Dragon Shadow

By: Alicia Wolfe

Narrated by: Emma Lysy

Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Jade McClaren is a thief with a mission...and a secret. Jade makes a living stealing magical items from bad guys in magical New York, but she's no ordinary cat burglar. She's only half human. The other half is...something else. But when she steals a magical item from the wrong man, she attracts the attention of powerful enemies as well as the pursuit of the relentless Fae Knight, Davril Stormguard.

To clear her name, Jade must team up with Davril to contend with vampires, demons, witches, and more before what’s happening in post-Fae New York destroys the Fae Lords...and maybe the world itself.

Dragon Shadow is the first volume of an exciting new urban fantasy series for fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews.

©2017 Alicia Wolfe (P)2018 Alicia Wolfe

Fun urban fantasy, but not too deep

I received a complimentary copy of this book. It's a fun little book, just the right length to be enjoyable as a romp through urban-fantasy land. The characters are interesting, but not very deep. It didn't have time to really develop the characters yet or to really make me care about them. There's just enough to keep my interest though. The main character is a firey (pun intended) chicka who is on a mission to take the baddies down a notch, and maybe get her fire back one day. She gets into some dangerously fun situations and works with the fae to solve the main problem and rescue her kidnapped sister.  The audio narration was great, good voices and pacing. The book is set up for an interesting series with the big bad spanning multiple books. This one set up a new partnership in our main character's life Final verdict: Fun urban fantasy, but not too deep.

Great start to a new paranormal fantasy series!

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The story grabs you and keeps you entertained all the way to the conclusion.

Narration was good and brought the story to life.

The main characters are great. Jade is strong and smart. Davril is a by the book kind of guy. He follows rules and enforce them, and Jade likes to break them.

Here you will find dragon shifters, witches, Fae, vampires, and demons. This is a great urban fantasy series. There is no cliffhanger per say but it leaves us wanting some more developments between Jade & Davril. They are attracted to each other but don’t want to admit it. Looking forward to their relationship growing in the next book.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

It was... ok?

The book was ok. A little cliche but it was ok. I feel like the author could’ve done more and made the characters more “adult” rather than love sick tweens. Seriously, a 1000 year old fae blushes and acts like a high school boy with a crush on a girl? Also, why have the boom titled “reclaiming the fire” when there was nothing “reclaimed”? That doesn’t make any sense. It just fell a little flat and I probably won’t be going to the next book unless I legit have nothing else to read.

So exciting!!!

wow! I really loved this book! it was full of romance, drama, adventure, magic, and danger. I was sad when I reached the end. I didn't want it to end. lol I guess that means I'll have to get the next book.

I recommend this book❤❤

I received a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Good 1st In Series

I enjoyed Dragon Shadow and think it was a good first in series in that the author introduces the characters and lays the groundwork for the series. The world building was great and I liked all of the different paranormal species and elements in the story. Jade tends to get whiney and a few places I found myself screaming at her to suck it up and put her big girl panties. The narrator did a fantastic job bringing the story and characters to life. I am definitely interested in seeing where the author takes this story

Interesting start to a series

I really enjoyed this story. The characters are interesting. The enemies are evil. The action was fast paced. I look forward to reading more of this series.

Very entertaining

I really enjoyed the book and look forward to reading the other books in the series and other works from Alicia Wolfe.

GOOD START.

Interesting characters. Magic, vampires, Fae lords, dragons and supernaturals. The female protagonist has guts and she's portrayed well by the narrator. Daveil, on the other hand have secrets, some emotional problems which he should try to overcome if he is to be the hero that he is. The storyliwe is exciting and interesting and there lots of actions. Smooth flow of the story and well written by Alicia Wolfe. Emma Lysy performed well and the story was brought to life. Worth a credit. Looking forward to the next book.

Just buy the book.....

This is one of those listens that I just thoroughly enjoyed. The narration was wonderful and the story kept me engaged the entire time. I would highly recommend this book to people who love a good YA fantasy!

This review copy audiobook was provided by the author/narrator/publisher free of charge.

Loved this!

Loved this listen! Fantastic story and characters. Excellent narrator as well, she really captured Jade’s snark. I can’t wait to see where this series goes next! I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Probably a decent story, ruined by poor narration

I couldn't finish this one. To be fair, the story started off decently with some intrigue, magic and the like. However the narrator is not great. Her voice is okay, but she speaks too quickly and with little inflection. She also doesn't really make the voices distinguishable (I quite often mistook speech for the female protagonist when it was actually the male's). All of this means it's quite hard to concentrate on the story and I gave up about half way through when I realised I wasn't really listening for the umpteenth time. A shame.

great to read and listen too

found this book great to listen too whilst doing my chores. looking forward to the next instalment I am about go and purchase.