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Loading... The Dream Thiefby Shana Abé
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Didn’t work for me nearly as well as the first book unfortunately. I don’t particularly care for Lia and I actively disliked Zane for much of this book. (  )ph8 | Jun 12, 2009 |   Zane, the urchin boy who served the beautiful Smoke Thief of the first book has now grown into a sleek and dangerous master thief, one of the few humans allowed to know about and work with the drakons, dragon shape-shifters who live hidden amongst 18th. century English society. He is bidden to search for the legendary diamond, the Draumr, by the drakon lord, for a reward that will make him wealthy. He sets off for the Carpathian Mountains, where the diamond was rumored to be hidden. Lia is the young daughter of the Lord and Lady of the drakons, but has always felt unimportant since she cannot change nor seem to exhibit any powers. However, she may have precognition and a special sense for the diamond, although no one believes in her. She feels Zane is important to her future and that of the drakon, and she has always secretly had feelings for him. Against all the harsh rules of the drakon, she is determined to aid him in finding the diamond, a jewel that is also crucial to the survival of her people. Again, the best thing about the tale is the beautiful language Abe uses. But Zane and Lia are also fascinating characters. I think I like this tale the best of the Drakon books. (  )aprillee | May 20, 2009 | fiction, series, fantasy, romance, paranormal romance, historical romance, historical, England, Transylvania, dragon, shapeshifting, gems, diamond, precog, thief, princess, 18th Century, Hungary, quest ( )TheBooknerd | Feb 3, 2009 | The drákon are a race of shape-shifters, with the ability to change from human to smoke to dragon, but the ability to Turn is becoming rare, and in females is almost completely gone. Lady Amalia Langford, aka Lia, is the youngest daughter of the drákons leader - and the only female in her family who can not Turn, but, it seems, she does possess other gifts. Zane is a thief, and the only human the drákon have trusted with their secret. Zane is also the primary figure in Lia's dreams... dreams that seem to be giving Lia a glimpse of her future. Lia's parents ask Zane to seek out Draumr, a legendary diamond that gives the bearer the power to control the drákon, and Lia breaks the rules of her kind to follow Zane and join in the search for Draumr. Deception, romance and intrigue accompany Lia and Zane on their quest. Not a bad read. While the drákon are certainly fantastic characters, their motives and desires are very believable, and the characters are written in such a way that you want to know how their story unfolds. mariacle | Jan 7, 2009 | This book was, in my opinion, slightly less magical than the first book in the series, The Smoke Thief. However, that is not due to anything lacking in this book, merely the pure magic of the newness of the first one. Sequels always lose something of the surprise that comes with meeting a new world with new ideas and characters. The magic of this book was still quite sufficient. And I love it. For the disclaimers, it does have sex scenes, and if you don’t like them you might not like the book. However, they were nicely done scenes, and there was none of the “the plot is only how I get from one steamy scene to the next” feeling that you get in some novels. The plot and characters and motivation were all nicely developed in this book. I’m just amazed it took me this long to read this book. But hey - it means the third one will be out before I know it. EDIT: I just realized that I said nothing of the plot. It follows Zane, who you may know from the first book, and Amalia, Kit and Rue’s daughter. They travel (for various reasons) to the continent (from England) to track down a diamond that has the ability to control the drakon. Zane, however, doesn’t know anything about this diamond’s powers, because Lia - who dreams of the future - is scared that if she tells him, her dreams will come true… (  )ca.bookwyrm | Dec 10, 2008 | 0.391 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553804936, Hardcover)In the remote hills of northern England lives a powerful clan with a centuries-old secret. They are the drákon, shape-shifters who possess the ability to Turn—changing from human to smoke to dragon. And from the very stones of the earth, they hear hypnotic songs of beauty and wonder. But there is one stone they fear....Buried deep within the bowels of the Carpathian Mountains lies the legendary dreaming diamond known as Draumr, the only gem with the power to enslave the drákon. Since childhood, Lady Amalia Langford, daughter of the clan’s Alpha, has heard its haunting ballad but kept it secret, along with another rare Gift.... Lia can hear the future, much in the way she hears the call of Draumr. And in that future, she realizes that the diamond—along with the fate of the drákon—rests in the hands of a human man, one who straddles two worlds. Ruthlessly clever, Zane has risen through London’s criminal underworld to become its ruler. Once a street urchin saved by Lia’s mother, Zane is also privy to the secrets of the clan—and is the only human they trust to bring them Draumr. But he does nothing selflessly. Zane’s hunt for the gem takes him to Hungary, where he is shocked to encounter a bold, beautiful young noblewoman: Lia. She has broken every rule of the drákon to join him, driven by the urgent song of Draumr—and her visions of Zane. In one future, he is her ally. In another, her overlord. In both, he is her lover. Now, to protect her tribe, Lia must tie her fate to Zane’s, to the one man capable of stealing her future—and destroying her heart.... (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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