This is a cute paranormal story, but it was just a bit too far-fetched for me (even for a fantasy!). It was an entertaining read, though, and I liked that it featured elves and dragons, instead of just the usual aliens or shifters. It gets 3.5 stars from me, rounded down to 3 stars.
The thing that I found the most unbelievable was everyone on the alien world where Chelsea went spoke English. No mention was made of them having universal translators or anything like that, but she was able to talk to all of them immediately? That was a bit ridiculous.
I did like that Chelsea was such a take charge person, and didn't seem to have much fear of the elves and dragons. It did get her into trouble a few times, but it was fun to read. I also enjoyed how she was always using human slang, and how most of the elves and dragons had no idea what she meant a lot of the time.
I liked both Chelsea and Zaos, and thought they were good together. I also liked some of the secondary characters.
Even though this story was a bit unbelievable, I will continue the series -- because it was a fun read.
My rating system is below.
1 star -- Hated it, or did not finish. I usually only give this rating if some of the content is truly objectionable to me, like if one of the main characters does something really awful, and gets away with it.
2 stars -- Didn't like it. This rating usually means that I thought the writing wasn't very good, the editing was terrible, I didn't like the characters, or it had other major flaws.
3 stars -- I liked it, but had some minor issues with it. This rating means that there were minor editing issues, the story needed more character development, it was just too unrealistic, or had some other fairly minor issue. The majority of books I read get this rating – I do not consider it a bad rating.
4 stars -- I liked it a lot. This is a high rating for me, and I rarely give a higher one.
5 stars -- I loved it, and will probably read it again. Very few books are good enough to get this rating from me. The ones that do are usually classics.