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Dragon Soul (Havemercy #3)

by Jaida Jones, Danielle Bennett (Goodreads Author)

3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 · rating details · 255 ratings · 32 reviews

During the war between the kingdoms of Volstov and Ke-Han, no fighter could match Rook for sheer arrogance and skill. Only Rook could ride the great dragon Havemercy, whose savagery and bloodlust matched his own. His brother, Thom, is bookish, diffident, and reserved, yet he yearns for Rook’s approval—and fears he can never earn it. With the war over, and an uneasy truce b...more

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Published June 8th 2010 by Spectra (first published June 3rd 2010)

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Aug 02, 2011 Val Freire rated it 5 of 5 stars

I will say off the bat, that if you've read either prequel and decide, three books in, you have qualms with tones and profanity you're a fucking tit. Just a point of fact.

Like the books previous, this has a unique, rotating albeit jarring 1st-person POV that pushes the plot forward at a compelling pace. Tones of prejudices, close-mindedness, homophobia, political agendas, culture clash, magical mayhem run rampant in the series throughout. BUT these amazing things aren't even the plot, this serie...more I will say off the bat, that if you've read either prequel and decide, three books in, you have qualms with tones and profanity you're a fucking tit. Just a point of fact.

Like the books previous, this has a unique, rotating albeit jarring 1st-person POV that pushes the plot forward at a compelling pace. Tones of prejudices, close-mindedness, homophobia, political agendas, culture clash, magical mayhem run rampant in the series throughout. BUT these amazing things aren't even the plot, this series is never so impersonal as that.

It's the world building attention to detail that makes us choose to like these people, to want them to win, in this impossible quest, every time, despite whether we actually like the guy or not, that shows real magic!

Rook isn't ill-observant, dumb or lackluster because he's foul-mouthed. His culture is simply different, being that of a 'Mollyrat' and there we have the ugly caricature of classicism in the lovely anti-hero package. He isn't ignorant because he's ill-mannered and illiterate; he is in fact observant, calculating, determined and above all else reliable. Everyone he meets, like him or not, is quick to acknowledge that.

In the same respect, Malahide, refined, subtle, and structured Woman of the court, is equally off-putting, dangerous and admired for it.

As much as I love how Rook & Thom reflect/contrast one another, a common theme, I'm distinctly reminded this our author's first time having woman as leads throughout. Something in that craft brings across new and subtle unexplored tones of feminism and craftwork that is delicious, not over played and pays off in ways I hadn't foreseen. And frankly I'm glad I hadn't, because I find sci-fi & fantasy to be way to predictable. And while there are familiar tropes, there is also art in the telling, it feels familiar, not forced, like snuggling into a well-worn quilt only to find it smelling of daisies.

I've always loved the fullness of this world. I love revisiting this and in my own selfish head-space I feel like I wouldn't want to push it on my friends because I want to keep the magic all to myself. Which in itself speaks volumes. (less)

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Jan 19, 2012 Clay rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sf-fantasy

If only one of the protagonists of “Dragon Soul” (Spectra, $26, 400 pages) wasn’t such a completely unattractive anti-hero – violent, irrational, angry, no human feelings (or feelings for humans, in any event) and so repellent you keep hoping someone will kill him – I’d urge readers to go back to the first in the series, “Havemercy” and enjoy both of the sequels.

In fact, even with the nasty, truly horrid Rook as one of the several narrators, “Dragon Soul” is still worth reading. Jaida Jones and...more

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Dec 21, 2010 Clia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: glbt, fantasy, average, gen

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In the past I've praised JaiDani's construction of characters while criticising their sloppy plots, so it's interesting that, in the case of Dragonsoul, I'll be doing the opposite.

First, I'll talk about the plot: I liked it. The action started early and continued until the end, there was a clear goal established for ALL the viewpoint characters (except maybe Thom, but he has a default goal--"Get Rook to love me"--anyway, so I'll let it slide) and the viewpoints collided in a much more satisfying...more In the past I've praised JaiDani's construction of characters while criticising their sloppy plots, so it's interesting that, in the case of Dragonsoul, I'll be doing the opposite.

First, I'll talk about the plot: I liked it. The action started early and continued until the end, there was a clear goal established for ALL the viewpoint characters (except maybe Thom, but he has a default goal--"Get Rook to love me"--anyway, so I'll let it slide) and the viewpoints collided in a much more satisfying way than in previous instalments. I liked the pacing, I liked the way everything tied together and I liked the resolution for each character (excluding one, but I'll get to that).

Now, onto what I didn't like so much: the characters.

Rook, in my opinion, was the saving grace of Havemercy. When the plot was a shambles, when all the other viewpoint characters were irritating me, Rook kept me sane, for reasons I'll put in my Havemercy review if I ever get around to writing a proper one. The point is, Rook was an engaging character. There was an appealing edge to him that I think was severely dulled in Dragonsoul. He still swore a lot, yes, and he was still angry all the time, but his fire was gone. And sure, you could say that was a creative choice by JaiDani to illustrate how Havemercy's "death" had affected him, but that doesn't change the fact that my favourite thing about Havemercy was completely absent.

Wait, did I say my favourite thing? Scratch that. Rook was my second favourite thing about Havemercy. My favourite thing was the electrifying sexual chemistry between Rook and his brother Thom. Another thing that was sadly missing from Dragonsoul. I understand JaiDani changed their minds about the relationship between Rook and Thom after writing the first draft of Havemercy, but they weren't very successfull in removing the sexual tension between them and it was one of the best things about Havemercy (for me at least, others may have been squicked out or even not noticed it at all). Obviously writing Dragonsoul with the brother dynamic included from the get-go meant no more sexual tension, but that made the book into just another story about brotherly love (literal bromance), just with added dragon parts. So yes, that was something I didn't like.

Now let's talk about Malahide. She was confusing, monotonous, and reserved to the point of being unbearably boring. Her ending made no sense and didn't resolve her issues at all. On top of that, the two aspects of her character that I suppose were included to try and make her interesting were handled in a way that left me thinking they shouldn't have been included at all. She's mute (not psychologically, but physically), so what happens within 20 pages of her first appearance? Well, she's given a magical necklace that allows her to talk, of course! What the fuck? (pardon the language, this really irritated me). In my (admittedly limited) experience, the whole point of including a differently abled character is to challenge them in the way an abled character could not be challenged, so that it's all the more triumphant and satisfying when the differently abled character achieves their goal. By giving Malahide a disability but then making so it isn't an obstacle at all in her mission, JaiDani completely glossed over any difficulties faced by the mute community. I just--why? Why not just have her NOT be mute in the first place? This bothered me so much.

Know what else bothered me? The transsexual thing. Now don't get me wrong, I know there needs to be more trans characters in the media; I want there to be more trans characters in the media. I also understand that the world needs more trans characters (and gay characters and lesbian characters) whose sole character trait ISN'T the fact that they're trans (and/or gay or lesbian). And I respect that JaiDani MAY have been attempting that with Malahide--that is, attempting a trans character whose life didn't revolve around being trans. But there's a difference between not having it as the defining character trait and just plain not having it as a character trait at all, and that's what annoys me. If you're going to have a trans character (ESPECIALLY in a setting like Dragonsoul's), show them being trans (and no, one or two comments about not wanting to be seen naked do not count as showing anything other than that Malahide is shy), don't relegate their transsexuality to a one-paragraph "What a twist!" revolation. It's like announcing a prominent character was gay after the series is over. It's like including a bisexual character who is only ever seen to date/have sex with the opposite sex. IT'S LIKE HAVING A MUTE CHARACTER WHO USES MAGIC TO TALK. It's a complete and utter cop-out, and it was what I hated the most about Dragonsoul.

As for Madoka, well, I liked her. Even though she was passed out/inebriated for most of it (don't get me started on THAT), she was probably my favourite character. Her and Badger. And what's-his-name--the desert guy. I would have loved them as viewpoint characters.

Well, um, that's about it. I was going to rant a little about the Sarah Fleet inconsistency, but I feel that would just be cruel at this point, so I'll settle with a "WHY DOES SHE EXIST??" and leave it at that.

So, to sum up: the plot was good, the characters blah, and the authors lazy. I enjoyed reading Dragonsoul, hence the 3 stars, but I won't be reading it again anytime soon.(less)

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Mar 01, 2013 Kaje Harper rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

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...more

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Oct 29, 2012 Martine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: steampunk, ebooks, all-these-feelings, homoerotic-subtext-or-subplot

I can't be objective with these books anymore so I'll keep this short:

I loved reading how Thom and Rook were doing, the chemistry between the two boys was just amazing. I especially loved the fact that one could anticipate the improvement of Rook's mood by counting the "fuck"s on one page. (Less cursing = more content ex-airman.)
Best fictional brothers ever. Of course, that depends on whether one can accept Rook as the character that he is or not because he is one of those guys who show their af...more

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Apr 04, 2010 Liviu rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010_release_read, review_fbc, genre-fantasy, read_2010, t1_recommended_2010

Dragonsoul is the third series novel but a direct sequel to Havemercy and features Thom and Rook as pov's in addition to Madoka, a Ke-Han girl form an obscure village that becomes a hardened scavenger and when she finds a powerful magical object in the ruins of the capital, she attracts lots of unwelcome attention and will have to follow a long trek to survive and to Malahide a secret agent and magician of the Esar of Volstov who traded her voice for enhanced magical powers as a young orphan. Wh...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Hilary rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, speculative-fiction, tri-review

With multiple plots and narrators, it is natural that the novel is long, but the writers’ energy (and a reader’s interest and patience) drop before the end. Gratuitous profanity and Rook’s perpetual crudeness, violence, and surliness may repulse some readers. It seems the authors' followed Mark Twain's advice: "Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." However, instead of "damn" the team uses "fuck" --...more With multiple plots and narrators, it is natural that the novel is long, but the writers’ energy (and a reader’s interest and patience) drop before the end. Gratuitous profanity and Rook’s perpetual crudeness, violence, and surliness may repulse some readers. It seems the authors' followed Mark Twain's advice: "Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." However, instead of "damn" the team uses "fuck" -- and the editor failed to delete any of it. The story is set in violent times and there is also sexually graphic material.

In their earlier fantasy novels, “Shadow Magic” and “Havemercy,” the writing team of Jones and Bennett describes a war in which the great dragons of Volstov (hybrids of magic and machinery) and their warrior riders keep the dark sorcery of Ke-Han at bay. The team returns to this world in “Dragon Soul,” following the adventures of two brothers, Rook and Thom.

Rook is a war hero, a dragonrider without peer for skill and confidence. He flew the great dragon Havemercy, who perished defending the kingdom of Volstov. Rook’s brother Thom could not be more different. Thom is bookish and diffident, yet he yearns to win his brother’s approval. The war is over, with an uneasy truce between Volstov and Ke-Han. The brothers embark on a journey that is supposed to be an opportunity to become reacquainted and establish common ground. This is not a simple matter, since Rook is still reeling from Havemercy’s demise and is indifferent to events and people around him -- including Thom.

But when Rook and Thom discover someone is buying up the remains of Volstov’s dead dragons to harness their inherent magic, Rook snaps out of his lethargy to tackle the mystery and exact revenge on the desecrators. But other characters are tracking the same clues. Madoki, forced into international intrigue by a mad wizard, and Malahi, a spy for the Esar, are also attempting to discover the fate of Volstov’s broken dragons.

Thom is swept along in the race that will end either by preserving the fragile peace between Ke-Han and Volstov or that will catapult the two factions back into war.

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Apr 21, 2013 Verditwist rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: light

I must admit I was looking forward to this one, as one of my favourite characters from book 1 makes a return. (Rook for those that know the series). He doesn't disappoint. The relationship between himself and his very different brother is excruciating (I could kill him myself), developing more sympathy as the book progresses, to the point that you began to understand both sides of things, so it must be well done. There are interesting new characters as well.The Arabian type theme didn't really e...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Diane rated it 5 of 5 stars

Once again, a wonderful book! I enjoyed it from page 1 until the end. I really like the way the authors tell the story from the perspective of four different characters. I was happy to see Thom and Rook from 'Havemercy' again. I really got a kick out of some of the things that Rook thinks to himself. He really has a way with words! He is such a complex character as are all of the dragon pilots that we have heard more about since the first novel in this series. They also seem to have the best lin...more

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Nov 19, 2010 Mirany rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Mar 14, 2013 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another solid book in this series, but still not quite as enjoyable as the first. First of all, I miss the metal dragons; they were one of the biggest draws to the series for me, and (view spoiler)

Also--and this is just my own personal preference, but what are reviews for if not spouting personal preferences?--every time the narrative would switch to either Madoka (whom I quite liked) or Malahide (whom I did...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Althea Ann rated it 4 of 5 stars

I guess I've embarked on an effort to read this series backwards - I read 'Steelhands' (the fourth) and then moved on to this book (the third.)
I'm definitely still missing a lot, as far as background info. However, I enjoyed this one a bit more.
It's a fairly simple plot - a bunch of different people all find themselves questing around for the same thing, and gradually come together for a dynamic showdown... along the way there's a lot of wandering about the desert - but the characters are engag...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Chrissyreads rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think my frustration with this book was the authors' constant need to point out things that don't need to be.

-SOME SPOILERS; NOT REALLY BIG ONES-

Such as, when a character says something and it is followed up my "I explained the relationship between such and suchs." I know you explained it, you don't have to repeat yourself. It's like the author's don't really trust the readers to get it. This happened in Havemercy, too. I don't know why it bothered me even more here.

I also had a problem with...more I think my frustration with this book was the authors' constant need to point out things that don't need to be.

-SOME SPOILERS; NOT REALLY BIG ONES-

Such as, when a character says something and it is followed up my "I explained the relationship between such and suchs." I know you explained it, you don't have to repeat yourself. It's like the author's don't really trust the readers to get it. This happened in Havemercy, too. I don't know why it bothered me even more here.

I also had a problem with liking most of the main characters (excluding Malahide). Madoka seemed to be a more female and not a jackass version of Rook. Thom was a complete pansy and I don't know exactly how that came to be the reader is constantly reminded that he is from the ghetto named Molly. You'd think that spending your life in a not-very-good-at-all neighborhood and being raised by working ladies, he'd have the know how to sleep with a knife on him. I get that he was at the University but surely there was something he took away from Molly.

And then there is Rook.

I think the reason I don't like Rook is because he seems to miss the bullseye of being a badass. Maybe I am missing something. He's written like he's supposed to be intimidating, a bit sociopathic, and with the capabilities to rip people limb from limb if he needs to. However, I don't think that was pulled off effectively.

There are characters I read where I completely believe that they could tell a King to kiss their ass and get away with it. Rook is not one of those people. I was half expecting him to get beat up by those more capable. In fact, I think it would have been more interesting.

Pros?

A female character who gets the interest of a prince and doesn't swoon. In fact, she wants to look after his safety and her interests which I think is awesome.

Plus, no full out romantic plot. I think there's a thing between Madoka and Badger. Then there's the weird fixation that Rook has with Havemercy: Much like he wants to have a love thing going on. BUT OVERALL, no real romance to go on. I know some people will think it's bad form not to have a couple in a story like this but I'm glad there wasn't one.(less)

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Nov 07, 2012 Mo rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: magic-fantasy, sci-fi

The best way I can explain this book is that it bored me.

The first two of the series, I did not mind them. The first one, Havemercy, being the best for me of the 3 that I have read so for and the 2nd, Shadow Magic had its flaws but I enjoyed it none-the-less for it's little things.

Dragon Soul was hard for me to sit down and read continuously. Not only the characters have been boring, but any of the "exciting" fight scenes were not written well and I can only guess the writers never been in a fi...more The best way I can explain this book is that it bored me.

The first two of the series, I did not mind them. The first one, Havemercy, being the best for me of the 3 that I have read so for and the 2nd, Shadow Magic had its flaws but I enjoyed it none-the-less for it's little things.

Dragon Soul was hard for me to sit down and read continuously. Not only the characters have been boring, but any of the "exciting" fight scenes were not written well and I can only guess the writers never been in a fight or even watched one. All the things the characters said they couldn't do, they could have done. This might just be me nit-picking, but I like movement and fighting can be very beautiful sets of movements if you actually pay attention to them. I could go on but I'll stop there.
I could not picture the fights and some of them were too fast paced that I was confused that I had to back track.

But:

Even with 4 different mains characters talking, I am happy to say I was able to put the book down for a week in the middle of one of characters stories, pick it back up and not have to go to the beginning of the chapter to figure out who was talking. I have read books with only two characters talking and their speech was so similar that I had to go back to see who it was talking.
Only once did I get confused near the end when Madoka was talking and for some reason I kept thinking it was Rook because of the way the cursing was written.

Although, the two woman characters could have been written better. I do not want to read women characters complaining about how different they are from other women. For more than half the book, I had to read through Malahide's whining about her not being as beautiful and what have you. The end didn't even surprise me, but that doesn't excuse her acting like that. No woman is like other women, so I don't want to read it like that is so special to be different. It annoys me because the descriptions the male characters give themselves is much shorter and not repeated every other page. We could talk about Rook's hair every other page but that didn't happen so why should Malahide repeat that she's not beautiful every time? And then the "tough for a lady" No, stop, don't care.
After the first few chapters, I started liking Madoka and I wished there was a least a bit more of her at the end. Her and Badger. Just a bit more of them would have been nice.
And how I wanted Sarah Fleet to be in the book forever. Her not taking any sass from Rook is the best. What did she call him? "Sissy-man Sal of Miss Petunia's Flower-Farting School for Pansies."

I had to give it two stars, because even through the boring, I can't bring myself to give it one star. I do, to some point, like this series and I am hoping the next book is better.
Also, I like the idea that I can hate Rook as much as I do and still like other characters in the story.(less)

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Mar 18, 2012 Q rated it 1 of 5 stars

There are many things that had annoyed me in this book. But mostly it was boring. Very, very boring up until um... last quarter maybe?

I didn't like the language in this book. Every character is supposed to have a distinct voice, but however I tried I couldn't tell one character from another. If a new section started and I didn't read the name of the character, it took me some time to figure out who's talking. The voices are virtually indistinguishable, except maybe for Malahide.

But then Malahid...more

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Jul 02, 2010 Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-fiction

I thought this was a fine followup to Havemercy. (It should be noted, I guess, that I tried to read the immediate sequel, Shadow Magic, and couldn't appreciate it at all.)

I'm going to say this now: the importance of imagination is a subtly developed theme here, and that was probably my favorite thing about this book. Because otherwise it would have to go at the end and that just wouldn't be right.

Readers of the first book will probably welcome the return of Rook and Thom; I know I did. Though I...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Cindy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011

I love this series, but this is without a doubt the weakest book in the series. As I was reading them, I tried to figure out exactly why I wasn't as into the story. In the end, I came up with the following two reasons.

First of all, the characters in this book aren't as dynamic as they were in the past two books. I'm probably one of the only people who wasn't crazy about Rook's character. Thom I was quite fond of, but the change in dynamics and setting and all that just didn't quite work for me....more I love this series, but this is without a doubt the weakest book in the series. As I was reading them, I tried to figure out exactly why I wasn't as into the story. In the end, I came up with the following two reasons.

First of all, the characters in this book aren't as dynamic as they were in the past two books. I'm probably one of the only people who wasn't crazy about Rook's character. Thom I was quite fond of, but the change in dynamics and setting and all that just didn't quite work for me. As for the new characters, I have to admit I pretty much adored Madoka, and she has a lot to so with what I enjoyed about the book. I would love to see more of her and Badger. Malahide, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. I dreaded coming to the sections she narrated. So, all in all, it's not a good sign when only one quarter of characters are appealing.

The other thing that bothered me was a vague sense of inconsistency and contradiction. What makes it worse is that there really isn't anything I could point to and say "there: there's an example!". I feel as though it was a lot of smaller things that just left me off kilter and kept me from truly getting into the story. Thom saying for that for the first time he was thinking and not doing... and then proceeding to try to deconstuct Rook's character. Characters saying one thing on one page and another on the next. I don't know if it's a fair assessment, or if it's just me, but it did bother me a lot.

On other thing that bothered me slightly (while I'm ranting), is the simplicity of the antagonists. Only one of the two is even given a name, and we don't even get much of a backstory on the one who does beyond the fact that his loyalties lay with the Ke-Han, which is a shame, cause there was quite a bit to work with there. Their motives were really undefined. In the past two books, the stakes were simplistic but clear. Here (view spoiler)(less)

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Jan 25, 2012 SSirppi rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was really lookin forward to reading Dragon Soul, because it had Thom and Rook as narrators. Their story was fascinating and also touching. The book also introduces two new narrators, whom are also the first female narrators in the series, Madoka and Malahide. While I found myself quite liking Madoka's (and Malahide's) personality I didn't really love them. The very sligh hints of romance weren't enough to make me look forward to Madoka's narrator and even though I was really interested about...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Lynn rated it 3 of 5 stars

So, I enjoyed, but perhaps not as much as the earlier two. This one badly needed cutting down -- way too much interior monologue and meandering reactions to things, without being plot-or-character necessary. The other books were a lot tighter. But I did enjoy the desert setting, the new characters, and especially the "crazy" wizard-in-hiding.

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Jun 19, 2010 Persepolis130 rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm a huge fan of the authors, but I have to say that I was quite disappointed by this book. I feel as though they used up the bulk of their ideas on the previous books, and the characters in this one-- even Rook, whom I adore-- felt fairly lackluster. My main complaint, though, is Madoka, who made me want to pull my hair out after about a page and a half due to her unoriginality in design and general pointlessness. My guess is that the authors felt compelled, after having four narrators in each...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Paul rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Another enjoyable story with possibly fantasy's best sociopath. Towards the end a couple of chapters almost turn into something of a jokey Benny Hill sketch with one group following another following another etc but it still had an enjoyable end even if it wasn't one I completely expected.

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Sep 27, 2011 Renee rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

3.5 stars

Thom/Rook's relationship, and Madoka's narration kept me turning the pages of Dragon Soul. I enjoyed the structure of the story (4 narrative that eventually converge) but felt like it took far too long to get to that point.

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Jun 22, 2011 Efseine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

Despite the hideous problems I have with these books (gender, plot, etc etc), Jones and Bennett know how to create characters I will love violently.

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Jun 22, 2010 Teeuhh rated it 5 of 5 stars

I might type up a more detailed review later, but all I have to say for now is hooray for female main characters! & KALIM <3 be still my heart.

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Jul 10, 2010 Kylie rated it 3 of 5 stars

While this book had more of a unique plot line than the previous books in the series it fell flat in the character and writing departments for me.

One of the new characters was interesting enough to hold her own, and it was nice see get some female narrators but the story was so drawn out that all of the characters just started to ramble. By the time I got to the last 50 pages I just wanted it to end already, which is a shame because there were some big reveals in those last few pages that lost t...more

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Apr 02, 2012 Rachel Teng rated it 4 of 5 stars

Too much sand and desert, but uuugh can't resist brothers.

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Oct 07, 2011 orannia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Three and three-quarter stars. This was a slow read.

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Jun 06, 2011 Kez rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-books, genre-epic-fantasy

I don't really know why I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two. Perhaps it was because I was reading it in paperback form rather than on my kindle, or perhaps it was simply because I kept getting two of the characters mixed up. Whatever the reason this was still a great book and I can't wait for the next in the series.

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Jun 01, 2011 Tye rated it 4 of 5 stars

I definitely have a type. And that type is ferocious and fiery.
It's too late for this crap, I'm so sad that's it's over. That is all.

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Jan 21, 2012 Denise rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, favourites, read-2012

Highly enjoyable continuation of this remarkable fantasy series - looking forward to reading Steelhands!

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About Jaida Jones

Jaida Jones is a graduate of Barnard College, where she wrote her thesis on monsters in Japanese literature and film. A poet and native New Yorker, she had her first collection of poetry, Cinquefoil published by New Babel Books in 2006. she also writes the Shoebox Project - a Harry Potter fan website with more than five thousand subscribed members.

- From the back flap of Shadow Magic

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