A review by evalynex
Dragon Storm by Lindsay Buroker

Did not finish book.

I should like this book. I really should. Magic + Dragons + Steampunk-ish vibes? All the right ingredients. But there were just somethings that kept my from getting very far into the book. Although I really like Trip, his "I wanna be a hero!" aspirations and then his (childish but still actually a thing?) dreams of his childhood hero and now direct superior is weird. His best friend Leftie being afraid of witches, (Trip hides that he himself is a witch), is cliche and is seemingly unnecessary other then angst in the future. Then there is Rysha is the "perfect" academic who just happens to have everything needed for the mission memorized (but all from her previous studies, resulting in 3 degrees), a sword that talks telepathically, Sardelle who is 300+ years old witch but is snooty enough to demand being called a Sorceress or Mage, and witches being the products of dragons and humans breeding (seems dragons can shapeshift into humans....but some dragons still think humans are just food or people to be enslaved) and it all kinda is just a bit too much. I was rolling along with it but the humor just kept getting at me. It just is off, and it killed the book 50 pages in for me - a mission briefing talking about dragons that have been ravaging humankind with military officers (ignoring how green in the tooth they are [which is another...problem]) just rankled.