Highland Dragon Warrior
Highland Dragon Warrior by Isabel Cooper is $2.99! I enjoyed this book and so did Sarah. She gave it a B:
I had a really good time reading this book. I loved the detail, the integration of fantasy and chemistry and history and alchemy into the world of a Scottish castle in the 1300s, and I really liked Sophia and Cathal.
Dragon shapeshifter Cathal MacAlasdair is on the brink of losing a dangerous power to his enemy when a whip-smart alchemist strikes a bargain…and lights a fire inside his heart.
Legend claims
When Scotland fell to English rule
The Highland dragons took a vow:
Freedom at any price.The war may be over, but so long as English magic controls the Highlands, not even a dragon laird can keep his clan safe. What Cathal MacAlasdair needs is a warrior fierce enough to risk everything, yet gifted enough to outwit an enemy more monster than man.
What he needs is Sophia.
Alchemist Sophia Metzger traveled to Loch Arach in search of knowledge. She never dreamed she’d learn to do battle, ride through the stars on the back of a dragon, or catch the eye of a Highland laird. But as her quest turns to sizzling chemistry and inescapable danger, she’ll soon discover the thrill of being caught in a dragon’s claws…
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Riven by Roan Parrish is $1.99! This is the first book in the Riven series and is a contemporary m/m romance with rockstars. Readers say it’s high in angst and emotional turmoil, but note there was clearly some research done when it comes to music. It has a 4-star rating on Goodreads.
Theo Decker might be the lead singer of Riven, but he hates being a rock star. The paparazzi, the endless tours, being recognized everywhere he goes—it all makes him squirm. The only thing he doesn’t hate is the music. Feeling an audience’s energy as they lose themselves in Riven’s music is a rush unlike anything else . . . until he meets Caleb Blake Whitman. Caleb is rough and damaged, yet his fingers on his guitar are pure poetry. And his hands on Theo? They’re all he can think about. But Caleb’s no groupie—and one night with him won’t be enough.
Just when Caleb is accepting his new life as a loner, Theo Decker slinks into it and turns his world upside-down. Theo’s sexy and brilliant and addictively vulnerable, and all Caleb wants is another hit. And another. That’s how he knows Theo’s trouble. Caleb can’t even handle performing these days. How the hell is he going to survive an affair with a tabloid superstar? But after Caleb sees the man behind the rock star, he begins to wonder if Theo might be his chance at a future he thought he’d lost forever.
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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is $2.99! This is the first book in a YA fantasy duology and the second book just came out. At my local book group, we have one member who hates reading a series. She’ll read the first book and is never compelled to read the next. Well, this book is her exception and I take that as some worthy praise.
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
Welcome to Weep.
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Shadow and Ice by Gena Showalter is $1.99! This is the first book in the paranormal romance series, Gods of War. I’m curious about this new series, but Showalter’s books have been misses for me, mainly because of the domineering alpha heroes. Are you a Showalter fan?
Knox of Iviland, the most ruthless warrior in All War history, has spent his life fighting others to the death, winning new realms for his king. Now the stakes are higher than ever. If he prevails in the battle for Earth, his slave bands will be removed. Victory is his sole focus…until he meets her.
On an arctic getaway with her foster sister, street tough but vulnerable Vale London is shocked to stumble upon a cave filled with ancient gods waging epic combat. When she is inadvertently drawn into their war, she is forced to team up with an unlikely ally—the sexy god who makes her burn with desire.
Though Vale is his enemy, Knox is consumed with lust and a fierce need to protect her. But only one combatant can triumph, and he will have to choose: live for freedom, or die for love.
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In the Isabel Cooper book, the mortal (Jewish!) alchemist does the heavy lifting involved in saving the day, and the badass dragon serves as moral support and long-distance transportation. I said “damn, this is refreshing” probably a dozen times while reading it.
LOVED Highland Dragon Warrior, even though I am generally not into Scottish-y romance at all. The heroine was an amazing character and I loved how her Jewish identity was integrated into the story.
Strange The Dreamer is AMAZING and I’m jealous of everyone who gets to experience it for the first time. Muse Of Nightmares (book 2) is just as good.
Eh, I dunno about Strange the Dreamer, I did find it really beautifully-written and enticing, but it reads like what it is: the first half of a novel rather than a standalone; and I was seriously let down by the conclusion Muse of Nightmares.
I read Highland Dragon Warrior and immediately bought most of Cooper’s backlist.
I especially like one scene in Legend of the Highland Dragon. The heroine has a tendency to arm herself with a fireplace poker before confronting intruders. At one point the hero muses that soon he will have to give her her own poker, perhaps with her initials on it.
Went to buy the Cooper, only to find out I already have it.
I also bought the Celia Lake from the sidebar. This is the fourth book in the series (an alternate magical England after WWI), and I’ve really liked them so far. The cover for the first one caught my eye a few months back and I’ve bought every one as it showed up. It also led me down a rabbit hole of the New Forest, New Forest ponies, and feudal forest rights.
Now my nook is charging and I’m all set for a long weekend of reading. I won’t be able to do anything else once Hurricane Dorian gets here and my power goes off…
Be safe, Sandra!