Ember shouldn’t have fallen in love with a human if she hates them, anyway. The love triangle was too manufactured. I didn’t buy that Garrett was this strong military guy who would suddenly turn to mush over a girl. Her decisions weren’t consistent and I honestly just didn’t care about the girl. But she seemed perfectly assimilated already from the start. The main character was a dragon who needed to ‘assimilate’ and learn to be human. I guess I just didn’t buy this world she’d created. And it didn’t seem to be on purpose, either.

At one point, there was quite a descriptive line, only to be blatantly repeated on the very next page. The whole thing seemed rushed and not well edited. Maybe I was just in a really good mood in the past, but her writing style seemed to have taken a hit on this project. The biggest surprise for me was that this book didn’t seem to live up to anything Kagawa has written thus far. That’s a good sign, right? Well, that is, until it became unbelievable and I just didn’t want to pick it up any longer. This alone had me thinking about this book when I put it down at night. I liked the idea of a world of dragon’s that exist among humans and the suggestion that someone we know might just be a dragon in disguise. The Long: What went wrong, you ask? Well, let’s discuss.įirst, the good. The Short: 2 out of 5 stars. I honestly want to cry just writing that. Faced with Ember’s bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon’s newest recruits in particular. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they’re positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser.Įmber and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind.

George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. (Book 7 hasn’t been released yet.) So, when I saw her name plastered on the cover of a brand new book called ‘Talon’? I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it! Was it as fantabulous as the Iron Fey? Well… let’s find out… I read the first one, fell in love with it, then literally read the other 5 books back-to-back.

I became a fan of Julie Kagawa when I read her ‘Iron Fey’series, a few years back.

Talon by julie kagawa