Perfect dragon romantasy

Such a hidden gem!!! Loved it! It really is the perfect enemies to lovers, dragon filled urban fantasy/ romantasy! A very thrilling and satisfying start to what I hear is a brilliant series!
The writing is of high quality and story intriguing. The narrators are also fab!

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Could have been better

What did you like most about Talon?

It had three good strong sentral characters

Who was your favorite character and why?

Garret. I have a soft spot for the quiet, brooding type.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

The two men in particular really brought the male perspectives across well.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was emotional as all books of this genre are, but my main feeling was frustration because it was obvious how the story would go.

Any additional comments?

Julie Kagawa is a good writer. I discovered that when I read her Iron Fae series, which insidentally, I hope Audible gets soon. But it seems she's another Author who can't break away from the formula established by Stephanie Meyer of one girl being torn between two guys. If that doesn't bother you, then this book is great. For my part, much as I enjoyed it, I live for the day when Authors of this genre will do something original. Although I'll read the next book and probably enjoy it, it's depressing when you can already predict the story.

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Easy listening.

I really enjoyed this book - listened in two sitting whilst moving house. The different perspectives of the characters gave it a multi-dimensional view; it meant you were rooting for all characters. I have downloaded book 2!

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Again amazing Julie!

What an interesting, exhilarating, fun, original story . Julie Kagawa is just an extraordinary storyteller and this book is again a proof of that!
Is one of those stories you just can’t put down!
The performances are as well exquisite and rich you can see each of the characters so clear. Well done to all the actors!
AMAZING!
Strongly recommend this series to anyone!

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It got worse with time - Spoilers!

I really struggled with this one. Like many others I was intrigued by one of our all time favorite fantasy myths: dragons.

Reluctantly I gave in to reading the book even after I'd realized it would be on the younger side of YA, and that of course, there would be a love triangle.

I was fine with it, expecting it to not be the best book ever. However, it turned out to be a lot worse than I thought.
Let's start out with what I liked:
The setting was good, very limited and not very described really, but you got the gist of approximately where in the world they were.
It has dragons in it, sort of.

Then let's see what I didn't like:
The love triangle turned out exactly as you would think.
The main character was extremely whiny for no apparent reason other than that she who supposedly was around 50 years old, was still a teenager in human years. There was nothing likeable about her for me. She was a spoiled brat that didn't understand the easiest things. During her first training she didn't understand why the "evil" lady made her carry things fast, it took her far too long to understand, and in the maze, she didn't even think about jumping up on the crates until hours had gone by. She's a dragon. With wings. She could've flown up. There was a lot with her that just bothered me.
Instant love in the love triangle. Not a fan of this execution.
There were some things I never understood completely. Teenage humans that were dragons aged slowly, so 50 years was basically 16, yet the main character and her incredibly predictable brother, both constanly complained about only being 16, but weren't they 50? Never really understood that part.
Nothing is explained about the dragons, were they come from, what it looks like there, where it is located, no information at all.
My absolute favorite part of the ones I didn't like though, is how the dragon part is addressed. Instead of the main character being an actual dragon, she just wants to be human, and everyone that is a dragon treats the dragon side of themselves more as a weredragon thing than them being the dragon. They talk about "my dragon roared inside me" instead of "I roared inside", as if it's just some part of them instead of they themselves.

Welp, I'll recommend it for an easy read for younger teenagers, maybe even just for tweens.
Not recommended for dragon lovers or action lovers.

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gripping escapism

loved it, can't wait to listen to the next books! fantastic story line, highly recommended

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Annoying narration

Narration is overly dramatic and detracts from the overall story. Book would be better

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awesomeness

I have loved listening to this. It's not my usual go to genre but I would recommend. my only think is I tend the think if the people as being older than they are. can't think of them as teenagers. ....

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Worst british accent ever 😂 but awesome book

Really enjoyed the story

Was funny to hear the ‘English accent’ it was more a mix of Australian and something else
Some words sounded British accent

But the rest of the performances were brilliant

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Predictable and very 'Young Adult'

Overall an easy listen. I like the main character (Ember) but didn't like either of the love interests much. One was too domineering and the other was two faced. It's also a very predictable book but I don't regret listening to it.

I can't tell you how much I HATED the British accent they attempted. It almost made me skip that entire section it was so awful and cringy.

Listening to this book helped pass the time at work but I'm not sure if I can be bothered with a 2nd book. I'm not looking forward to hearing about their annoying love triangle.

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