bodebeabay's review against another edition
2.0
[b:The Dragon's Heart|18838102|The Dragon's Heart (Dragon Lore, #1)|Eden Ashe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1384818529s/18838102.jpg|26780339] (Dragon Lore, #1) by [a:Eden Ashe|7262875|Eden Ashe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413870958p2/7262875.jpg] is a Paranormal Romance with a good bit of Suspense/Action.
I would also classify this as New Adult. The sexual situations are just enough to need the qualification. I would NOT classify this as adult, nor erotic, etc. In my eyes, that puts this book in the 18 to 25 age bracket.
My 2 stars is based on the Goodreads rating, which makes this book 'It's Okay'. I liked the premise. The beginning was awesome and got me excited about reading it. Then it began to deteriorate. It became excruciatingly repetitive. I literally found it putting me to sleep from the repetitions of the H/H thoughts.
My second big problem with the story was the extensive amount of unnecessary words. This hindered the flow of the story.
Ex. #1 of repetitions,
"Even now, the possessiveness he felt for her scared the shit out of him, screwed up his thinking. He knew he’d kill for her. Die for her."
It is repeated so often and in so many ways, it becomes meaningless and boring. The same thing happens with Shelby's character and other elements in the story.
Ex. #2 of unnecessary words,
"It shook him to the very core of who he was to realize he wanted to make this work with her."
Should read,
"It shook him to his core to realize he wanted to make this work."
This was the smallest sample I could find. If all the unnecessary words were blue penciled out, then used to up the speed, action, suspense, world and character build, this story would have easily been a 4 to 5 star read!
There are also various editing errors in the form of missing words, etc. I don't know who Ms. Eden Ashe's editor is. Nor do I know who she uses as review and ARC readers. But they should all be ashamed of themselves.
I would also classify this as New Adult. The sexual situations are just enough to need the qualification. I would NOT classify this as adult, nor erotic, etc. In my eyes, that puts this book in the 18 to 25 age bracket.
My 2 stars is based on the Goodreads rating, which makes this book 'It's Okay'. I liked the premise. The beginning was awesome and got me excited about reading it. Then it began to deteriorate. It became excruciatingly repetitive. I literally found it putting me to sleep from the repetitions of the H/H thoughts.
My second big problem with the story was the extensive amount of unnecessary words. This hindered the flow of the story.
Ex. #1 of repetitions,
"Even now, the possessiveness he felt for her scared the shit out of him, screwed up his thinking. He knew he’d kill for her. Die for her."
It is repeated so often and in so many ways, it becomes meaningless and boring. The same thing happens with Shelby's character and other elements in the story.
Ex. #2 of unnecessary words,
"It shook him to the very core of who he was to realize he wanted to make this work with her."
Should read,
"It shook him to his core to realize he wanted to make this work."
This was the smallest sample I could find. If all the unnecessary words were blue penciled out, then used to up the speed, action, suspense, world and character build, this story would have easily been a 4 to 5 star read!
There are also various editing errors in the form of missing words, etc. I don't know who Ms. Eden Ashe's editor is. Nor do I know who she uses as review and ARC readers. But they should all be ashamed of themselves.
mardr216's review against another edition
3.0
This book had an interesting concept incorporating an ancient sexy race of Dragon shifters, hunters and the human race. The story quickly becomes a reluctant soul mate story that includes dragon shifters that are at war. It was a cute paranormal romance that had some action. The majority of the book concentrates on the relationship between Shelby and Daniel. The danger that Shelby's in becomes an after thought up until the last part of the book.
I have to say I liked the way the men are portrayed and the animalistic characteristics that come out when in human form. Shelby on the other hand I found her funny at times but also a little annoying. I think part of it was the dialogue between the characters. There were times when it was repetitive and sometime she sounded like she was dealing with a child or someone not mentally all there. I did like the way we get Daniels internal struggle with his inner demons. It was cute when he finally gave in to the love he has for Shelby and the way he worries for her.
The action part of the book ended very quickly and easily. For them being at war for so long and The way they make Alexis seem so powerful his demise was fast. The book also left things unanswered like what happened to Cage and Serene. We also don't know why Micah did what he did. Overall it was an okay book with a nice paranormal romance but felt it needed a bit more.
I have to say I liked the way the men are portrayed and the animalistic characteristics that come out when in human form. Shelby on the other hand I found her funny at times but also a little annoying. I think part of it was the dialogue between the characters. There were times when it was repetitive and sometime she sounded like she was dealing with a child or someone not mentally all there. I did like the way we get Daniels internal struggle with his inner demons. It was cute when he finally gave in to the love he has for Shelby and the way he worries for her.
The action part of the book ended very quickly and easily. For them being at war for so long and The way they make Alexis seem so powerful his demise was fast. The book also left things unanswered like what happened to Cage and Serene. We also don't know why Micah did what he did. Overall it was an okay book with a nice paranormal romance but felt it needed a bit more.
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