Reviewed: December 15th, 2023
Released: November 9th, 2023
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Arwen Forester may be a socially awkward introvert, but she’s an expert tracker, archer, and forager who has a pickling recipe for every vegetable in the garden. Unfortunately, none of these skills earn her a lot of money. And when the taxes go up on her father’s farm, she’s not sure how to help him keep the property.
Then someone offers her a lucrative new gig:
Hunt down a haughty half-dragon criminal with the power to incinerate those who irritate him.
Normally, Arwen would reject such a suicidal mission, but with the farm at stake, she’s desperate. Besides, all she has to do is tag the half-dragon with a tracking device. How hard could it be?
Helen’s thoughts: 5/5
Having read some of the related books, I am familiar with Val and Zavryd, but this series focuses on Arwen, a half dark elf and Starblade, a half dragon, who is seen as a abomination by his own kind.
Arwen is socially awkward preferring the forest and empty spaces to busy cities, but she is drawn into a new magical plot threatening the city by a half dragon who is just as arrogant as Zavryd is. Must be a dragon thing!
The plot twists and turns, and keeps you hooked, as do all the charcaters who are so well fleshed out, you can’t help but root for them. Arwen and Starblade manage to stir up a lot of trouble and you know they are just right for each other, even if we have to watch them make it difficult for themselves. The icing on the cake is seeing Val and Zavryd from someone else’s point of view and it’s just divine!
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