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rkiladitis's review against another edition
3.0
Thirteen year-old Rose Gallagher has a new friend, who just happens to be a dragon she names Jade. Jade can change her shape, taking on the form of a young teen girl, just like Rose; she can also take Rose soaring across the skies in her natural form. Jade is searching for a special rock that she calls the Harbinger but she’s not the only one. The Harbinger has the power to awaken all the dragons in our world from their 65 million year-old nap, and Rose and Jade are in a race to find the rock first.
Dragons soar and battle in the skies over Las Vegas, making this a fun fantasy tale for dragon lovers. The story takes place in our own world, imbuing our own planet with some magic of its own, rather than creating a fantastic new setting. Prehistory gets an amusing tweak as we learn that dinosaurs and dragons roamed the earth together at one point, and we have the longtime battle of good vs. evil, compassion and friendship versus a lust for power. The ending leaves the possibility of a sequel open. Readers can get a free extra chapter from the author’s website – don’t miss it!
The Dragon Waking is a good additional purchase for fantasy collections and dragon fans.
Dragons soar and battle in the skies over Las Vegas, making this a fun fantasy tale for dragon lovers. The story takes place in our own world, imbuing our own planet with some magic of its own, rather than creating a fantastic new setting. Prehistory gets an amusing tweak as we learn that dinosaurs and dragons roamed the earth together at one point, and we have the longtime battle of good vs. evil, compassion and friendship versus a lust for power. The ending leaves the possibility of a sequel open. Readers can get a free extra chapter from the author’s website – don’t miss it!
The Dragon Waking is a good additional purchase for fantasy collections and dragon fans.
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
3.0
First let me say that the author had a good concept.
Doesn't that sound cool? Doesn't that sound like a book you would want to read?
Yeah, me too, which is why I picked it up.
So, when do we learn this fun information? Oh, in the last 3/4 of the book, when the evil dragon comes along, who wants to wake up all the dragons to take over the world, and it is only through Jade's, the dragon who woke up first, friendship with a human, Rose that she overcomes the evil dragon.
The reason that most of this review is a spoiler is that the only good, exciting bit, happens near the end. The whole rest is boring, and slow as a granny snail. I didn't care about the main characters. I didn't know why some were even around.
So, the first 3/4 of the book gets one star, but the last 3/4 bumps it up to 3. I sort of wish the author could go back and rewrite this with the concept more up front, and make this into a truly exciting and interesting book.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Spoiler
The idea that dragons have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. And unlike the dinosaurs, they were not wiped out by the comet, but went into a form of hibernation, until now. And, when dragons dream, they are visible in the human world, and can interact with us, but only as long as what they are hidden as is visible, when it goes away, they vanish. If they are hidden as a cloud, for example, or a lake.Doesn't that sound cool? Doesn't that sound like a book you would want to read?
Yeah, me too, which is why I picked it up.
So, when do we learn this fun information? Oh, in the last 3/4 of the book, when the evil dragon comes along, who wants to wake up all the dragons to take over the world, and it is only through Jade's, the dragon who woke up first, friendship with a human, Rose that she overcomes the evil dragon.
The reason that most of this review is a spoiler is that the only good, exciting bit, happens near the end. The whole rest is boring, and slow as a granny snail. I didn't care about the main characters. I didn't know why some were even around.
So, the first 3/4 of the book gets one star, but the last 3/4 bumps it up to 3. I sort of wish the author could go back and rewrite this with the concept more up front, and make this into a truly exciting and interesting book.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
magdalynann's review
4.0
A cute as heck tale of a girl and her new best friend, who just so happens to be a dragon. Jade and Rose's friendship was so strong it was heartwarming! Look for the full review on rrwrites.com in the coming weeks!
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