Review: Dragon Fire, Angel Light by Shara Godwinson

Title: Dragon Fire, Angel Light

Author: Shara Godwinson

Length: 145 Pages

Category: Paranormal

At a Glance: Dragon Fire, Angel Light is an interesting concept in plot and characters; however, I found the narration to be off-putting. Unfortunately, a novel that I came close to just putting down and never returning to.

Reviewed By: Jenn

Blurb: William is a dragon shifter who, despite having lived for over two thousand years, has never found a true love. When he meets Evyn, a quirky musician/journalist who wants to be a real photographer, he immediately finds him irresistible.

But Evyn’s a little supernatural too, and an evil brotherhood and a band of soul reavers are after him to destroy his pure soul.

Can William protect his love from evil?

Review: Dragon Fire, Angel Light is an interesting concept in plot and characters; however, I found the narration to be off-putting. For most of the story, you are told what is happening far more than you are shown Evyn and William’s relationship is growing. Evyn spent more time at William’s flat than his own. I felt like I was being dictated to rather than reading a story.

Though you get to see William and Evyn meeting, it doesn’t seem to be explained very well, and there is no ‘on-screen’ relationship building. Sure, you get to see their first and second date; however, the dialogue is short and stilted, and even the sex scenes come across more clinical than steamy. I’m not sure if William and Evyn’s relationship is the main plot or a secondary one to the fanatical cult out to destroy all Magic and ‘monsters’.

There were a number of problematic situations (e.g. torture, implied rape, domestic abuse) that seemed to be glossed over and never totally came back up or, seemingly, were dealt with by the characters. Evyn forgave William almost instantly for locking him up in a room and leaving him there for three weeks, without talking to him, despite it being a direct parallel to the abuse he suffered in childhood. They never dealt with that, and their relationship even seemed to be stronger because of it.

The author also could not keep William’s backstory, in particular with his ex, Mark, straight. The prologue showing a snippet of their past relationship didn’t mesh well with some of what William told us near the start of the book. A longer explanation near the end of the story contradicted what we got told near the start.

We had several characters introduced that seemed to only crop up once and the never were explained, nor their roles in the plot fully understood. And the book never had a climax; in fact, when I read the word Epilogue on the final chapter, I was shocked, as I really don’t feel anything had been dealt with, and the threat of the Brotherhood of the Eternal Vengeance, while crippled a little, wasn’t defeated. There were a number of loose ends that never got tied up, and I’m not sure any of my questions got answered. Yet, this seems to be a standalone with no sequel to find any answers or resolutions.

Unfortunately, a novel that I came close to just putting down and never returning to.

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