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They were lovers. Now they’re enemies.

A magic shock wave cuts across the world—fracturing reality, leaving only a dark Shadow World in its place.

Former monster-hunting mercenary mage Sera Dering is fighting for her right to exist. Labeled as an abomination, she’s caught in a supernatural war that has been raging for centuries between her kind and the Magic Council’s Crusaders. But when people from both sides begin to go missing, Sera has to team up with Kai Drachenburg, the Crusaders’ commander. She soon discovers that the mysterious fog rolling across San Francisco is only half as dangerous as the sexy, powerful dragon-shifting mage who brings out memories in her of a forgotten world.

As the commander of the Crusaders’ North American army and a member of one of the world’s oldest magic dynasties, it is Kai’s sworn duty to hate Sera. But as they work together to fight the magic fog plaguing the city, he finds himself drawn to her in ways he cannot understand. Their new alliance is tested, however, when they begin to realize that someone close to them is behind the dark spell—and that the fog is more than it seems.

213 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2016

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Ella Summers

66 books1,426 followers
Ella Summers has been writing stories for as long as she could read; she's been coming up with tall tales even longer than that. One of her early year masterpieces was a story about a pigtailed princess and her dragon sidekick. Nowadays, she still writes fantasy. She likes books with layered plots, lots of action and adventure, and a touch of romance. When she is not busy writing or spending time with her two young children, she makes the world safe by fighting robots.

Originally from the U.S., Ella currently resides in Switzerland. She is the author of Sorcery and Science, a fantasy adventure series set in a world splintered by magic and technology.

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Profile Image for Sadie Forsythe.
Author 1 book287 followers
October 13, 2016
2.5
Oh man, this book made me angry on several fronts. I mean, it's an ok, if stripped down, read but it's problematic too. My main issue is that it's very clearly labeled book one. But a little investigation shows that it is actually book one of a series that is actually a sequel to a four book series, making this book five. And I went and did that investigating because I very early on felt I was missing something, so yes, you definitely feel the lack of those previous four books. It's readable, but not overly enjoyable for the characters to talk about people and events you don't know about and for the world to not be explained and the history to be a blank. It's not even small things either. The whole plot here is that the characters have forgotten their lives, meaning forgotten the events of the previous four books, and they are fighting to get them back. So, ya know, important stuff.

Then there is this note on Dragon born Serifina's GR page, that's the series this is apparently a sequel to.

The Dragon Born Serafina, Dragon Born Alexandria sister series and Naomi's story Dragon Born Awakening can be read independently or together. The Dragon Born Serafina continues with Dragon Born Shadow World

Suggested reading order:
Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 1)
Magic Edge (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 1)
Magic Games (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 2)
Magic Nights (Dragon Born Serafina, Book 3)
Blood Magic (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 2)
Magic Kingdom (Dragon Born Alexandria, Book 3)
Fairy Magic (Dragon Born Awakening, Book 1)


It starts out ok, with the separate or together bit, but then confuses me with it's suggested order. So, does that mean I should read seven books before getting to this one? Or is that establishing a pattern, rather than an actual list? Because each of those series is four books long. So, do I need to have read all 12? Come on authors/publishers. I hate this stuff. If a book is a sequel label it as such. This is obviously not a book one of anything! I mean, we're even told that: "The Dragon Born Serafina continues with Dragon Born Shadow World." Continues with.... Not a new series then. Not a book one!

As for the story itself? It's got some humor. But it's basically the main characters running around and reacting to things. There is almost no development of plot or characters. We're told repeatedly that they're at war, but they call each other, have meetings and are on a first name basis. So, not much of a war then? I never felt the tension that was supposed to exist. The ending came about very quickly and it concluded on a cliffhanger, with nothing looking anything like a conclusion. So, I basically started in the middle of a series and ended on one too. What fun! <--sarcasm

Lastly, because I'm not feeling particular charitable toward this book at the moment, I need to address that cover. Is it just me or is it particularly focused on breasts? I don't know, something about that picture seems over-exaggerated and unnatural.
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Author 1 book6 followers
September 18, 2016


They were lovers. Now they’re enemies. A magic shock wave cuts across the world—fracturing reality, leaving only a dark Shadow World in its place.


I was worried my two favorite characters, Kai and Sera, would be relegated to side characters in the ongoing series now that their ‘story’ had been finished. Luckily, I was wrong. Author Ella Summers had decided to write a trilogy starring the lovebirds! Not only that but in this trilogy she creates a world unlike the one we’ve come to expect. In this world, Sera and Kai are enemies. They are at war. Basically, it’s a ‘what if’ story, if everything had gone wrong and gone the other way in our reality.



.... read the rest @ BOOKS BY THE TON
Profile Image for MiraJane.
360 reviews5 followers
May 13, 2021
I really liked the idea of this book, although I wasn’t too happy to learn that this is a series inside of another series (authors gotta start disclaiming that on the cover/synopsis because it is happen too often to me). It was however somewhat readable as its own book without having to know or read the previous books. At the same time though it was not without challenge.

At the beginning I really liked the main characters with their banter and the setup to the story. I thought it was going to keep it to that level throughout the book which had me in love with the story just in the first chapter. That love shortly turned sour though as the plot started to develop, because suddenly all names, places and characters were thrown in that made it very apparent that this was part of a bigger series. This wouldn’t necessarily had made it too difficult to follow if it wasn’t for every character talking and behaving exactly the same, making it difficult to tell anyone apart.

Seriously, everyone, and I mean everyone, were on constant joke and banter mode no matter the situation or who they were speaking to. It made it feel so forced since their joke-full banter often did not fit the situation they were in (eg, fighting for their life). Because everyone had this personality trait it made it so that no one had any personality at all. after all, make everyone special in the world and then no one is special at all anymore because they are all exactly the same. The same thing with the magic in this story.

Everyone was made so powerful that the magic in the world felt kind of underwhelming and inconsequential. Even here it was difficult to tell different magic apart since it was all so similar in who could do what, whether they were shifters, demons, faeries or dragon born. It also made the whole conflict between dragon shifters and dragon born feel off since there were so little telling them apart to begin with. It was more like fighting for the sake of fighting and little else. Even when they were fighting against enemies it felt underwhelming due to that forced banter making situations that could be filled with drama and suspense instead light and unrealistic. Especially when said characters were so quick to forgive and forget because the plot forced them to just to move the story along.

I could go on about how forced the conflict in the end felt or how off I found it how everyone in the fighting scenes stood still like they were waiting for someone to call “action!” while another two characters fought each other or life. At the end of the day though I think I could just summarize it to this book, and probably the whole series in the same world, just is not for me.
Profile Image for Donna.
1,626 reviews33 followers
April 29, 2018
Cover/Title: It is no secret that I love books with magic in them so it was a no-brainer when I saw this book.

Characters: I loved the characters in this book. I loved how snarky and sarcastic that Sera is. Kai is just as interesting and is perfect for Sera. The commandos are fun as well. I loved the fun banter throughout the book from these characters.

Plot: Sera and Kai are engaged and she is trying on wedding dresses. Then everything changes in an instant. From lovers to enemies and none of them have any memories of the life they just lost.

Overall: I loved this book. I loved the peek at their lives before they were all torn apart. Poor Kai and Sera being put on opposites sides of a war when they were lovers previously. I love how they were instinctively drawn to one another despite what this new world wanted them to believe. I can't wait to read book 2 to see what happens next. Will they be able to return to their previous lives or will this new reality be it for them?
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4,114 reviews16 followers
April 16, 2022
First book of the Dragon Born Shadow World trilogy. Starts right after the Grim Reaper is defeated. Though it takes some reader’s adjustment, it’s an interesting way to get an alternate possible storyline going. It was hinted at by Alden several times. I like Naomi’s character in this version.

Even though she’s still in danger as a Dragon Born, Sera and Kai start planning their wedding. Then a mysterious magical blast wave surges across San Francisco and it’s plunged into a different reality where Sera and Kai are enemies, humans are almost extinct and monsters roam the world. They end up having to work together to discover the source of the strange fog and change reality back before it disappears.

Fave scenes: Naomi working with the spirit world tree, Sera coming in hot to Kai’s base and talking to Rane.
Profile Image for Sairaika.
912 reviews47 followers
December 20, 2016
An enchanting read!

Such a cruel fate!!! I feel for Sera and Kai! Oh my heart.
The first few chapters were so hooking and interesting. Enemies... fighting on the wrong side of the war...
Once lovers...
Now, sworn enemies...
No memory of their life before...

So damn intoxicating!! Whoa, what a fantastic and addictive read! Cliffhanger ending but you don't have to wait since the new set contains all three books! That's a deal!

The author was fast approaching as my favorite author and now she is!! Love love her work so much! Such an imaginative, exciting and wonderful books she creates!

Full of supernatural creatures, family, enemies, magic, betrayal, love and quite a few surprises, kickass and badass heroines.

Perfect for readers of fantasy/ paranormal romance.
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7,499 reviews136 followers
October 19, 2022
I guess this is related to several other series? That would explain why I spent half the time with not a single clue as to what was going on. Though given the endless procession of "you betrayed me - no, you betrayed me - no, he/she betrayed you - no, they betrayed us" (repeat ad nauseam), I suspect even if I had read everything else in that world I'd still have gotten whiplash trying to keep up. And oh, the endless annoying bickering... *sigh* On the whole, this was entertaining enough to keep me vaguely interested in trying to figure out what was happening in this book, though not sufficiently to make me want to seek out more.
Profile Image for Ronnae Stately.
763 reviews
November 26, 2019
Sera and Kari are engaged to be married even though Kai’s people would prefer that Sera was dead. You see she is what they call an abomination because she is dragon born. She has a twin sister, Alex, and a younger brother, Riley. Both who do something rather stupid thinking they are protecting their sister but everything goes haywire and they lose their memories and the universe they were in. Everything needs to be put back but it will take everything they have to get it their with the help of a demon named, Rane, and Kai’s little sister, Lara.
Profile Image for Stephanie Bolen.
2,147 reviews28 followers
November 2, 2022
It has potential

The world is never explained and there is at least one book before this one. But here's the breakdown.
Plot
All powerful magic woman saves the world.
Characters
Likeable but relies heavily on the previous book for exposition.
Pacing
Nice action mixed with levity. Like a Marvel movie.
World building
Lots and lots of parts with little exposition.
Writing
Decent and with very little spice.
2 reviews
October 10, 2016
I think it is a good start for a series. I hope there will more development about certain characters. For instance Rane, as a demon she seems to have a tender spot. In the story she helped Kai and Sera when they confronted Merlin. She also helped Sera's brother out of guilt and remorse... And why would she first help Merlin? Was is it the only fact that he was a good apprentice or was there something else? And as I'm writing this, I remembered something. Why did she help them at all? Wasn't there a beef between Markani and her? Why would she help Sera? She knew who she was when they entered her cave/place/domain or whatever. Thus obviously knew about her being Markani's second... Furthermore, I want to know more about Alex, Sera's sister. What about Lara, Kai's sister? And there are many more characters that I'm omitting. So far, I found the story past started really fast. Which I don't hate but I had hope that it would not take me that fast to finish the book. Also, this is my very first time commenting a book. I want to make sure that everyone understand that I am not reviewing nor criticizing her work negatively. I'll write more once I'm done reading this series. Also it is my very first book of Ella Summers. Won't be the last. I want to learn more about her style, I'm sure I'll be please with it. I will make sure that I read her other works. Also, English is not my first language, So I'm sorry about sentences' structures and/or phrasing. If you want to ask me questions feel free.
689 reviews
April 15, 2018
refreshing take on the series! weird to see sera and kai on different times but it was endearing to see them slowly find their way back together! loved the inside jokes and dejavus! a really good "what if" kind of story!
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200 reviews6 followers
February 19, 2017
Not too bad for a free ebook. Not good enough to bother with the rest of the series, especially with all the romance. Good plot, ok character development, but just too much unnecessary romance.
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966 reviews14 followers
January 29, 2018
Not what I was expecting but it works. I really like the characters and action. Oh and the really breathtaking cliff-hanger. I can't wait for the next one.
Profile Image for Janet Swiftbird.
1,878 reviews6 followers
October 2, 2016
What a fascinating look at different types of dragons, magic, fae, demons and the future. Don't forget greed, darkness and the best love.
Anxiously awaiting more.
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376 reviews6 followers
September 21, 2016
Fun Read!! Great Series!!

This was a great book, the premise was unique, what if suddenly your world, your reality was changed in an instant, and the person you loved was now your sworn enemy?? I'm just bummed that I have to wait until December to read more of this excellent series!!!
435 reviews5 followers
October 17, 2016
You know those books that you read just because? The series may not be well known but you still fangirl over it anyway? When you notice a new release, you one click the heck out of it and clear your schedule? That is what the Dragon Born series was for me, and when it ended I was happy. I loved the closure we got with Kai and Sera. Then the author releases another book about them? Oh no what has happened to my beloved couple?

Apparently a dark spell falls upon them, someone or thing has made a deal with a demon. Their reality has been altered. Instead of planning a wedding, they are literally on the opposite sides of a supernatural war. Kai is hunting Sera and Sera is hunting supplies for the other dragon born. All of them have joined Makani to fight the council who have deemed them abominations that must be killed.

Sera and Kai on different sides was a strange pill to swallow. It worked, only because we knew the true back story of them. I enjoyed the alternate reality aspect of this book. Kai is still the headstrong alpha dragon mage that he always was. His honor still being worn for all to see. He fights his attraction to Sera with all his might. He also tries to make sure that the first between the supernatural world and the Dragon born is done fairly (often times this is not the case). Sera is not only a former mercenary, she is second in command for Makani. A place of honor and yet one that is often misunderstood. She has the job of handling the responsibilities for their base. She tries to protect those around her, at all cost.

The chemistry and banter between these two are off the charts. They both fight it, and yet Alex (Sera’s twin) calls her out on it every chance she gets. The interactions between fan favorites Naomi and Alex with Sera and of course the Commandos.

If you are going to read this one, I highly recommend starting with the first book of the original series. It will be worth it. Otherwise you will miss something. Magic Eclipse was a fun read that leaves you wondering what happens next.

My Rating 3 out of 5 stars

Favorite Quote “You had to love a man- or three- who could laugh in the face of danger.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Carol Morgan.
580 reviews4 followers
November 3, 2016
loved this book from start to finish , freely admit Sera is my fav character , a feisty dragon born mage who fights for what she believes in. After going shopping for her wedding dress with her future sister in law they are blasted by a huge wave of magic that wipes Sera's memory & her next rational thought is along the lines of wtf . dragons , witches , fairies , vampires & demons what more can you ask from a book , thats without the magic , fighting & humour , i love the way the Ella Summers different series interact with each other , every time you start a new one its like meeting old friends , can't wait for more
Profile Image for Tracy Clugh.
39 reviews
October 4, 2016
Good read, great storyline

I love stories about magic and dragons, vampires and werewolves, Angeles and demons, good and bad. Engaged to be married, a spell changes reality and Kai and Sera are now on opposite sides of a war. Forgotten is the love and in its place is what it takes to survive a war of this magnitude that has lasted centuries. Follow along as Ella Summers shares her imagination with you in this multi-part series, Dragon Born Shadow World. I look forward to more of this authors work.
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1,028 reviews30 followers
November 5, 2016
Sera(Dragon Born Mage/Mercenary) & Kai (Dragon Mage). When reality is screwed up and torn into for one persons enjoyment everyone else is screwed. Step into the Magic Eclipse story and find out what happens. There were so many ups and downs in this book, one minute I thought I knew what was going on then in the next I was clueless. The author did an amazing job of weaving together this story and characters into a grade a storyline. A must for all who love a good paranormal suspense.

*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free. The opinion stated above is 100% my own*
195 reviews1 follower
March 6, 2017
I liked this book, there was nothing wrong with it and there were individual moments I loved. The mix of sequel and new series didn't quite work for me. At the end of the day, I didn't like the reset/alternate world where some of the relationships we came to love were gone. I did like seeing Kai and Sera re-connected but hated that they had to. I have hopes for the rest of the trilogy going forward though.
271 reviews1 follower
November 12, 2016
Moi, j'ai bien aimé.
C'est un livre sympathique qui parle de la guerre, de la haine qui cause la guerre. Des réflexions simples, un peu naïve mais tellement vrai dans l'ensemble.
Sara et Kin, amoureux mais ennemis, n'arrêtent pas de se taquiner. Les personnages n'évoluent pas vraiment, ils se laissent entrainer par leur attirance réciproque, tout en essayant de rester sur leur garde.
Ce livre nous entraine dans un monde plein de magie et de fantasy, d'action aussi. Très distrayant.
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949 reviews14 followers
September 28, 2016
I read this book off her site, so that is why the long dates from start to finish. This book was different but in a very good way. It a whole new world that Sera and the gang are in by someone making a mistake with a demon. Bad someone! You have to read it to understand why but if you love her other three Dragon Born Series then this one is for you.
Profile Image for Mary Hartshorn.
593 reviews2 followers
November 25, 2016
I really enjoyed this story and the powerful characters in it. This story starts off with all of the characters knowing each other and being good friends. The two main characters were in fact about to get married before someone cast a powerful spell changing their known reality and making everyone forget each other.

A really great read! i cannot wait to read the next book in this series.
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Author 13 books572 followers
February 6, 2017
I downloaded Magic Eclipse as a free novel from Amazon. Very good story with a unique, fast-paced, layered plot-- I never saw the ending, so it was a great twist. Main plot thread will continue to a next book, but this ended on a cliffhanger, but it was a good place to split the story for the next book of the series.
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117 reviews2 followers
February 6, 2017
Finally a series I can sink my teeth into and a writer I can stalk(follow) lol Wow. What can I say? Characters that live and breath, action that keeps you turning pages, and a story that refuses to be put down. I read this one in one sitting and will be hunting up the next book in the series. You can bet that my e-readers will be filled with more of Ella Summers books.
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907 reviews1 follower
October 5, 2016
I loved it!

I really enjoyed this book; the storyline, the characters, everything.
It read at a nice, fast pace and although I'm not a fan of the cliffhanger ending, I can't wait to find out what happens next.
63 reviews4 followers
October 20, 2016
Fantasy monster fighting romance

I forgive the romance only because there's a lot of fighting and adventure in the story. Although I think the author could spend more time on the adventure development and a little less on the sappy romance dialogue but an ok read anyway.
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209 reviews
October 31, 2016
Great read!

The author had a lot of fun with this book. Magic reshaping reality! What an interesting theme! When you add in romance, fairies, dragons and demons you have an exciting story! I can't wait to read the next two books in this series!
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404 reviews
November 19, 2016
Love!

Another great read. I am in love with these characters even when fighting on opposite sides. Ella Summers has a great way of telling a story with so much action and adventure, humor and love. Can't wait for the next installment.
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