~ 2.5 Violca's Dragon ~

Violca's Dragon is book one in The Dragon Ruby series by Leilani Love.

LLove is a new author to me. I am torn over this book. It has potential, but the writing was choppy and other things just didn’t work for me.

The transitioning between the scenes and the characters POVs where not smooth. The story was mediocre and none of the characters stood out. They where all just their. Also I whole book felt slow with the plot and romance. It made it hard for me to read and get into the story.

The romance between Violca and Chase was a very slow burn and never really picked up. The three sex scence we got where, blah. I felt like the first two where the same wording just different locations, no originality or variation in the sex scene. We also have a possible secondary romance with secondary characters, but I just felt bad for Scott (secondary character) since his mate is currently underage. That made me feel bad for the guy and also a little weirded out with this set up.

As for the plot we are given a lot of information about the five sisters who know nothing about their heritage. I enjoyed the history/heritage on the witches. I like that we have a verity of supernaturals working together to stop a war and find the diamonds in the ruff, who can change the course of the world. I did get frustrated that once they where found that they got to go home even with the hutners still hunting them. That just did not work for me. Also when Violca encounters the Demon sent after her and destroys it. It felt too easy. Last we have the ending or lack of one. It just ends. Didn’t really feel like an ending.

Violca's Dragon was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.

*Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy provided by Booktrope via NetGalley with the sole purpose of an honest review. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.

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Violca's Dragon is about five sisters who find out they are earth witches and the shifters who were sent to protect them from the rebel dragon king, Dmitri. More specifically, this book of the series follows Violca's romance with dragon shifter Chase.

I liked the story. Violca and her sisters are all distinct personalities that make the book very enjoyable. Angyalka is my favorite. Her presence adds so much humor to everything.

Good book. Looking forward to the next. ( )

"3 out of 5 stars! Five sisters find out there is more to this world then what they knew when others come into their lives to try to protect them from those who would like to use them for evil gain, in the process they learn more about their parents and their pasts then they originally knew.

This unique novel takes the typical paranormal romance situations and throws them into a contemporary setting. Typically, I would like the idea if the romance works out but in this case, it just made me feel bad for Scott (one of the secondary characters who is a panther shifter). One of the things that made it difficult to flow along with the novel was its transitioning between its scenes and between its characters POVs throughout the novel as it wasn't as smooth as I'm used too in other novels. Otherwise, I thought that it has great potential since the plot is engaging and entertaining while making sure the novel never dragged."

Read more of this review, a teaser, and an excerpt here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-tour-made-grade-violcas-d... (Review will be posted on October 17th 2014.) ( )