diff --git a/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md b/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1ff99f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Dragon's Winter - Elizabeth A. Lynn" +date = 2019-08-14 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "reviews", "fantasy", "elizabeth a lynn"] ++++ + +[Goodreads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22746453-dragon-s-winter): +Karadur and Tenjiro are twin sons of Kojiro Antani, the dragon lord of Ippa. +But only Karadur, whose name means "fire-bringer," bears the blood of the +dragon in his veins. His younger brother, Tenjiro or "Heaven's hope," was +second out of the womb and is the weakest and smallest of the two. As the +twins grow to maturity, Karadur is anxious to attain the promise of his blood +and transform into the dragon he is capable of becoming. But Tenjiro, who +bears the scars of Karadur's claws, resents his older brother and, on the eve +of Karadur's transformation, steals the talisman that makes the change +possible. That same night he disappears, fleeing to a distant, icy realm where +he will reemerge as a powerful wizard bent on destroying his older brother. +But Karadur, lord of Dragon Keep, is prepared to go to war against Tenjiro, +and it's likely only one will survive. --Craig Engler (less) + + + +{{ stars(stars=3) }} + +A fantasy book with changelings, a feud between brothers and a medieval +setting. + +The problem? It is too cliché. + +Sure it's a simple read, but the amount of clichés, like the big baddie, the +corruption of a character by some supernatural power, the character with an +immense power that he needs to learn how to control, even the freaking "let me +build a character you'll cheer for and I'll kill them" is there.