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Dragon by Midnight: A Sweet Fantasy Romance by [Karen Kincy]

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Dragon by Midnight: A Sweet Fantasy Romance Kindle Edition

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Once upon a time, a curse turned Cinderella into a dragon.

At the stroke of midnight, Cinderella falls to the ballroom floor and twists into a dragon. Hunted by royals, she flees from the castle and hides in the wilderness.

Lost. Alone. Afraid. She needs a hero to save her.

The prince never rescues her. Instead, she’s saved by a dark-eyed sorcerer named Sikandar. He promises to break the dragon curse. Even though she feels like a hideous beast, he sees her beauty.

But Sikandar's charm hides an ugly past. He's too afraid, at first, to share his painful secrets with Cinderella. She can't help falling for him, even though happily ever after might be forever out of reach.

Shortlisted for 2022 US Selfies by Publishers Weekly and BookLife.

Nominated for 2022 RONE Award by InD'tale Magazine.

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September 1, 2021
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Karen Kincy writes books when she isn't writing code. She has a BA in Linguistics and Literature from The Evergreen State College, and an MS in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08Q5Y2QLM
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1939 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages

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Karen Kincy writes books when she isn’t writing code. She has a BA in Linguistics and Literature from The Evergreen State College, and an MS in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington.

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Jay Woz

great retelling!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2023

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I’ve never read a retelling before but I loved this one! It was creative and engaging with characters that I really wanted to root for!

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Rebeka

clean and easy middle school level reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2023

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This is a self described, sweet romance and I would have to agree with that. It is also described as wholesome and it is up until the very end. Even at that it is mostly wholesome, there are no sexual scenes that go beyond kissing or even allude to anything beyond kissing happening. Amazon lists the age range for this book as 13-18 years and I would agree to that as well. It is also appropriate for slightly more mature 11-12 year old readers.

The writing itself wasn't bad. There is liberal use of descriptions and sometimes they felt a little overused. The story line is a mashup of Aladdin and Cinderella that is done fairly well. It does try to end on a cliffhanger. I was left rather confused though. It felt like the story should have come to a happily ever after and was forced into a cliffhanger at the last minute.

All in all it was a fun and quick read. I would recommend it to those looking for a clean, fun and easy to read fairy tale retelling.

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Callen-wisdom

Not sure it was worth my time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2023

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I wanted to stop reading multiple times but I kept going hoping it would improve. Too many taking the Lord's name in vain and swearing. The reasoning behind the curse wasn't clearly explained nor really why the sorcerer had to make everyone forget. Maybe it is just me but it feels like a waste of time.

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Karen Siddall

A fantastic and imaginative retelling of the Cinderella fairytale!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2021

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From its stellar opening line, “Before she became a dragon, the night had been a dream,” Dragon by Midnight proves to be a wonderful retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale with a dark underlying storyline featuring magic, a jinni, an evil curse, and, naturally, a dragon.

Kincy’s story unfurls simultaneously in the two kingdoms of Viridia and Azurum, the home countries of her two protagonists: Ginevra “Cinderella” Darlington and the sorcerer, Sikandar Zerian. Although great distances apart, both kingdoms are ruled by royal families with hidden agendas and dark secrets who are cruel and selfish. This is quite a difference from the traditional portrayal of the king and queen who parent Prince Charming in the familiar fairytale and scarily similar to our expectations for the demeanor of stepmother and stepsisters.

The story is told from alternating points of view, in the voices of the two main characters, Cinderella and Sikandar. They feel both genuine and representative of young adults 17 or 18 years of age, even under the extraordinarily fantastic circumstances of the plot. The two display the feelings and emotions one would expect: they get mad, feel an attraction to each other, and have aspirations and hopes that work well within their situations. Both must overcome the impact of being the black sheep, the disappointment, or the unwanted member of their families.

The excitement and non-stop action of Dragon by Midnight start on the first page and never lets up, and the ending, which left things open for a sequel, was still satisfying. I highly recommend DRAGON BY MIDNIGHT for readers who enjoy Young Adult fantasy, fairytale retellings, and dragon tales.

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Andy Brooks

Nice quick read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2022

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Good story with some twists I was not Expecting.
Thought this was a stand-alone, but last page gave hit at author expecting to write/publish next book for these characters..

This is Nice new twist on Cinderella story but then also twist in jini lamp in it. Looking forward to see what author does with next book hopefully not too much longer till out.

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J. Platt

Fascinating reimagining

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2022

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Cinderella is under a hidden curse that no one wants to be honest with her about. She learns to deal with being a talking dragon but also makes a new friend spoiler alert: it’s not the prince. There isn’t a lot of foul language. No sex but they do take the Lord’s name in vain a lot.

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Angela Peterson

surprisingly addictive

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2022

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I was pleasantly surprised to find this alternate fairy tale truly delightful. The romance aspect was G rated so it would be good for tweens and older. The author did a good job describing the landscape and architecture enough that your imagination could create a vivid picture in your mind. Action, adventure, romance and happily ever after? I guess I will find out as venture into the next book in the series!

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Krissy

A story worth reading!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 20, 2022

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The little twists and turns make for an engaging read. I look forward to reading what happens next.

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Kayleigh

Dragon by Midnight is an out of the box fairy-tale retelling.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 4, 2022

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Dragon by Midnight is an out of the box fairy-tale retelling. This was one on those rare stories for me that hit all the right buttons. By the end I was all tingly and feeling high as cloud.
The female protagonist Cinderella is in the traditional Cinderella situation however, on the first page I thought maybe I had accidentally started with a sequel, Cinderella was arriving at the prince’s castle. But I checked, found this was indeed the right book and continued, who could resist when the first line said ‘Before she became a dragon, the night had been a dream.’ I am so glad I continued (sometimes it pays to be stubborn).

The ball is in full swing, we meet the Prince, I disliked him already, but I was intrigued enough with the unusual beginning to give this a shot and ignore him. Told from the POV of Cinderella we find she seemed to pin a lot of hopes on the Prince. Sikandar, who we find out is a sorcerer arrives to the ball, who is this, I asked myself? But by the sixth paragraph from his POV he charmed me. Alternating POV usually bothers me but there was no way I would pass up the opportunity to hear Sikander’s inner thoughts.
When the clock strikes midnight poor Cinderella transforms into a dragon and flees the castle. All she wanted was to reclaim her home from her evil stepmother but was now a dragon on the run, chased by a prince waving about a sword ready ‘dispose’ of her (not the strangest of endings to a first date).
Sikander also tracks Cinderella but in order to help with the obvious curse upon her and in exchange for the Jewel of Oblivion from the King. After lots of bravery and rational thinking on both Cinderella and Sikander’s part they work together in hopes find a cure for her curse. But when is a curse not a curse?
They journey together in good old fashioned fairy-tale style finding themselves and each other . However in not so traditional fairy tale style they learn to rely on each other, she’s the big strong dragon and Sikander’s magic has a cost challenge. Their interactions are really very sweet and funny.
The little descriptions here and there bring a depth and richness to the story telling, like the descriptions the chai Sikander missed and Cinderella talking about all the food she missed, she was very specific and Sikander hadn’t a clue about any of it!

In truth, this story is like the Cinderella and Sikander are both the lead characters. Cinderella for the Cinderella trope and Sikander for Aladdin, a Cinderella and Aladdin mash-up.

It can be read as a stand alone story. However the ending has been left open for further adventures.

I loved this story and I'm sure anyone who loves fairy-tale retellings or the softer side of dragons will love it too!

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