DRAGONBORN

Author: Jade Lee ISBN: 0505527545 3/2008 PARANORMAL/FANTASY Publisher: DORCHESTER

ONE PROTECTOR When dragon power flows through your veins, when dragon thoughts burn in your mind, you can accomplish anything. Natiya knows, for she carries one of the last eggs in the land disguised as a jewel in her navel. Day by day the Unhatched grows, and when at last it births they will be joined in a sacred and eternal bond. Gone will be the barmaid forced to dance for pennies; born will be Dag Natiya, revered Queen. Take her body or her soul, nothing will stop them. ONE SLAYER When dragon power flows through your veins, when dragon emotions trample your soul, you become a monster. So knows Kiril, for one destroyed his cousin. No matter how kind or joyful, all beings must succumb to the power of the wyrm. That is why Kiril vowed to destroy dragonkind—and he has almost succeeded. Only one egg remains. But there is an obstacle he did not foresee: love.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I am on the fence with DRAGONBORN. I like some of it, mainly the imagery that triggers my mind to play the memory of the classic movie The Dragonslayer in my brain. Unfortunately, a lot of the story I find tedious and disjointed. That last thought surprises me, because Jade Lee is a fantastic writer and normally I find whatever she romanticizes quite good. Perhaps writing about dragons just is not her best subject matter.

The actual romance between the hero and heroine is not that tempting, either. They lust for one another and even end up together for a very short time, but the main focus of the book is on the heroine and her queen dragon egg. So, I classify this one as more dramatic storyline-driven than a romantic character type read.

I suppose I shall just sum up DRAGONBORN as an okay change from what I am used to from Jade Lee. While it has its moments, it is not as good as the Tigress series or SEDUCTED BY CRIMSON.

Shannon Johnson