Reviewed by Sarina
TITLE: Dragon Scales
AUTHOR: Sasha L. Miller
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 76 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 25, 2015
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Amantea is in need of a dragon. If he doesn’t capture the dragon, the wizard threatening his family and home will make good on those threats, and as usual Amantea’s family is too busy bickering about what should be done to actually do anything.
So he’ll just have to capture the dragon himself, which should be a simple enough matter—until the dragon breaks out of his trap like its nothing and promptly kidnaps Amantea so he’ll stay out of the way. Amantea isn’t certain which is worse: the evil wizard out to destroy his home or the insufferable dragon who can’t keep his clothes on. The only thing he does know is that they’re all going to be sorry the moment he escapes.
REVIEW:
Amantea’s never captured a dragon before; hell, he’s never even left home before, but that isn’t going to stop him from doing whatever if necessary to save his home and family from a witch threatening to destroy both. Nothing is going to stop him, especially not the grumpy dragon that can’t seem to keep his clothes on. Isaia is more than just some mindless beast and while irritated, he can’t really fault the little fairy that tried trapping him. Deciding to confront and stop the witch that’s been hounding him once and for all, Isaia sets out to do just that, and ends up with more than he bargained for when the little flit he was trying to protect just won’t leave him alone.
Oh my god, this was just adorable! Amantea is kind of the opposite of what you expect him to be with, you know, being a fairy and all. He isn’t afraid to stand up to Isaia, even when afraid, and I loved his determination to help the dragon whether he wants it or not. Isaia’s character was just loads of fun. He’s super grumpy (he has reason to be) but he still cares, even if his way of showing it is a bit on the rough side at first. I really enjoyed watching his opinion of Amantea change over the course of the story and how calling him a flit changed from an almost insult to an endearment. The romance is a slow build and doesn’t really culminate until after the witch has been dealt with which really worked best with the story. The only thing that would’ve made this better for me was seeing Amantea introduce Isaia to his family. It would’ve been borderline evil but I’d have cackled through it anyway. This was a great fantasy short for anyone with an hour to kill and a love of dragons.
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