Dragon Magic Author: Megan Derr Title: Dragon Magic Series: None Genre: High Fantasy Pairing: M/M, Poly (M/M/M/M), Trans Rating: Three Petals On the Author's Website: http://maderr.com/ Summary: Four strangers. A shared moment long forgotten. A bond forged in desperation. On the first day of the Festival of Counting, the beginning of the royal census that takes place every ten years, the royal city is filled to overflowing. Everyone is happy, excited, and proud to be counted amongst those who live in the glorious kingdom of Orhanis. Then a demon strikes, killing thousands in mere seconds and leveling the city. As the royal castle burns, only four men remain to drive the demon away—and in their desperation, accidentally bind themselves together in a legendary Oath, unable to part ways until they find and kill the demon once and for all. Mahzan, the King's Jester, an orphan who clawed his way to the top and hides a fearsome magic... Sule, the notorious North Captain, who sacrificed everything to live as a strong, capable, highly respected man... Cemal, a priest who traveled the continent bent on revenge and now lives lost... and Binhadi, the mercurial shadow mage with a dark history and bloody ties to the throne... Four men used to standing apart, standing alone, who must learn to stand together if they hope to save themselves and all of Orhanis. Maggie's Review:
I received this book as an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. When a terrible creature destroys the kingdom, four men are forced together in order to survive. The inadvertent magical bond that permanently connects them can only be severed by killing the creature, so they set out on a journey, only to realize that what they left behind might be even worse. I loved the characterizations in this story. Mahzan, Sule, Cemal, and Binhadi were each their own unique person with individual quirks and traits that meant I could tell them apart very easily. How they interacted with each other was also different between each one. For example, how Mahzan interacted with Sule was completely different from how he interacted with Cemal. They are what made this story interesting to read and are why I finished this book. The plot in this story was the weakest one Derr has released in a very long time. It rambled and stalled at unpredictable moments, dragged on at times in ways that bored me, and overall just wasn't very interesting. This story could easily have been half the length and would have still conveyed all the important plot points. I also thought the ending was a bit of a cop out written almost as if Derr was planning a sequel instead of this being a stand alone novel. Maggie's Recommendation: The characterizations were phenomenal as always, but the plot dragged and was overall boring. While I do recommend this story, I think this is the first time I'll reluctantly recommend a Megan Derr story.
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