Michael's Mystery by Linzé Brandon

     Michael's Mystery, The Nations of Peace by Linzé Brandon was provided for an honest review by Book R3vi3w Tours.  I've only had a few books that didn't interest me.  Three tops the list, but this one makes 4.

     The very beginning of the book has me in a foreign land where there are dragons and riders.  Their relationship is near symbiotic but more like lovers.  They're playing a game, similar to hide and seek I guess, but it's interrupted by two men on an intergalactic mission.  Then the story takes me to a totally different place.  I was like, "Wha?  Where am I?"

     I'm then introduced to a healer and a Guardian, Michael.  The story from there was semi-interesting, but I just couldn't get into it.  There is so much missing from the story, I couldn't quite tell what it was about.  There are High Lords who are doing their best to protect a planet called Kryane from a villain by the name of Grandmaster.  Honestly, I wasn't sure what he'd done that was so bad.  Yeah, he'd killed a few people, but I didn't get why.  All I knew was that he was a bad guy, causing a huge rebellion against High Lords who weren't even on the same planet or in the same dimension!  I can say, the relationship between Andesine and Michael developed nicely.  I loved it!  They were playful and bashful about their feelings and that was real to me.  

     There's another piece I truly enjoyed about this book.  Dragons.  I've loved dragons since I can remember and they're in this book.  Baby dragons and dragon-human hybrids.  It's pretty cool and I loved those parts the most, but it just wasn't strong enough for me because it was almost fairy-tale like.  As far as the adventure I'd hoped to receive, it was light in coming.  It made for an interesting read but that was about it.

     I like the cover.  It doesn't come off as dystopian or futurist to me, but it's nice.  It's more like a romance novel, which is honestly the theme this book leans towards.  I'm sure this author's pretty good, just not for me.  So I'm off to the next book!