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justjordan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
kimmilight's review against another edition
4.0
I'm actually not sure of how to rate this. On the romance front it wasn't very sturdy, I did enjoy Falcyn and Medea's interactions but I wasn't particularly invested in their storyline. Not Medea's biggest fan here. They were entertaining though. But boy was this an info dump. Basically the last few books, since Styxx we're basically just convoluted storylines and family trees. What kept me interested throughout was just how much stuff they were revealing. I can't for the life of me keep the story straight but I'm trying my hardest to.
samie_k3's review against another edition
4.0
Took me a little bit to get into this one, but once I did, it was good and I enjoyed it quite a bit!
solaceinprose's review against another edition
2.0
It hurts to give Kenyon anything lower than 4 stars, because she has been my go-to author for over 11 years now. However, I can't give Dragonsworn anything higher than 2, because for the first time, I've seen how pretty 1-dimensional her characters are. At least, after Styxx's book, her characters have become cookie-cutter, and I'm tired of reading the same thing, just different characters, setting, and maybe plot.
I didn't realize that this series was a crossover to her Lords of Avalon books. Perhaps that was my fault for not reading up on that, but since it's labeled as "Dark Hunter" book, and majority of the characters are from her DH series, I didn't think anything of it. So when I started reading the book, I got very confused as who the hell half of these characters were when they got no introduction before hand. OH. THEY'RE LOA CHARACTERS. Right, right. How silly of me not to know.
I really love to sit down with Kenyon sometime and ask her how she decides to bring in characters that haven't been mentioned in almost nine books. For instance, Medea. Now, she's probably mentioned briefly in earlier books, but I can't remember since Kenyon waits a year to release books, and I don't have time to do a reread every year to catch up. Either way, the last time Medea was heavily featured was in Stryker's book. I have no real opinion of her. She is every other character in Kenyon's verse: broken, had massive trauma back in her previous life, snarky, "bad ass", and every other trope you can think of. I was actually quite bored with her.
Falcyn is another one of her tragic heroes...EXCUSE ME, "VILLAIN" with some tragic sob story that make them hard and unfeeling and generaly acerbic because well...that's what Kenyon does best is write the same tragic hero again and again. Which is upsetting because her characters used to have depth and personality and originality. Kyrian was different from Talon who was different Wulf who was different from Zarek (well so is everyone really), and so forth. They were all badass in their own way, but this dragon series was just no good when it came to the characterizations of the main man in charge.
The dialogue was contrite as hell. Her so called witty quips and banter are getting old. It's the same shit in every book of hers, and I'm at the point where I can't tolerate it anymore. I usually sped through the banter because I thought my face would get stuck from rolling my eyes so much. The plot was simple at best, but hey, at least it wasn't a goddamn rehash of Max's and Illarion's book, so there's the upside.
The only thing this book did was make me excited about Urian's book, but I'm not holding my breath. The twist with him was boring and unimaginative, and really, I expected better from Kenyon. Then again, I've expected a lot from her, and all she has shown me is that she should have ended this series years ago.
I didn't realize that this series was a crossover to her Lords of Avalon books. Perhaps that was my fault for not reading up on that, but since it's labeled as "Dark Hunter" book, and majority of the characters are from her DH series, I didn't think anything of it. So when I started reading the book, I got very confused as who the hell half of these characters were when they got no introduction before hand. OH. THEY'RE LOA CHARACTERS. Right, right. How silly of me not to know.
I really love to sit down with Kenyon sometime and ask her how she decides to bring in characters that haven't been mentioned in almost nine books. For instance, Medea. Now, she's probably mentioned briefly in earlier books, but I can't remember since Kenyon waits a year to release books, and I don't have time to do a reread every year to catch up. Either way, the last time Medea was heavily featured was in Stryker's book. I have no real opinion of her. She is every other character in Kenyon's verse: broken, had massive trauma back in her previous life, snarky, "bad ass", and every other trope you can think of. I was actually quite bored with her.
Falcyn is another one of her tragic heroes...EXCUSE ME, "VILLAIN" with some tragic sob story that make them hard and unfeeling and generaly acerbic because well...that's what Kenyon does best is write the same tragic hero again and again. Which is upsetting because her characters used to have depth and personality and originality. Kyrian was different from Talon who was different Wulf who was different from Zarek (well so is everyone really), and so forth. They were all badass in their own way, but this dragon series was just no good when it came to the characterizations of the main man in charge.
The dialogue was contrite as hell. Her so called witty quips and banter are getting old. It's the same shit in every book of hers, and I'm at the point where I can't tolerate it anymore. I usually sped through the banter because I thought my face would get stuck from rolling my eyes so much. The plot was simple at best, but hey, at least it wasn't a goddamn rehash of Max's and Illarion's book, so there's the upside.
The only thing this book did was make me excited about Urian's book, but I'm not holding my breath. The twist with him was boring and unimaginative, and really, I expected better from Kenyon. Then again, I've expected a lot from her, and all she has shown me is that she should have ended this series years ago.
leeannreads105's review against another edition
4.0
Ending made it worth the read
Best part of this book is the ending. I wasn't a fan in the beginning of the book and I wasn't too sure of reading this book after the last dragon book about Illy however this one turned out better. I enjoyed reading this book but I think she could have done better with him being a God. He just didn't seem to be a big deal. And I didn't realize madea was such a badass until the end either. But I still think it's worth the read especially for the ending.
Best part of this book is the ending. I wasn't a fan in the beginning of the book and I wasn't too sure of reading this book after the last dragon book about Illy however this one turned out better. I enjoyed reading this book but I think she could have done better with him being a God. He just didn't seem to be a big deal. And I didn't realize madea was such a badass until the end either. But I still think it's worth the read especially for the ending.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, wow! I really enjoyed their book, we learn how Blaise is family to these dragon brothers we've been getting to know, the truth, as well as some really complicated family trees, and revelations, and people having been blamed for something that they didn't do, or that they were a victim in! Oh, and there's the Urian surprise, in time for him to star in the next book!
rachelcus's review against another edition
1.0
Ugh. I'm getting tired of the Kenyon character tropes. Medea and Falcyn are like every other female and male character in the previous few books. Exactly. Like. They might have a few superficial details differing, but otherwise each is overly supportive and shares the same tone as every... other... character. Ugh.
hiding_in_a_book's review against another edition
3.0
(2.5 starts) Just meh.
I wanted to try to get back into the series after such a huge disappointment with the last book. Though this one is slightly better, it still feels like the entire plot of the series has been lost. Too many crossovers to not feel lost and I don’t want to keep starting a new series just to try to make sense of this one. Unfortunately I will have to put the reminder of the series on the do not read list. I sad as I loved this series so much.
I wanted to try to get back into the series after such a huge disappointment with the last book. Though this one is slightly better, it still feels like the entire plot of the series has been lost. Too many crossovers to not feel lost and I don’t want to keep starting a new series just to try to make sense of this one. Unfortunately I will have to put the reminder of the series on the do not read list. I sad as I loved this series so much.
traceyanderson's review against another edition
5.0
What to say about Dragonsworn? I loved it from start to finish. There are so many questions running through my head right now, I need to assimilate it all. I just wish the next book was so far away.