He is the supernatural world’s hand of justice. She is the abomination he’s sworn to kill. Their love conquered all.Until now.When a dark spell hits San Francisco, former mercenary mage Sera Dering and dragon shifter Kai Drachenburg find themselves on opposite sides of a supernatural war that has been raging for centuries—with no memory of their love or the world that was. They have every reason … have every reason to hate each other, but if they want to survive this Shadow World, they’ll have to put their differences behind them and find the person who cast the spell before this hellish reality becomes permanent.
Shadow World is a new complete trilogy set in the bestselling Dragon Born world.
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I really liked the idea of this book, although I wasn’t too happy to learn that this is a series inside of another series (authors gotta start disclaiming that on the cover/synopsis because it is happen too often to me). It was however somewhat readable as its own book without having to know or read the previous books. At the same time though it was not without challenge.
At the beginning I really liked the main characters with their banter and the setup to the story. I thought it was going to keep it to that level throughout the book which had me in love with the story just in the first chapter. That love shortly turned sour though as the plot started to develop, because suddenly all names, places and characters were thrown in that made it very apparent that this was part of a bigger series. This wouldn’t necessarily had made it too difficult to follow if it wasn’t for every character talking and behaving exactly the same, making it difficult to tell anyone apart.
Seriously, everyone, and I mean everyone, were on constant joke and banter mode no matter the situation or who they were speaking to. It made it feel so forced since their joke-full banter often did not fit the situation they were in (eg, fighting for their life). Because everyone had this personality trait it made it so that no one had any personality at all. after all, make everyone special in the world and then no one is special at all anymore because they are all exactly the same. The same thing with the magic in this story.
Everyone was made so powerful that the magic in the world felt kind of underwhelming and inconsequential. Even here it was difficult to tell different magic apart since it was all so similar in who could do what, whether they were shifters, demons, faeries or dragon born. It also made the whole conflict between dragon shifters and dragon born feel off since there were so little telling them apart to begin with. It was more like fighting for the sake of fighting and little else. Even when they were fighting against enemies it felt underwhelming due to that forced banter making situations that could be filled with drama and suspense instead light and unrealistic. Especially when said characters were so quick to forgive and forget because the plot forced them to just to move the story along.
I could go on about how forced the conflict in the end felt or how off I found it how everyone in the fighting scenes stood still like they were waiting for someone to call “action!” while another two characters fought each other or life. At the end of the day though I think I could just summarize it to this book, and probably the whole series in the same world, just is not for me.
Shadow World, A Dragon Born Trilogy, is the epitome of Ella Summer’s writing! These three books, seamlessly, take the whole crew on an adventure unlike any other. Ms. Summer’s ability to create new, believable worlds is amazing! As with all of the previous Dragon Born books, the storyline remains fast-paced and unique, filled with magic and mayhem, twists and turns, danger, intrigue, demons and deception. The characters are well developed and endearing. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the series brings!
Magic Eclipse
An enchanting read!
Such a cruel fate!!! I feel for Sera and Kai! Oh my heart.
The first few chapters were so hooking and interesting. Enemies… fighting on the wrong side of the war…
Once lovers…
Now, sworn enemies…
No memory of their life before…
So damn intoxicating!! Whoa, what a fantastic and addictive read! Cliffhanger ending but you don’t have to wait since this includes all three books! That’s a deal!
The author was fast approaching as my favorite author and now she is!! Love love her work so much! Such an imaginative, exciting and wonderful books she creates!
Full of supernatural creatures, family, enemies, magic, betrayal, love and quite a few surprises, kickass and badass heroines.
Perfect for readers of fantasy/ paranormal romance.
Midnight Magic
A captivating read!
Just like the first book, I couldn’t resist from reading a few chapters at a time, I devoured this book! So addictive!
The characters and the world is well developed and well thought out. I loved how everything is described – so imaginative, intriguing and compelling!
Full of supernatural creatures, magic, tests, action, adventure, love, family and badass warriors.
Perfect for readers of fantasy/paranormal romance.
Magic storm
An enthralling read!
So beautifully written!
More action…
More adventure …
Suspense heightened…
I couldn’t read fast enough!
Wow… just wow… loved loved this book. This trilogy is over which makes me sad but they are so many more Dragon Born books that I can’t wait to read!
I love Kai so much! I’m so happy for Kai and Sera… I want to say so many things but spoilers so what I will say is this: buy this book and read it!
Full of supernatural creatures, love, a very surprising demon, magic, badass warriors and a quest to save the world.
Perfect for readers of fantasy/paranormal romance.