled at the end of the last book is inexplicably bonded to Vir now.

We are given no reason as to why everyone has taken this sudden trip to another continent.

Overall, it's not terrible, but I would recommend stopping at book 2. I'm only reading the next book because I've purchased it already. I'm hoping the shorter length makes it easier to get through.

[Tony Hinde · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF 9%

Okay, I'm calling it. That's enough.

The thought that came to mind was, in surreal fantasies, the reader needs a sensible character to act as the foil... or a POV character. E.g. Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, etc. In this series' first book we had Tafel but then had to switch to Alice in book two since Tafel drank the coolaid. Sadly, Alice didn't keep her sense to the end of book two and now, in book three, there are no sensible characters of any note. It's nuttiness all the way down.

This series would be better tolerated if the read were spread out... perhaps one book every few months. Binge reading the story leads to a cutesie overload - for me at least.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another entertaining, easy going slice of life, where the protagonist just bulldozers his way through all his problems.

Really enjoyable. I will definitely be reading the sequel.

I'm also glad the author didn't merge his two books, and just had his lewd squirrel make a voice cameo.

3.5/5 Stars

[Carl Chadbourne · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was okay. I felt that it did not do justice to the first two in the series, they were both really fun reads so this one let me down a little bit. If you are interested in very overpowered main characters who just don't realize how powerful they are the series overall is a nice read.

[Rodger Nelson]

This was a great continuation of the series. Got to love the introduction of Mary she is essentially a female Ver. That was hilarious.

Wonder what is next in the story. Where is there left for every one to go?

[Shawn Dibble · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tiring read. Far too many characters in this book. Main character still lacks character growth and now we have more annoying characters.

Don't bother listening, reading is better Audiobook is just awful due to the narrator voicing half the characters as whiny children.

[Andrew Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book.

Series is still going strong. This book has alot of humor and I rather enjoy that. Recommend and will continue to read this series.

[Christian Jeffress · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun Read

Definitely another fun read, though I admit to preferring books one and two overall. But that by no means means that book 3 was bad.

[Rena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious as always. Wonderful fun.

[Miles · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5☆

[Asa Whitley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot loses track of what it's doing and there are some new irritating characters.

[Travis Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has turned into a fantastic series. I did forget to mention in my first two reviews how much these books make me hate dragons! Such assholes, even the cool ones are goddamn jerks! 👍🏾👍🏾

[Willow-wisp · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the narrator does a decent job (seriously this is the primary redeeming feature) the plot of this is just straying to run rather thin. Vir has become little more than a spoiled man-child lacking in even the slightest of redeeming features.

[MG · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun magical romp that reminded me of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I hope there will be more. Like in Discworld, the main characters have become so well established that I smile as they enter a scene and I look forward to seeing what they will say or do next. Very entertaining, especially when you are in need of humor and fun.

[Douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book as always. Not quite as good as the other books so far but still really good.