Dragon Ridden

Dragon Ridden Chronicles, Book 1

By: T. A. White

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

An uncertain past. A sinister tattoo. A woman whose origin is steeped in mystery.

For Tate - last name unknown - everything prior to being found by pirates on an isolated piece of land is a blank. Her only clue to the person she was: a dragon tattoo capable of moving under its own will.

Brought to the city of Aurelia, Tate is forced to abandon the few people she knows to make her way alone. When a momentary impulse forces her to intervene in a situation she does not understand, she'll find that reckless actions have unintended consequences.

Friendless and alone, Tate will have to be light on her feet if she wants to survive in a city where no one is what they seem. Monsters walk the labyrinth beneath Aurelia's streets, and it's there where Tate will find the biggest clue to her past. Unlocking her hidden memories might just be the only thing keeping her alive to prevent the coming war.

©2012 T.A. White (P)2021 Tantor

Decent story, not my favorite narration

I mainly picked this up because I’m a dragon fanatic, but at least in the first installment they’re just a side plot to a whole lot of political intrigue. I also feel like there are hints that this is going more in a sci fi direction than pure fantasy. Not terrible story wise, just not what I expected.

What really brought it down for me was the narration. It feels very slow for an action novel, I had to listen to it sped up and even then it dragged, and the narrator makes liberal use of character voices and inflections that really don’t feel like they fit with the characters. As other reviewers have mentioned the MC comes across as very ditzy and whiny with this narration, while the story tries to cast her as a snarky quick witted lawbreaker. The male voices feel very forced and uncomfortable, which interferes with the emotion behind their parts. If the narration was more to my taste I would’ve been quicker to pick up the second book just to see where all these hints are going, but it’s honestly making me hesitate to get it.

Stubborn to the bone.

T.A White is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. At one point I had listened to all of her books on Audible and when I found out the Dragon Ridden series wasn’t on Audible, I got them on my Kindle and read them. So of course, I picked them up once they were added to Audible and I don’t regret it at all. Full of adventure, mystery, and later in the series some romance. I really like the friendship that TA White puts into her story, sometimes side characters are equally as important as the main ones. Same narrator as all T.A White books, she does great for the characters this author creates.

It had me at dragons

I absolutely love books about dragons that are well written. This book almost made it, although it could have been the reader that influenced that opinion. It was extremely difficult to distinguish the different characters when they spoke. Her 14 y/o companion was given an older male voice, no different than other older male voices. There are also multiple twist and turns that were difficult to keep up with. With some editing and a different reader the book could have been great.

Love the series

I'm glad to have the audio version - but it wouldn't whispersync with my kindle version. I'll have to find some hours to Waste on the phone with technical support.

Love the story, not the narrator.

The story is wonderful, but the narration is terrible. The narrator is so monotone it’s hard to follow. The male voices sound ridiculous. Just very disappointing, especially since it’s the same narrator for the whole series. :(

Fantastic

Once again, T.A. White kills it with her books! I can’t wait to listen to the second one.

Great Original Story

I enjoy fantasy. I like this take on a dragon themed fantasy. Ending seemed abrupt. More like the end of a chapter rather than the end to a story. Great reading. Very immersive.

narrator was good. Story was not succinct.

I struggled to get half way through, gave up. the story line ambled and had no goal that I could see.

Great story

This is the first dragon story I’ve read. I was pleasantly surprised. The story was engaging and kept me turning the page. I’ve read two other series by Author and she has moved into my top five.

Worth a read

the story is great, the voice for males is a bit off but not bad, I'm loving the series and it's highly unexpected twist