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22nd out of 159 books
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Dragon Heat (Dragon #1)
by
Allyson James (Goodreads Author)
Lisa Singleton has an unusual roommate-a fifty-foot dragon named Caleb who has glittering scales and a bad attitude. Little does she know that Caleb is actually a powerful warrior sent to protect her from those out to steal her magic and destroy the world. Or that Caleb can take the human form of a sexy hunk. Now, if he doesn't stop distracting her with those gorgeous bedr...more
Mass Market Paperback, 293 pages
Published
July 3rd 2007
by Berkley
(first published 2006)
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A whole lot of mehhhhhhhh...with some squicky and memorable (in an awful way) food sex tossed into the mix. The insipid and rather TSTL heroine creates an ice cream sundae (yeah, you read that right) on the gigantic manly man hero's turgid and tumescent manly parts, complete with cherry "right on the tip of his hardness." Not sexay. Not anywhere near it, really.
Combine squicky food sex with rather repetitive and info-dump writing, plus questionable Chinese cultural aspects (uh, I'm Chinese and...more
Combine squicky food sex with rather repetitive and info-dump writing, plus questionable Chinese cultural aspects (uh, I'm Chinese and...more
This was a quick read with an interesting concept and world. It's not very often that Chinese culture, San Francisco or dragons are featured in romance novels.
Everyone has their eye on Lisa Singleton because she has untapped immennse power, only she doesn't know it. The only thing she knows is that there's a golden dragon living in her apartment. His name is Caleb and he's there to protect her from the black dragon. The two have struck up an unlikely friendship, although the puzzling human emot...more
Everyone has their eye on Lisa Singleton because she has untapped immennse power, only she doesn't know it. The only thing she knows is that there's a golden dragon living in her apartment. His name is Caleb and he's there to protect her from the black dragon. The two have struck up an unlikely friendship, although the puzzling human emot...more
The only thing that saved this from a 1 star rating was that the last 80 pages or so were pretty good. I was soo disappointed in Allyson James. I have read her before, as Allyson James, and as Jennifer Ashley- who wrote one of my favorite books--Pride Mates-- and the Immortals series. Well, if you like dragons, and Chinatown, San Fran...you'll love this. I now know more about dim sum and Chinatown, than I ever cared to. I also didn't like the halting way Allyson James wrote this book. It had to...more
I really loved this book. I've read so few book about dragons and I was so excited to read this. I was disappointed in the least bit. I really loved Caleb. He's a dragon who had to learn and adapt to human ways in other to be able to protect Lisa and he was so charming. The story was very engaging and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also loved Malcolm. I felt sorry for him being a dragon trapped on earth and not able to go home. I loved Saba too. She was a very strong witch and a very lovable charact...more
I really liked this book. It was an interesting and unique story. But the only the that bugged me, that was never answered, is:
**Spoiler ahead** The silver dragon in Lisa has millenia more to live, but as I understand it, Lisa herself will just have a human life. What happens when Lisa dies? The silver dragon will continue but will be buried in the next generation's youngest girl until that girl makes an unselfish sacrifice. But then she will be Caleb's grandaughter or great-granddaughter, whic...more
**Spoiler ahead** The silver dragon in Lisa has millenia more to live, but as I understand it, Lisa herself will just have a human life. What happens when Lisa dies? The silver dragon will continue but will be buried in the next generation's youngest girl until that girl makes an unselfish sacrifice. But then she will be Caleb's grandaughter or great-granddaughter, whic...more
In all honesty, I don't really know how to describe this book. I feel like it's my guilty pleasure, because even I made fun of myself for reading it. Even though I say that, I know that I'm going to read the second one.
The plot of this book was half expected, half not. Lisa is a cook working for a cooking show and lives in San Francisco along with a golden dragon in the guest bedroom of her apartment. The local witch coven made up of Saba, Grizelda, and Donna have bound Caleb (the golden dragon...more
The plot of this book was half expected, half not. Lisa is a cook working for a cooking show and lives in San Francisco along with a golden dragon in the guest bedroom of her apartment. The local witch coven made up of Saba, Grizelda, and Donna have bound Caleb (the golden dragon...more
This book was awful, but earnest. I might have given it two stars if not for the extensive rapey qualities of the story. Details below.
After reading the Stormwalker series I went to check out the author's back list, and WOO BOY there is a huge difference in quality. The prose is overwrought and repetitive, especially in the first 100 pages where the author seems to have added buildup but not reread for flow. The plot is poorly constructed, too: the heroine powers up too much and too fast with ev...more
After reading the Stormwalker series I went to check out the author's back list, and WOO BOY there is a huge difference in quality. The prose is overwrought and repetitive, especially in the first 100 pages where the author seems to have added buildup but not reread for flow. The plot is poorly constructed, too: the heroine powers up too much and too fast with ev...more
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This is another retrospective review. I've read the Dragon series by Allyson James sometime ago and I'm going to review these books together since they have similar traits. The main thing I like about these books is the author's "voice". Allyson James is a very good story teller. She is one of those rare ones who can weave a story around a reader's head and make a reader forget reality. Completely whisk you away to another world. She creates a world with such convincing authentic flare th...more
This is another retrospective review. I've read the Dragon series by Allyson James sometime ago and I'm going to review these books together since they have similar traits. The main thing I like about these books is the author's "voice". Allyson James is a very good story teller. She is one of those rare ones who can weave a story around a reader's head and make a reader forget reality. Completely whisk you away to another world. She creates a world with such convincing authentic flare th...more
Caleb, a golden dragon (warrior-dragon) has been sent to Lisa to protect her from Malcolm, a black dragon wanting to use Lisa's powers, she hasn't any knowledge of yet. To be able to protect her more effectively Caleb is turned into human form by one of the witches that sent him to Lisa.
Caleb is strong , witty and smart for a golden dragon, who are supposed to just fight, eat and mate. Adjusting to his human form takes a little work but he blends into it perfectly.
Lisa is brave, caring and inno...more
Caleb is strong , witty and smart for a golden dragon, who are supposed to just fight, eat and mate. Adjusting to his human form takes a little work but he blends into it perfectly.
Lisa is brave, caring and inno...more
Lisa Singleton's world is like no others. She lives with a real, live golden dragon whom she inherited along with her grandmother's property.
The snarky Caleb is a surprisingly good companion for the lonely young gal trying to make her way in a new city, but when a black dragon in the form of a human sets his eyes on Lisa, Caleb decides it's time to become more than just an impotent watcher from dragonspace.
When Lisa finds herself in the middle of a attack by one bent on capturing her for the bla...more
The snarky Caleb is a surprisingly good companion for the lonely young gal trying to make her way in a new city, but when a black dragon in the form of a human sets his eyes on Lisa, Caleb decides it's time to become more than just an impotent watcher from dragonspace.
When Lisa finds herself in the middle of a attack by one bent on capturing her for the bla...more
I gave it three instead of two because towards the last half of the book, it picked up and I enjoyed it a lot more. I'm getting ready to read the next book, and I'm excited because I really liked those two characters in book one.
Jan 22, 2013
☂ ℬrandi
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
contemporaries,
dragons,
french-novels,
pnr,
read-2013,
shifters,
special-powers,
time-travel-futuristic
❤❤ ½
Jennifer Ashley is one of my favorite authors and while I haven't been bowled over by everything I've read, I do blame her for (and am beholden to her because of) my obsession with shifters. And, because I know what will happen when I finally read them, I'll curse her now (and bow down to her greatness) for the delirium that will result when I read the Highland Pleasures series. In summary, I like her, I like her books and even when they haven't been awesome, they've still been good.
In case...more
Jennifer Ashley is one of my favorite authors and while I haven't been bowled over by everything I've read, I do blame her for (and am beholden to her because of) my obsession with shifters. And, because I know what will happen when I finally read them, I'll curse her now (and bow down to her greatness) for the delirium that will result when I read the Highland Pleasures series. In summary, I like her, I like her books and even when they haven't been awesome, they've still been good.
In case...more
3 3/4 stars. An intriguing and erotic tale of Lisa Singleton who has to deal with an astounding legacy from her recently deceased grandmother, including an arrogant golden dragon in the spare bedroom of her new apartment. Caleb has been unwillingly constrained by witches who have used his true name to control the powerful dragon for centuries. He convinces a young witch that he can only protect Lisa if he is transformed to human form but there is a time limit for that transformation. Lisa must d...more
Not the strongest world building, but I liked this. It was better than Dragon Down Under, a dragon shifter romance that I just read before this one. (I’ve been in the mood for dragons.) Caleb wasn’t very controlling which was good. It was neat how he was in dragon form for a good number of times throughout the book. I also thought it was cute how he learns what it’s like to be human and adjusts to living in the human world.
Including Chinese culture was a plus. I don’t know whether or not if any...more
Including Chinese culture was a plus. I don’t know whether or not if any...more
This is one of those books I asked myself why did I waited so long to read it. I am really surprised that I liked this so much.
The story was kinda of strange to me at first. You have a Lisa who is an assistant on a cooking show and then there is her companion Caleb. Caleb is a very big golden dragon who is suspended in dragonspace that's just inside Lisa's spare bedroom. He's been put there by three witches to protect Lisa from Malcolm, a black dragon that has been trapped on earth until she com...more
The story was kinda of strange to me at first. You have a Lisa who is an assistant on a cooking show and then there is her companion Caleb. Caleb is a very big golden dragon who is suspended in dragonspace that's just inside Lisa's spare bedroom. He's been put there by three witches to protect Lisa from Malcolm, a black dragon that has been trapped on earth until she com...more
This book was quite frankly a mess. For example, the development of the relationship between the two main characters was handled in essentially a two-paragraph infodump. Writing quality aside, though, I was intrigued by some of the story elements enough to give it two stars. I will never read this book again and would never recommend it, but might check out the next one in the series because I'm hoping that this was a fluke (I've read a few other books by this author and liked them a lot better)...more
I won this book from the author when she participated in a live chat, hosted through the Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group on here. I had previously never read any of her romance novels (my first introduction to Allyson James was with her Skinwalker series which I totally love). This book did not disappoint. The story was spellbinding and greatly written. A new take on dragons and how they co-exist in the human world. I will definitely be checking out the other books in this series.
The Dragon Series is a tale of love, dragons and plain old happy bonking. Now there's not a lot of bonking but be warned you may be like holy, moly if you read it. The story centers on a modern day city and a mythical dragon homeworld called Dragonspace. In book one, we read the love story of Lisa, a 1/4 Chinese woman with a broken heart and Caleb, a Golden, warrior dragon. I don't want to reveal too but there's a BA witch, scary supes and a surprise you don't see coming.
I liked the premise of this book; that dragons had once been able to travel to our world but were now blocked because the belief in them isn't strong enough. The heroine is likeable and down to earth enough that the reader doesn't scream "Don't do that you idiot" when reading. However, there were some elements missing for it to be really really good. The plot didn't feel far-reaching enough and I wasn't compelled to read the next book in the series once I'd finished this one.
That being said, I...more
That being said, I...more
I did not realize that Allyson James was a pseudonym for Jennifer Ashley, whose work I really love. I really struggled with this one at the beginning. The writing was so cheesy and just plain awful on occasions. The characters almost seemed cartoonish. And yet, I liked the premise and decided to stick with it. And it did get better though their continued to be scenes that were squeamish. Lisa, our intrepid heroine is being guarded by a golden dragon, who is literally living in her spare bedroom....more
I love the setting of this series - San Francisco's Chinatown, it's people and their beliefs or lack thereof, is a very integral part of the story line. This another series where order is very important...
In Dragon Heat, the heroine finds the guest room in the apartment she inherited from her grandmother contains a 'door' to the world of dragons. Not to mention the TV-watching golden dragon...
Dragon series:
#1 Dragon Heat
#2 Black Dragon
#3 The Dragon Master
In Dragon Heat, the heroine finds the guest room in the apartment she inherited from her grandmother contains a 'door' to the world of dragons. Not to mention the TV-watching golden dragon...
Dragon series:
#1 Dragon Heat
#2 Black Dragon
#3 The Dragon Master
My initial take on this book was: DUMB! And it ended up to BE pretty dumb, too. The language and descriptions bordered on purple.
It was somewhat entertaining, though, in a amusing sort of way, and so I will probably end up reading the followup.
HOWEVER: I sincerely hope that Ms. James lessens up on the purple prosy-descriptions as there is only so much I can take. Also, publishing houses please take note: when you publish books with covers like these, your readers are mostly going to be too emb...more
It was somewhat entertaining, though, in a amusing sort of way, and so I will probably end up reading the followup.
HOWEVER: I sincerely hope that Ms. James lessens up on the purple prosy-descriptions as there is only so much I can take. Also, publishing houses please take note: when you publish books with covers like these, your readers are mostly going to be too emb...more
After reading her Mortal series... I figured I would give this one a try since I enjoyed the other a lot. I pretty much felt like I was suffering through this book. It started off bad and seemed to get worse lol. The only saving grace was the character of Malcolm. He was funny and sexy. Also, Caleb wasn't a bad character, but he was lost in a rather bad story.
An original story of dragons and witches, nice reading, well written, nothing outstanding. I mostly liked the secondary couple.
HERO is a Loner, a solitary dragon, sexy ad sweet, who falls for the witch helping him to break the spell.
SCENES/CONTENT: few/erotic
GENRE/TONE: paranormal/action
PAGES: 300 pages
HERO is a Loner, a solitary dragon, sexy ad sweet, who falls for the witch helping him to break the spell.
SCENES/CONTENT: few/erotic
GENRE/TONE: paranormal/action
PAGES: 300 pages
Dec 05, 2012
Charlotte
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Nobody
Recommended to Charlotte by:
Goodreads
Shelves:
paranormal-books,
gave-up-on
I just don't think I like this authors style of writing. Ok book. Good idea but after 3 days of trying to read this book and never getting into it I just decided to stop. I have also tried to read her werewolf books and stopped mid book 3.... She has a lot of followers so maybe it's just me.
Lots to like about this first book in the series. Great world-building and character development. The plot moved along, neither too intricate nor too simple. The romance was sweet, if not as hot as I might have hoped for from this author. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.
If the story is good but the writing style is choppy, I'll read along happily.
If the writing is good but the story is lacking, I'll still read happily.
Unfortunately, I found this one with choppy writing style, blah characters and and even more blah plot (and too many *gaping* plot holes).
Methinks I won't be reading any more in this series.
If the writing is good but the story is lacking, I'll still read happily.
Unfortunately, I found this one with choppy writing style, blah characters and and even more blah plot (and too many *gaping* plot holes).
Methinks I won't be reading any more in this series.
Why do I always get books that are part of a series? Ok, I liked it but it wasn't a wow. I liked Caleb's smart remarks. I liked Malcom's depth of character, and really want to read his book to find out what happens between him and Saba. I did enjoy it
I don't normally write bad reviews but I really could not get into this one. This is the only book I started and did not finish. Not really a review so much since I didn't really finish it. Just not my cup of tea. Might appeal to others though.
More like 3 1/2 stars. You know how it is when you start the first book in a series...a little boring for me but about 1/2 way through things got really good. I thoroughly enjoyed Caleb and Lisa as individuals and as a couple. Loads of action and lots of passion. I recommend this book.
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Allyson James writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and erotic romance (paranormal and futuristic). She is a nationally bestselling author, a multiple RITA nominee, an RT Award winner, and a Prism winner. She also writes romance (paranormal and historical) as Jennifer Ashley. See Allyson's website for current and upcoming books. See also Allyson's GoodReads bookshelves for all books under all...more
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I love that you pulled the t-shirt cred card. Great review as always!
Dec 16, 2011 09:23pm
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