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amethystbookwyrm's review against another edition
3.0
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Thanks to Mina Khan for giving me this book to review.
25 year old Lynn Hana Alexander is a dragon shapeshifter who does not trust herself or her dragon side since she was unable to save her grandmother. When her best friend’s life is threaten by dangerous fires happening, Lynn is determined not to fail someone she loves again. She has to find out who the arsonist is as she can sense it is a rogue dragon. She suspects Jack, a volunteer fire fighter and farmer who is disliked in the area because of his ancestors, but can she fight her feelings for him to find out the truth?
Wildfire is a good paranormal romance and mystery book, and I like the way the dragons were in this book and I would like to learn more about them. At the beginning I felt a bit lost as it felt I had missed a prequel, especially about her grandmother and Rob. I also felt like the arsonist was too obvious and I was expecting a bigger twist when it came to them.
Lynn is struggling and vulnerable because of the death of her grandmother and does not trust herself, both human and dragon side, but that does not stop her from being strong and trying stop the arson and the fires. I enjoyed the romance but it did not over power the story and the mystery.
I would recommend Wildfire to fans of paranormal mystery books.
Thanks to Mina Khan for giving me this book to review.
25 year old Lynn Hana Alexander is a dragon shapeshifter who does not trust herself or her dragon side since she was unable to save her grandmother. When her best friend’s life is threaten by dangerous fires happening, Lynn is determined not to fail someone she loves again. She has to find out who the arsonist is as she can sense it is a rogue dragon. She suspects Jack, a volunteer fire fighter and farmer who is disliked in the area because of his ancestors, but can she fight her feelings for him to find out the truth?
Wildfire is a good paranormal romance and mystery book, and I like the way the dragons were in this book and I would like to learn more about them. At the beginning I felt a bit lost as it felt I had missed a prequel, especially about her grandmother and Rob. I also felt like the arsonist was too obvious and I was expecting a bigger twist when it came to them.
Lynn is struggling and vulnerable because of the death of her grandmother and does not trust herself, both human and dragon side, but that does not stop her from being strong and trying stop the arson and the fires. I enjoyed the romance but it did not over power the story and the mystery.
I would recommend Wildfire to fans of paranormal mystery books.
inmyhumbleopinion's review against another edition
5.0
Wildfire by Mina Khan is one of those fantastic books that can’t be pigeonholed into just one genre. It is a paranormal mystery love story with no sex and cowboys, sheriffs and crazy bad guys and friends. Because of this it may never see your bookshelf and that would be a shame because this is a heck of a story. Well written, fast paced, I couldn’t put it down. This is one book that is worth reading past your bedtime.
clairereviews's review against another edition
2.0
This book starts well and shows promise, but unfortunately it just didn't deliver. I was determined to finish it but so nearly gave up several times as I found the middle section rather boring and without much substance. The story seemed like such a great idea too. First and last quarters the best, middle half just seemed to lose its way somewhat. Disappointing.
booklvrkat's review
4.0
Cowboys & Dragons. Not much more needed to say about this story because that's right up there on my Top 10.
When Lynns grandmother died, she was left with unanswered questions and a whole bunch of guilt. Trying to get her life back together she's begun to start dreaming of things coming. When she sees her best friend, Jen, in trouble, she flies to her rescue. Unraveling a whole lot of trouble.
Jack is one of the wealthiest ranchers around. Although he lives under the black cloud of his ancestors. He's trying to do better for the town in West Texas, but he's turned away by more than a few. When Lynn hits town the sparks between them fly. But are these the sparks that are causing all the trouble?
Whispers in the wind torment both Lynn & Jack as they watch from the sidelines as tragedy after tragedy happen. Who's to blame? Is there a sinister plot to damage this town? Or is there someone else hiding in the black clouds?
I really enjoyed this story. It's fairly fast paced, the author builds this small town in Texas to an unbelievable reality in your mind, and makes the characters work. The good, the bad AND the ugly come to life with her story telling abilities.
When Lynns grandmother died, she was left with unanswered questions and a whole bunch of guilt. Trying to get her life back together she's begun to start dreaming of things coming. When she sees her best friend, Jen, in trouble, she flies to her rescue. Unraveling a whole lot of trouble.
Jack is one of the wealthiest ranchers around. Although he lives under the black cloud of his ancestors. He's trying to do better for the town in West Texas, but he's turned away by more than a few. When Lynn hits town the sparks between them fly. But are these the sparks that are causing all the trouble?
Whispers in the wind torment both Lynn & Jack as they watch from the sidelines as tragedy after tragedy happen. Who's to blame? Is there a sinister plot to damage this town? Or is there someone else hiding in the black clouds?
I really enjoyed this story. It's fairly fast paced, the author builds this small town in Texas to an unbelievable reality in your mind, and makes the characters work. The good, the bad AND the ugly come to life with her story telling abilities.
jasmyn9's review against another edition
4.0
As a bit time lover of old school fantasy stories, I always love when I see dragons and magic brought into more contemporary story lines. Mina Khan does the wonderfully with her dragon-shifter, Lynn Alexander. She's not some little petite dragon - she's the real deal and could probably eat you whole if she got angry enough. After experience a series of somewhat prophetic dreams she flies off to check on her friend Jen and finds her house about to go up in flames. When she senses the presence of a powerful male dragon in the area she wonders if he might be the cause of the blaze, which is just one in a string of what looks like arson.
I loved Lynn. She was just the right mixture of tough and timid, confidant and unsure, all at the same time. Just when she thinks she has everything finally figured out, a series of events changes everything putting her friends, both new and old, in great danger. She will need to learn to trust and balance the dragon in her in order to save everyone.
Through all this mystery and detective work, she meets a few eligible bachelors - all of which could be the bad guy. When her heart settles on the one that looks the most guilty, she resolves herself to finding proof and living with her broken heart. I think the only small part I didn't like about this was at times her best friend, Jen, got a little on my nerves. This is a great story for lovers of crime drama, romance, or fantasy.
I loved Lynn. She was just the right mixture of tough and timid, confidant and unsure, all at the same time. Just when she thinks she has everything finally figured out, a series of events changes everything putting her friends, both new and old, in great danger. She will need to learn to trust and balance the dragon in her in order to save everyone.
Through all this mystery and detective work, she meets a few eligible bachelors - all of which could be the bad guy. When her heart settles on the one that looks the most guilty, she resolves herself to finding proof and living with her broken heart. I think the only small part I didn't like about this was at times her best friend, Jen, got a little on my nerves. This is a great story for lovers of crime drama, romance, or fantasy.
bookish_satty's review against another edition
4.0
I got this book from the author, free of cost, in exchange of an honest review from my side.
Firstly I would like to thank Mina Khan, author of Wildfire, for giving me this opportunity of reading and reviewing this fabulous book.
Here we meet Lynn who is a shape-shifter (one of the good points that I liked) and she can change into a dragon form!!! (Cool! Isn’t it?) She tries to save her friend and is plagued by the guilty conscience which got triggered when she failed to save her grandmother, now at any cost she will save her friend but who is the culprit? What’s the reason of these fire break outs? Is the malicious rogue dragon responsible for all this chaos or is it the true love of his life? Tough situation, eh?
This story has a spark in it and the way this whole concept is presented within the few pages of the book, really impressed me a lot. The perfect portray of the emotions is one of the many reasons for which I liked this book a lot, I mean the guilt feeling of Lynn, her confusion, the dilemma that she faced regarding her situation and the choices that she has to made were portrayed so vividly and with such passion that I quickly got connected with the story. The characterization is good and the characters developed a lot throughout the whole story.
The plot is well planned out and the concept of the female lead being a dragon shape-shifter really made the read a refreshing one. The writing style and skill of the author is awesome and I loved the simple yet enriched words she used. The action scenes dominate the book which I liked and there was just a touch of romance which according to the story-line is good. The unexpected surprises shocked me very much and I was at a complete loss at times and couldn’t guess the direction in which the author will be taking us next.
A recommended read for ya all and hope that you guys will love it as well. Enjoy reading!!!
lberestecki's review against another edition
3.0
About as good as a book subtitled "A Paranormal Mystery with Cowboys & Dragons" can be. It was pretty easy to figure out who the rogue dragon was, but it was a fun story. I'd file it under "so bad/ridiculous that it is actually good".
funsizelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
I love books that shift and twist genres, and Mina Khan excels at this. I'll post a longer review later, but for now I have to say that this novel is paranormal in a way that no other paranormal I've read, it's romance with some serious sexual tension, and in case that's not enough, the backbone of the story isn't the romance or the mystery arsonist, but family, tradition, and acceptance of who you are and where you came from. So yeah, there's also a lot of great character development here. It's a quick read because you can't put it down till you're done - be prepared to stay up all night if you start it after work. I was lucky. I had a long, long, long plane ride to devote to this one!
roxyc's review against another edition
4.0
I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book from the author through goodreads.
I really enjoyed this story. It was loaded with a good dose of drama and intrigue. Just when you think you've got it pegged there's a twist that alters your thinking.
Full of mystery, my suspicions were jumping from one character to another. The cowboy element is a little incidental and not really necessary to the story, although I must admit I like a good hunky cowboy so I would have liked a little more of that throughout the story.
It could have been a little tighter in places but overall it was a captivating read. I would have liked a little more heat between the leading characters.
The traditional mythologies coupled with modern paranormal shape-shifting elements makes this a unique and compelling tale. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
I really enjoyed this story. It was loaded with a good dose of drama and intrigue. Just when you think you've got it pegged there's a twist that alters your thinking.
Full of mystery, my suspicions were jumping from one character to another. The cowboy element is a little incidental and not really necessary to the story, although I must admit I like a good hunky cowboy so I would have liked a little more of that throughout the story.
It could have been a little tighter in places but overall it was a captivating read. I would have liked a little more heat between the leading characters.
The traditional mythologies coupled with modern paranormal shape-shifting elements makes this a unique and compelling tale. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
ciannareider's review against another edition
5.0
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“Well, the title has dragons in it, so I read it, though I couldn’t figure out how the dragons and the cowboys got together, but I guess that’s the point of the book!
I wasn’t really interested by the blurb, and I can honestly say the blurb doesn’t come close to making your realize how cool this book was. Dragon shapeshifter, mystery solver Lynn is an amazing character. She’s honest, smart, and as realistic as a dragon shapeshifter can be. She’s got some guilt she’s dealing with, and that helps motivate her character into doing everything she can to solve this mystery!
There is a little bit of romantic tension throughout this book as well, as Lynn is torn between two men, each calling to a different side of her. She’s trying to solve this mystery but the extra elements are making it that much tougher. She’s a journalist by trade, and the author definitely does go into detail about her career and her method but it’s quite interesting and give you a little more then just the private eye line.
The book ends well, and this is one of those books you should definitely check out if you like a good mystery, or a good paraormal story, the author weaves together both of these elements, out in the wild texas and makes it work somehow! I was sad to see it end because it really was captivating!
Overall I liked this story. I thought it was well written, interesting, smart and really good mix of paranormal and mystery. Check this out! :)”
“Well, the title has dragons in it, so I read it, though I couldn’t figure out how the dragons and the cowboys got together, but I guess that’s the point of the book!
I wasn’t really interested by the blurb, and I can honestly say the blurb doesn’t come close to making your realize how cool this book was. Dragon shapeshifter, mystery solver Lynn is an amazing character. She’s honest, smart, and as realistic as a dragon shapeshifter can be. She’s got some guilt she’s dealing with, and that helps motivate her character into doing everything she can to solve this mystery!
There is a little bit of romantic tension throughout this book as well, as Lynn is torn between two men, each calling to a different side of her. She’s trying to solve this mystery but the extra elements are making it that much tougher. She’s a journalist by trade, and the author definitely does go into detail about her career and her method but it’s quite interesting and give you a little more then just the private eye line.
The book ends well, and this is one of those books you should definitely check out if you like a good mystery, or a good paraormal story, the author weaves together both of these elements, out in the wild texas and makes it work somehow! I was sad to see it end because it really was captivating!
Overall I liked this story. I thought it was well written, interesting, smart and really good mix of paranormal and mystery. Check this out! :)”