A review by kaje_harper
Dragon Soul by Danielle Bennett, Jaida Jones

3.0

3.5 stars. This series started strong, but for some reason this third book failed to grab me in the same way. Part of the problem is that the authors introduce 2 new female POV characters, both with 3-sylable fantasy names beginning with "Ma..." This is mildly confusing at first, and one of the two has a very cool emotional style, which is totally fitting for her character but which made me feel less engaged in her story. I enjoyed Thom's sections a lot, but found a few of the plot details hard to follow.

Spoiler

Turning Madoka loose with the compass, and in fact implanting it in a way that meant she might keel over somewhere along the way, when it was such a vital part, just didn't work logically for me.

There is still a lot of imagination here, but the way the emphasis shifts around between POVs pulled me out of the story more than I prefer. I may still read the next one - there is a fascinating world created here.