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Sword Of The King (2012)

by Megan Derr(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Less Than Three Press

series

Dance with the Devil

review 1: **Review for Reviews by JesseWave**4.5 starsOh I do love me some dragons! With Sword of the King you get some really cool and unique dragons all wrapped up in a neat little package.I’ll admit that this book won’t be for everyone. This story has multiple protagonists. I’m aware not everyone likes this, but if done well, it doesn’t bother me and I thought it was well done in this instance.Sword of the King features the Syndicates and pit fighting in the world of the Dance with the Devil series. While none of the characters from previous books show up, it’s clear it’s the same world, just as the dragons and pit fighting were mentioned in previous books. No fear, this book can be read as a stand-alone, but I highly recommend the rest of this series.The dragons in t... morehis story are different from any other story in that they are mythical creatures, but with a twist. In this setting, the dragons are humans who have dragon genes. Once their potential is discovered (usually through their fixation on candy or fruit) they are turned through certain drugs and they lose their humanity and become dragons. While able to shift back to human form, they usually prefer their dragon state. They are no massive, big flying creatures, but more like overgrown lizards. Think Chinese dragons, but different. They are no longer human, but they become weapons in the hands of humans. When bonded with their owner or master, they will live and fight for their owner/master. If not part of The Clans, they are usually owned by the Syndicate and forced to fight in the pits for money and entertainment or used as enforcers.There is more to it than just this. The dragons that are part of the Clans are vastly different, but if I go into that angle I will be giving away way too much of the plot. Suffice to say it’s good and worth the read.As you can gather from the above explanation, there is quite some world-building in Sword of the King and this author is a good storyteller. The description of dragons and their masters/owners are descriptive and vivid and well done. It’s funny, enamoring, sweet and scary to see the relationship between owner and dragon. Especially the dynamic between Blaze and Erie is cute.When starting this story, I was afraid it would feature mostly pit fights, but it’s more of an adventure that starts with pit fighter Blaze and his dragon Erie. They are both well trained and very good at what they do. Blaze has known no other life than that of the pits, but he’ll do anything to get Erie out. He’s tired of fighting and afraid of not only losing Erie, but also of the Syndicate boss Rust finding out that he is sleeping with Erie. This is something that is a big ‘no no’. His out comes when a dragon of high percentage is discovered in the territory of another Syndicate and Blaze and Erie are asked to help train it, but their secret orders are to acquire/steal it.Rafael is the brother of the Syndicate boss that discovered Cam, the new and highly wanted dragon. He has a good feel for dragons and is good at training them, but with Cam he is way over his head. His brother owns the ice dragon Conway, though Conway clearly has eyes only for Raf.Together with Ken and his dragon Nevada, both in it to stop the pit fights, and Amr a dragon trainer, they are in for quite the adventure to keep Cam from falling into the wrong hands.There are quite a few plot angles in Sword of the King but they are handled well. Not once did I feel overwhelmed by what was going on. It was nice to see how they all come together in the second half of the story.While it was handled well, I thought the ending could have used some work. There is no open ending but it did leave me with a feeling that it was unfinished or a set-up for more. Or maybe I just didn’t want the story to end.What did bother me a bit were the numerous editing errors. While it’s not uncommon with this publisher, it was even worse than usual and it was only that the story and the dragons were so amazing that kept me going.Sword of the King is definitely a story for readers with a love of dragons. It offers a unique twist on dragons and it involves the legend of King Arthur (that got ya intrigued ey, but I’m not saying any more on it), plus some hot men with their dragons. What’s more can a girl want? Oh right, chocolate to eat while reading it!
review 2: Without question my favorite of the series so far! Definitely among my favorite books I've read this year.I'm having such a hard time finding actual words to sum up just how much I loved this. I've adored dragons since I was little, and after the glimpses we got of Nerin and Troyes in Midnight, I was hoping we'd get to see more of the dragons. (And perhaps get some glimpses of what Barra, Nerin and Troyes kept behind closed doors... :P)Add to that the fact that I totally geek out about anything remotely Arthurian-legend related, and it would have been surprising if I didn't totally love this book.But it wasn't just that! Blaze was an intriguing, fantastic character that I totally fell in love with right from the start. He and Erie together made me smile, and his guilt over his attraction to Raf just melted me. (Speaking of that attraction... wow! SO hot! That first scene in the kitchen was AMAZING!)Another of my favorite things (ugh, what about this book WASN'T one of my favorite things...) was that there were so many fun fight scenes, but it never actually FELT violent. Blaze and Erie and all of the other men and their dragons were so confident in their abilities that the fight scenes only ever felt fun and exciting.The only thing that I wish were different was that I wish we'd seen more of the relationship between Ken and Amr. It started well, I LOVED the set-up for the enemies-to-lovers story for them, but it never seemed to reach its potential, and then suddenly they're working together and sharing powers. I would love to see another book, or even a short, showing more of their lives together. less

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