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A review by dragonwriter
The Color of Dragons by Erika Lewis, R.A. Salvatore
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Maggie is a street urchin, adopted by a traveling magician, Xavier, who is OBSESSED with magic. Despite his constantly buying trinkets with any hint of magic instead of food, Maggie is content with her life—it’s safer and more stable with Xavier—until she sees a group of knights capturing a dragon. The dragon scratches her when she tries to intervene, unlocking a magic and a link with the dragon that had been buried deep. Determined to free the dragon but unsure how, Maggie finds her chance when she accidentally uses her magic in Xavier’s show and catches the eye of the prince—only the prince thinks it’s Xavier who is the magic one. Now, Maggie has to maintain the charade, while fending off the love struck prince, learning to use her magic, and figure out her emerging memories, all while trying to free her dragon.
This was pitched as a sort of prequel to Camelot, but the only mention of anything Camelot was a Merlin name-drop at the very end. I did like Maggie’s magic and its source, as well her origins and connection with the dragon. I also liked the city and how everyone was just sick of the King, but the King kept on doing what he liked 😆 It does seem to be a stand-alone, which is great, though I was worried in the last hundred pages that it’d be a series!
This was pitched as a sort of prequel to Camelot, but the only mention of anything Camelot was a Merlin name-drop at the very end. I did like Maggie’s magic and its source, as well her origins and connection with the dragon. I also liked the city and how everyone was just sick of the King, but the King kept on doing what he liked 😆 It does seem to be a stand-alone, which is great, though I was worried in the last hundred pages that it’d be a series!