Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Sunshine in a Dragon’s Heart
AUTHOR: Jaime Samms
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 243 Pages
RELEASE DATE: December 4, 2018
BLURB:
When Sunny retires to the northern Ontario wilderness to mourn his parents’ deaths, he’s hoping the change of scenery will afford him some peace and quiet.
His hopes are soon spectacularly dashed.
In self-imposed exile, dragon Emile runs across the Fold between his dimension and Sunny’s—and right into Sunny’s arms. Centuries out of touch with human culture, bright, beautiful Emile incinerates any hope Sunny had for an ordinary existence. With dryads and water sprites coming to life all around them, Sunny can’t deny the magic Emile brings to his life—or his heart. But that same magic leads the unrelenting dragon who would keep Emile captive right to them. To save his love, Sunny will have to reach deep and find some magic of his own.
REVIEW:
Sunny is a sweet and lovely human who just doesn’t like other human’s. The forced “fame” he suffered through because of his parent’s deaths leaves him wanting to escape from the rest of the world.
Emile has his own reasons for wanting to escape his own world and when Sunny finds him, he’s torn between getting further away and staying with the young man who’s brought love into his life.
This is an excellent story with characters you can’t help but love. Your heart will break for Sunny as he deals with the loss of his parents and Emile’s struggle to break free from the life that his world seems to think he should be happy to be stuck in will have you rooting for him to win the whole time. The author has created two amazing worlds for Sunny and Emile to live in and their struggle to exist and survive in both sweeps you along in a rush that wouldn’t let me put this book down.
The magic that these two bring into each other’s lives is both literal and metaphorical. And little Fernforest will make you laugh at his silly antics and make you cheer at his bravery. The little dog seems to straddle the line between the two worlds and if you’ve ever wondered if your dog can see things you don’t, this will confirm your suspicions.
The magical creatures that exist for Sunny and Emile are brought to life by the authors wonderful descriptions and I found myself spending a lot of time exploring through the fold in my head.
The journey that Sunny and Emile takes toward each other is a delicate dance that’s sweet and wonderful without becoming cloying or stilted.
The sadness that sometimes surrounds the characters is exactly what the story needs to prevent it from becoming clichéd and I love how these dear-hearted characters can also find bravery to save themselves when they need to.
I do love a good fantasy story and this one has all the elements of a great one and I have no problem recommending this for everyone. If you’ve avoided fantasy stories in the past, I hope you’ll give this one a chance I promise that you will fall in love with Sunny, Emile and Fernforest and the strange and thrilling place they live in.
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BUY LINKS:
Dreamspinner Press