The Smoke Thief | 
Catch up Round 4!
67: The Smoke Theif, Shana Abe
68: the Dream Theif, Shana Abe
And I'm pretty sure that catches me up... I've currently got one eyeball book and one ear book that I'm working on. Now all I need to do is actuly review each story as I finish it. Here's to hoping! 🤞😅
so-soSo the romance between the two main characters was definitely the part I had the most difficulty buying into during the story, and it would be my main criticism of the book. The world building is great, Rue is awesome, and so I wish the book had focused more on the adventure of finding the thief.
Other than that I would recommend this for someone who‘s interested in the lore of people who turn into dragons. Just push through the forced romance.
“He was drakon ... not mortal, not weak, but something ancient and formidable, barely bound in the sinew and grace of a man‘s unclothed body”
“I am only what I‘ve been forged to be. Not evil, and perhaps not especially good.”
“Righteous intentions, noble deceit. Two sides of the same coin.”
“Great men of wealth is certain to inspire great resentment”
“Yet as with so many things held out of reach, the dream of conquest simmered like a fever through the invaders"
“The moon [frosted] his shadow along the porch step”
“He ... studied the view past the windows until the moonlight began to burn”
“In the skies late at night, against the slick black shadow of the castle, sinuous monsters could be seen hunting the moon"
Has there ever been a less accurate cover? Probably, but this ebook version doesn‘t do justice to what‘s actually inside the book. I look at this cover and feel like I‘m about to dive into a murder mystery out in some abandoned expanse where the emptiness of your surroundings is fear inducing because you could have sworn that you heard someone breathing.
But that is far from the fantasy dragon story that is promised in the description.
I have 2 goals this month. Read these books (for sure, but others as well) and don't get any other library books until I make a significant dent in my tbr stack.
#Apriltbr #aprilbookshowers
Not really enjoying the main male character in this. Unrepentantly kidnapping the main character and blackmailing her into going along with his plans is just not working for me. All the characters seem to have between them is lust and fate. Do they even like each other?
