Customer Reviews

Dragon's Awakening (High Council)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I have nothing but respect for the originality and scope of the author's vision for Dragon's Awakening. It truly was a large, engaging plot with lots of delicious layers and subplots. Unfortunately, the scope and breadth of the story seemed to overwhelm the author and the technical skills necessary to tell such a tale just weren't up to par in this book. For me, it significantly lessened my overall enjoyment of it.

At times choppy and disjointed and at times muddled with mistakes and odd word errors and name confusion, there was no flowing prose to take a reader through the journey of the tale (I'm still not too sure if I just missed something when the author was writing about the vampire Al and the incubus Arkham, who was referred to as Al...despite rereading several sections). Instead I often found myself feeling like I was jumping and hopping around like an asthmatic bloodhound, trying to follow the scent of the story to the end. A strong editor and a few (more?) rewrites would've benefited this book and given the reader a true gem of a story.

Again, the story itself, while not written cleanly, was unarguably brilliant. Good character development, and the characters - some tortured, some flawed, some champions, some a little of everything - were varied and interesting, and really fit well into the plot. And the plot was incredible. I would've liked the exposition to be a little meatier and the world-building to be a little more clear - I had and have questions that I would've liked answers for - but the thought involved to create the world as it was intended is impressive. Very original.

If I could split the review, I'd give the ideas behind the story and the plot of the story a solid 5+ stars - but the way it's written, the technical aspect of the actual words on the page (or screen, for those Kindle aficionados like myself), only 1 star. I've settled on the average here.

I would consider reading a sequel, as there are several threads that are left hanging at the end of this book, and characters whose lives I'd like to revisit, but I'd want to see what other reviewers say about their reading experience first, I think. It's difficult for me to say that, but the mistakes and general lack of a solid prose were quite bad here.

I really liked this story. I loved the flow and how she covered all of the characters' stories and connected them. Whoever edited this as an ebook didn't do a good job. But if you can look past that it is a good story overall.

The story is decent, but the amount of typos make it a very unpleasant read. I don't think I've ever read a book with so many typos. It's distracting and really takes away from the story. That being said, the story isn't great either.

This book was a great buy for the kindle price, but not a great book. The plot was strong, but the story line was disjointed and hard to follow in places. The book was a lot more violent than I was expecting, and I would have like to have been warned as the the brutal and graphic nature of the story line. It seemed like the book shifted in the middle from a little action to violent and depressing. It wasn't a bad read, but I won't be waiting around for the sequel.

I was VERY happily surprised at how well-written this book was! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! I was pulled in from the very beginning, had trouble putting it down! I read while I ride my stationary bike and put 20 miles on it in one session! The characters were 3-dimensional, VERY likeable! Great plot and sub-plots and I liked the ending! Can't wait for the next book...(which I hope is coming SOON!)

I usually don't take the time to review books. However this one stood out enough for me to take the time out to compliment the author on a well thought out and fully developed plot. It can use a bit of editing but story still shines brightly here. The ending seems a bit abrupt but there still is enough of a closure for the reader. This book is like a cross between Lord of the Rings, King Arthur of Camelot with the romance of the Twilight series. This book is truely a diamond in the rough. It is an amazingly fast paced action packed novel. Congratulation to Dawn on a fabulously developed story.

this book has some pros and cons. that is why the lower rating. the story itself was very good. the author made you really care for the characters. it leaves you really wanting to read the sequel now. however, that is also one of the cons. spoiler alert. * there are some bad endings for som characters that you come to care for. otherwise the story is good. the major con for this book is in the editing. it is self published so that is probably why the editing is so very bad. writing errors are so bad that lot of the time you do not know which character was speaking. some word were omitted or just plain wrong. i found myself rereading parts over and over to make sure i knew who was really speaking and what the sentence really said. there is suppose to be a sequel. i just hope she does a better job editing before she puts it on the market.

Dawn Ibanez is a great new addition to the Paranormal Romances. This book was a great start and had me asking for more. There was just the right amount of Romance along with action and mystery that every good romance needs.