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Fury of Fire by Coreene Callahan

noetical's review against another edition

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5.0

Excellent fast-paced read.

lynseyisreading's review against another edition

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1.0

DNF'd at 50%. Can't do it. Sorry.

amelie_books's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Re-read*** 
Probably for the 4th time...
Spice: đŸŒ¶ïž / 5

TW: Kidnapping, Forced pregnancy, attempt at SA
Those are the one I can think look it up in case there is more!

Just learn that there are more than just 6 books! So I'm re-reading them to get back in the story.

Still love it! I appreciate the fact that the male can't really fight his dragon instinct. His animal instincts usually win over his human morality. It's interesting to see from his POV and him trying to fight what his dragon wants.

Absolutely love the dual POV! Huge fan of multi pov

sunnydee's review against another edition

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4.0

3,6 von 5 Sternen
*Inhalt:*
Myst Monroe ist Krankenschwester. Als sie zu einer schwangeren Patientin fĂ€hrt, findet sie diese halbtot auf. Sie kann nur noch das Baby retten, doch hinter dem Baby sind einige Leute her. Unter anderem Bastian, der AnfĂŒhrer der Nightfury, einem Drachenclan. Plötzlich hat dieser nicht nur Interesse an dem Baby sondern auch an Myst, in der er eine unglaublich starke Frau und gleichzeitig Energiequelle fĂŒr sich entdeckt. Doch wird er Myst davon ĂŒberzeugen können seine GefĂ€hrtin zu werden oder wird ihm Ivar, der AnfĂŒhrer des verfeindeten Drachenclans einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen?

*Wie kam das Buch zu mir*
Ich fand den Klappentext des Buches unglaublich ansprechende. Ich mag Urban Fantasy und ich mag es ĂŒber Drachen zu lesen. Das Buch wurde mir vom Verlag zur Rezension zur VerfĂŒgung gestellt.

*Aufmachung/QualitÀt*
Erst einmal möchte ich auf die Seitenzahl hinweisen. Das Buch ist wirklich dick und dafĂŒr finde ich den Preis von 8,99 € wirklich gĂŒnstig.
Der Einband hat eine hohe QualitĂ€t und es sind beim Lesen keine Leserillen entstanden. Die Covergestaltung ist ja immer Geschmackssache. Mir gefĂ€llt das Cover und auch die geplanten Cover der FolgebĂ€nde sehr gut. Es vermittelt einem bereits beim ersten Blick, dass es hier heiß her geht, sowohl in Liebessachen als auch beim Thema Action.
Die Kapitel sind um die 15 Seiten lang und lesen sich sehr schnell.

*Meinung:*
Die Grundidee ist nichts wahnsinnig neuartiges, aber trotzdem sehr unterhaltsam. Es bekĂ€mpfen sich hier zwei Clans, die Nightfurys und die Razorbacks. Die einen wollen im Einklang mit den Menschen leben, die anderen sehen sich als ĂŒberlegener Rasse und wollen die Menschen nur fĂŒr ihre Zwecke nutzen. Bei den Drachen gibt es nur MĂ€nner. Ich möchte hier nicht zu viel verraten, da der Grund fĂŒr diese Besonderheit einen Großteil der Handlung ausmacht. Eine GefĂ€hrtin zu wĂ€hlen ist keine einfache Entscheidung und dieser innere Konflikt begleitet den Leser ĂŒber das gesamte Buch und macht auch einiges an Spannung aus. Man lernt nach und nach die Ziele der beiden Clans kennen und wie sie diese verfolgen. Auch hier möchte ich nicht zu viel verraten. Die Idee ist wie gesagt nicht neu, aber ganz gut umgesetzt. Allerdings wird im ersten Band dieses Thema betreffend noch nicht allzu sehr in die Tiefe gegangen. Ich denke mal das kommt dann im zweiten Band. Die Drachen in dieser Geschichte haben sowohl eine menschliche Gestalt als auch eine richtige Drachengestalt zwischen denen sie nach belieben hin und her wechseln können. Gerade die verschiedenen Kampftechniken/KampffĂ€higkeiten der einzelnen Drachen fand ich faszinieren, obwohl ich Actionszenen nicht so gehĂ€uft brauche wie sie in dem Buch vorkommen.

Der Schreibstil ist locker, aber zog sich streckenweise schon sehr. Es wurde fĂŒr meinen Geschmack zu viel gefĂŒllt. Sinnlose Informationen oder Wiederholungen fielen mir das ein oder andere mal ins Auge und störten mich schon ein wenig. DafĂŒr gibt es auch Punktabzug. Im Nachhinein hat man das GefĂŒhl zwar viel gelesen zu haben, aber dass gar nicht so viel passiert ist.

Die Emotionen wurden ganz gut vermittelt, aber da gibt es etliche andere BĂŒcher die mich mehr ĂŒberzeugen und packen konnten. Es wirkte manchmal als ob die Autorin sich ein wenig zu sehr bemĂŒht die Emotionen der Charaktere herĂŒber zubringen. Die weibliche Hauptprotagonistin durchlebt hier aber durchaus einige Aufs und Abs und auch dem mĂ€nnlichen Hauptcharakter werden genug Emotionen zugeschrieben. Es kam einfach nicht ganz so ĂŒberzeugend bei mir an.

Spannung ist in dem Buch vor allem in den Actionszenen zu finden. Diese sind recht hĂ€ufig und auch sehr lang beschrieben. Also Actionfans werden hier durchaus auf ihre Kosten kommen. Die KĂ€mpfe unter den Drachen waren selbst fĂŒr mich sehr packend, da jeder Drache eine andere Waffe hat und diese auf viele verschiedene Arten einsetzten kann. Nur mal so als Beispiel kann ich hier Eis, Feuer und Skald nennen und dann verwenden Drachen des selben Clans manchmal auch Kombinationen ihrer FĂ€higkeiten. Das fand ich wirklich genial. Ansonsten wird die Spannung durch die Besonderheit der Beziehung zwischen einem Drachen und seiner GefĂ€hrtin aufrecht erhalten. Es gibt da so einige Geheimnisse zwischen Bastian und Myst und man wartet eben darauf, dass alles ans Tageslicht kommt und wie es schlussendlich ausgeht. Aber auch der Konflikt zwischen den Drachenclans, der aus ihren unterschiedlichen Einstellungen zur Menschheit resultieren sorgen fĂŒr Spannung, allerdings kam mir das ein wenig zu kurz. Überraschende Wendungen gab es keine fĂŒr mich.

Die Charaktere sind interessant, aber auch sie konnten mich nicht fesseln. Sie sind eben Mittelmaß – gut fĂŒr eine schöne Unterhaltung zwischendurch, aber nichts was einen umhaut. Die Drachentruppe um Bastian wird aber schön abwechslungsreich gestaltet. Leider spielen seine Kumpels bis auf Rikar nur einen kleine Nebenrolle. Hier hĂ€tte ich mir mehr Interaktion der Drachen untereinander oder auch mit Myst gewĂŒnscht.

Die Liebesgeschichte gestaltet sich durch die kleine Besonderheit, die ich hier nicht erwĂ€hnen kann, sehr schwierig. Mir persönlich fiel es gerade durch diese eher negative Zukunftsaussicht sehr schwer mich auf das Paar einzulassen. Außerdem wurde die Entwicklung der Liebesgeschichte auch zu oft durch die vielen Actionszenen, die sich ĂŒber Seiten hinzogen, unterbrochen und es kam einfach keinen richtige Stimmung bei mir auf. GrundsĂ€tzlich ist Bastian aber ein typischer Paranormal-Fantasy-Held – sexy, dominant und einfach umwerfend. Myst verfĂ€llt ihm wieder wie so viele Paranormal-Fantasy-Heldinnen fast kopflos und kann nur geradeaus denken wenn er dann mal nicht in ihrer NĂ€he ist. Mich stört das nicht und daher lese ich dieses Genre auch so gern. Die erotischen Szenen sind sehr geschmackvoll geschrieben, kommen nicht zu hĂ€ufig vor und kommen ohne vulgĂ€re AusdrĂŒcke aus.

Warnungen: Gewalt, Sex

Grundidee 3,5/5
Schreibstil 3,5/5
Emotionen 4/5
Spannung 4/5
Charaktere 4/5
Liebesgeschichte 3,5/5
Erotik 4,5/5

*Fazit:*
3,6 von 5 Sternen
Auch wenn sich meine Rezension eher negativ anhört, denke ich, dass dies ein tolles Buch ist. Ich bin nur leider nicht die perfekte Leserschaft dafĂŒr. FĂŒr Leser, die sehr gern viel Action in einer Geschichte haben und gern einen sehr detailreichen Schreibstil lesen, ist diese Geschichte sicher perfekt. Bei mir kam aber durch den stĂ€ndigen Wechsel von Actionszenen, Grundhandlung und Liebesgeschichte keine richtige Stimmung auf und keiner dieser Aspekte konnte mich dann richtig packen. Wirklich packend fand ich allerdings die verschiedenen Drachen im Kampfeinsatz – das war mal was besonderes.


Reihe:
Tödliches Verlangen
Verborgene Sehnsucht (erscheint am 12. August 2013)
GefÀhrliche Begierde (erscheint am 9. Dezember 2013)

its_tara's review against another edition

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2.0

This review was originally posted on my blog

Okay, so in honour of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d read a nice paranormal romance novel. Unfortunately, I could have picked a better book.



Admittedly, I finished this book, and it wasn’t terrible, I just didn’t really enjoy it, and I had a few issues with it. One of those was the writing style. It just wasn’t for me. It was one of those things where I can’t really explain why I wasn’t enjoying it, I just wasn’t.



Another issue I had was the characters – I wasn’t particularly keen on any of them. Eventually, I came to almost-like Bastian – he might be this big alpha male type (and okay, given the genre of the book, I should probably have expected that one) but he did genuinely seem to care about Myst come the end, and some of the things he did for her were almost sweet. Even if he didn’t always tell her the full truth. However, Myst herself, I found to be far too headstrong, and too whiny all at the same time. It was pretty obvious she was going to get herself into trouble by leaving the lair – was it not obvious there’d be police looking for her? – and yet she went and did it anyway. I just
 yeah, I didn’t like her. The supporting cast, for me, were fairly unremarkable, though I understand that subsequent books in the series follow them in more detail.



In this, Ivan was the leader of a renegade group of dragonkind. Now, dragonkind, are half-human half-dragons who ‘feed’ from human energy. Now, Ivan at one point states a desire to wipe out humans. Now, if you need to feed from humans to survive, this idea seems a little half-baked, to say the least. Later it does transpire that he actually wants to perform genetic experiments which would help overcome the shortcomings of dragonkind as a race (such as their inability to birth daughters, they only have sons – meaning they have to breed with human females
 another potential flaw in wiping out humans?) Okay, so an evil scientist bad guy that Bastian and his crew (the Nightfuries) are fighting to stop – I admit, it was fairly plausible, but didn’t feel particularly original.



Now, I’m not saying this is a bad book – the sex scenes were generally pretty well done, and didn’t feel ridiculously cheesy, and it wasn’t a case where you had a “bare all” scenario – some things were left out, and I think this was for the best. It didn’t feel sleazy or anything, which can happen with this kind of book. Also, the attraction between Myst and Bastian was well written, and it was obvious when it moved from lust towards affection, which was good.



I also liked the idea of the dragonkind, and the ways that they managed to hide themselves from human view were pretty clever. It was also nice to see a paranormal race using human technology as well as their own, rather than being scared of it, because let's face it, to survive in the modern world, they'd probably at least need to have a working knowledge, and that isn't always portrayed in fantasy novels.



Also, the story moved along relatively quickly, meaning I didn’t end up getting bored at any point. This book wasn’t terrible, it just wasn’t particularly for me. Definitely could have been worse, but a couple of things bugged me overall.

robint1981's review against another edition

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5.0

I love the Dragonkind

diecryread's review

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

sonkad's review against another edition

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3.0

Good but very similar to BDB and I mean VERY similar which wasnÂŽt a good point in this case. But the reason for only 3* is that I didnÂŽt connect with the main couple, at all.. On the other hand, I canÂŽt wait to read Riker and AngelaÂŽs story!

raven168's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5 stars
This was a two star book for me...until the end. The ending was great and was the only reason I bumped up my rating.

As far as beginnings to a series go, I have read way better...but I have also read worse. This one was pretty mediocre. One thing that bugged me the most was the almost immature way it was written. While at times it made it humorous, a lot of the time it tended to be annoying. It was almost like whatever popped into the author's mind at the time was written down and kept. If I ever read the saying "slow your roll" (in any form) again, it will be too soon. Which I fear will be right away with the next book. It was said a lot. Brand names were dropped everywhere as if it would have a bigger impact than just saying "toothpaste" or whatever else it was. Sometimes I wondered if they were getting paid for advertising specific brands it was so often. Also when something needed to happen in order to either get to a certain point, or make something already done make sense, we were thrown a new magical reason to pop out and cover it. Sometimes I would be like 'whatever' but other times I had to roll my eyes.

Some things didn't make sense. When Myst is taken to Black Diamond thru the portal, she is told there is one way in and one way out. Which would be that portal. Okay, I will buy that. But later she is able to easily walk out of the mansion, go to the garage, steal a car, and simply drive home. What happened to only one way in or out? Then there's the two dragon clans at war here. Bastian is the commander of the Nightfuries and their rouge enemies are the Razorbacks. By all appearances the Razorbacks have a great number of dragons in their clan....and the Nighfuries have less than ten. Even with the devastatingly low birth rate of new dragons, one would think there should be more than just a handful of the "good guys" or just in a clan period.

Does it sound like I didn't like this book? Well, that's not really true. I didn't really find it all that great, but it wasn't all that terrible either. I like the different powers each dragon has and how some of them are born stronger than others. Like Bastian. He has skills that no other dragons have and that was pretty neat. Riker was also really cool with all his ice powers. Fight scenes were interesting and some of the characters were good. It was just the writing. I really hope that as the books go on, the writing gets more mature. Because at this point it feels like a teenager is writing parts of the story and having characters say things that people their age wouldn't be.

As for the main characters, I didn't really care for either of them. I always hate it when the chicks freak out when they first see the guy turn into a dragon and think him a monster. I like to think I would be floored with the awesomeness of it if I ever saw that and jump at the chance to be around them. Myst annoyed me more than not. And very little pisses me off more than a girl who won't talk to the guy about a problem and instead runs away. Right into trouble after she has already been told that the enemy would be out to get her. I mean, come on! Why do so many characters have to think they can just go back to their old lives after they get dragged into a new one? Overall, Bastian was a good character. I liked him, I really did (because I do love a strong leader). My problem is when warriors like him become emotional messes because of a female. Do I want him to treasure her and be sweet towards her? Definitely. But don't turn into a pansy that wants to be dominated by her. Please. Don't lose your composure to tears.

A lot of the side characters were fun. I really liked Rikar and can't wait to learn more about Forge. Another I think there is more to than we have seen would be Mac, and I think we'll get a lot more of him in the next book. The males in the Razorbacks are definitely messed up, with their leader having brains to jack up his crazy.

Myst is a nurse that likes to go out of her way to help people. Making a late night trip to check on a pregnant patient that has missed her last few appointments, Myst is unprepared for what she finds and what she must do. And by being there she ends up being dragged into the middle of a dragon war when Bastian sees her and is immediately taken with her. But it's not just his human side that wants to keep her, even his dragon side does. With a ferocity that he can't control and doesn't understand. Which makes him take Myst and the baby she just delivered back to his home.

Myst doesn't really have a choice, but she doesn't fight it as much as she wants to because of the baby. She knows she has to be there to take care of him. We end up learning about the dragons along with Myst, but even so, I still feel like a lot of things were not explained or not explained enough. One of the biggest things that she needed to learn about was how the dragons feed off of this Meridian thru females. They need the energy to survive probably more than real food (apparently energy has a taste too...who knew?). One of the most important things she needed to know though, Bastian keeps from her until it's too late out of fear. The dragon population is dwindling because every child they sire is male, and the mothers always die. With Bastian unable to control himself, Myst, not surprisingly, freaks out when he tells her what he's done. Despite fighting her growing attraction every step of the way, when she runs away he's all she can think about.

She had more than just getting away on her mind when she did that though, and tries to find out why the mothers always die. She finds what's she's looking for, at least a good lead, but she also finds herself in a lot of trouble. This is where the story really picked up for me. The Razorbacks make it to Myst before Bastian can and chaos ensues. Bastian is furious when Myst is taken and for good reason. She puts up a good fight but the Razorbacks aren't as respectful towards females as the Nightfuries are and they don't stand for her attitude. Myst's rescue comes from a surprising person and with what happens to him, I'm sure he regrets it a little bit. But he's also important to Myst's future.

Ivar is the head bad guy and he really is a bad guy. He pretty much says and does whatever he wants and he never seems to suffer any consequences. Currently he's having a new compound built where he can work on his experiments. He's determined to figure out a way to breed female offspring and will go thru as many humans as it takes. Enjoying himself along the way is just an added bonus.

Things look promising going forward and I'm hoping they keep this ending pace and get better.

leo_kitty's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75