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Color me chagrined! This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, I kind of wish this site allowed you to give 'half-stars'. I'd actually put this somewhere between the three and four star mark. Although I enjoyed the premise of 'epic fantasy told from the dragon's point of view', the story seemed very slow-going in parts.

I attribute much of this to it being the first in a longer series of novels, requiring a lot of it to be set-up, giving the reader an idea of how this world works. I also attribute a little bit of it to 'well, fantasy can be like that'. The I kind of wish this site allowed you to give 'half-stars'. The book didn't really start to pick up for me until about the half-way point, when Auron joined up with the dwarf, Djer. After this point, however, there were many more colorful characters, exciting events, and not long after we find out bout the book's primary antagonist.

It should also be noted that if one likes their protagonists to be 'squeaky-clean' by human moral standards, this is probably not the book for you. Auron murders his brother fresh out of the eggshell, injures and drives the other brother from the nest, and after leaving the nest has no qualms about killing and devouring children from villages he passes.

He is, after all, a dragon. Some of this can be a bit jarring, but it did not take away from my enjoyment of the book. So, although I started out feeling unsure about it due to the pacing, it really picked up toward the end and now I pretty much have to get the next book.

I guess if I decide I want to read the next one, the story has done its job. A delightful story of trial, hardship, and the perseverance to overcome it all, Dragon Champion follows the adventures of Auron, a rare, scaleless dragon as he moves from hatchling to full-fledged dragon. Right from the start, Auron proves his wit and cunning in blood, killing or running off his fellow drakes and thus claiming the title of clutch winner.

Born in the dark of the egg cave, he soon learns that he and his sisters are the future for their kind, born into a world of dwarves, humans, an A delightful story of trial, hardship, and the perseverance to overcome it all, Dragon Champion follows the adventures of Auron, a rare, scaleless dragon as he moves from hatchling to full-fledged dragon. Born in the dark of the egg cave, he soon learns that he and his sisters are the future for their kind, born into a world of dwarves, humans, and elves, all vying for the chance to claim his head for their trophy.

It's not long before fortune turns upon our hero, however, for ruthless dwarves raid the nest, killing his mother and sending him and his sister, Wistala, out into the light of the Upper World. Their adventure of hunting barely has time to manifest before they are separated as Auron is captured by traders in a bid to save his sister.

Escaping his bonds and fleeing a ship bound for an unknown destination, Auron is soon set on a path that will take him from one corner of the world to the other. Falling in with individuals of all shapes and sizes, ranging from Hard-Legs Black-Bristle, lead wolf of the Dawn Roarers, to Heiba, a girl with a weakness for berries. As he sees more cruelty towards his kin, Auron is pushed to discover the secret weakness dragons are reputed to have in a bid to save him.

These books were recommended to me by one of my test readers. So, I picked up the first one, this one. And, I certainly am glad that I heeded the recommendation! For years, I've been a fan of dragons, so the concept of story told exclusively from a dragon's point-of-view had me on wings of my own.

At first, I was a little taken aback by the ferocity of the opening chapter, and of some of the things Auron does later on though, with one exception, he's defending himself and those who have helped h These books were recommended to me by one of my test readers. At first, I was a little taken aback by the ferocity of the opening chapter, and of some of the things Auron does later on though, with one exception, he's defending himself and those who have helped him.

But, it was great fun following Auron in his travels and watch him grow and develop as an individual. And, see him interact with his allies--especially with Hieba. I haven't read any of his books prior to this one, but Knight certainly gives this series a very good start. There's a healthy amount of humor to balance out the drama.

I definitely recommend this, and the other books, to any with an interest in dragons. Warning: Some slight spoilers ahead! As a lover of dragons and fantasy, this book immediately caught my interest. I pretty much love anything fantasy-related. The only problem is that fantasy can be a pretty 'cut-copy' kind of genre.

A lot of authors stick to the same general layout when they write the world and characters for their books. It seems to always be the same: The magical elves, the mountain dwarves, and the mortal humans. Dragons are usually the big-bad monsters or the wise-good rep Warning: Some slight spoilers ahead!

Dragons are usually the big-bad monsters or the wise-good reptiles. So, when I picked up this book, I was a little cautious. I wasn't sure if it would end up being just another samey fantasy book or a hidden gem. But I was still eager to try it out.

In the end, even if I don't particularly like it, I still get some enjoyment just because I like reading about faraway fantasy lands filled with magic and magical creatures. So, is this book one of those hidden gems? No, not really. After reading it, I can sum up my overall feelings with a big 'meh'. I thought it was really cool to have the dragon as a main character, though I feel the potential was wasted. Hearing the small tid-bits of dragon culture and lives was pretty interesting.

I think the book should have been more focused on that. Maybe going more into the history of the different dragons and their culture and languages. The history of the world was nice, but nothing was was super unique or memorable. I guess for me, there were tiny pieces of interesting parts of history.

For example, I thought the concept of having the dragon living and being raised by wolves was very interesting! Overall though, the book just isn't that captivating. It gets so boring at times, honestly. Nothing really caught my attention or really inspired me to keep going. The dragon's journey wasn't that harrowing or compelling.

It's not like where Frodo has to take the One Ring to Mount Doom or the entire world will plunge into an era of chaos. Nothing feels frantic or energetic. Sometimes, it just feels that 'this dragon is going here and here just because he wants to.

The beginning pieces are there, but they need to be emphasized a bit more. If Auron was the last of his kind and had to find the fabled DragonLand or something similar to that , then it should feel like that. Auron should be thinking about how he holds the key to his species survival! Or if it had a more 'fish out of water' type of feel.

Auron could be a dragon that knows next-to-nothing about the world below and is forced to retreat after a giant dragon war or something like that. He has to survive in environments he has never seen before and interact with creatures he didn't know existed in order to get back to the dragon lands.

As I said before, it starts out trying to give this kind of feel, but it falls short. As it is now, it's just. Kind of boring. Also, it doesn't really help that Auron isn't a very interesting character in my opinion. Having a dragon who was partially raised by wolves sounds like it would make for a great narrating voice!

Instead, I feel that if you took Auron out and plopped in a human, elf, dwarf, etc. Having Auron make observations in a more dragon-perspective from his culture and up-bringing would have made it more interesting to read about. Also, Auron didn't feel like he made any huge character developments. He is traveling through a world entirely new to him, and it doesn't seem to have had any effect on him at all. With all that said, there were some parts of the book I really did like.

As I said before, showing the lifestyle of dragons and some of their culture was something I enjoyed reading a lot. I personally liked the explanation that the reason dragons hoard treasure such as jewels and coins having to eat to them in order to make their scales hard. That was an interesting twist! Dragon Champion isn't a bad book in my opinion, just one that's.

I still went through it and didn't mind it too much, but it fell short. It is a book with some interesting bits to it. If you like fantasy and dragons! If you can get past the flaws and enjoy it, it's not a bad book at all and can be an enjoyable read. I originally picked this novel up in November, but as I fell into a reading slump, I placed it aside.

I decided to return to it as my reading slump began to dwindle away, but ultimately I suspect now that this book was the cause of my November slump.

Crack Ws Ftp 95 Le on this page. I felt really drawn towards the story when I initially began it. This book was my very first time reading from the first-person persp I originally picked this novel up in November, but as I fell into a reading slump, I placed it aside.

This book was my very first time reading from the first-person perspective of a dragon, which felt quite original and refreshing. Learning about their physiology and behaviour patterns made for some fascinating stuff. However, as Auron continues onwards with his journey, I found myself quickly losing focus and feeling immensely bored; the book became a struggle.

He goes through some really terrible things and about one-third of the way through, I began to wonder if the novel was just going to be one depressing and tragic thing after another. The challenges became repetitive and uncomfortably despairing. When he partners up with a different race of animals, their strange interactions finally brought some of the plot progression back to life.

But as that arc ended and Auron moved on to formulate friendships with a humanoid race of people, everything just fell apart for me. This second encounter and partnership situation was excruciatingly tedious.

The book told us where and what was happening instead of immersing us into it to fluidly. I found myself falling into another miserable slump again and it was at this point that I decided to set the book aside. I was eagerly hoping to enjoy Dragon Champion as I love fantasy of this calibre and the premise was quite promising. Nonetheless, the title simply ended up not being my cup of chai.

I do want to mention that the meticulous attention to detail, in conjunction with the weaving of fantastical facets and scientific elements were very promising. With a more refined touch and more cohesive building of atmosphere, it could make for fantastic storytelling.

Via Book Reviews by Niki Hawkes at Even though there are many other excellent dragon books out there, I have never before read one quite like this. Most authors use dragons as important companions to their main human characters, but E.

Knight takes it one step further by allowing his readers to become a dragon. Told from the dragon's perspective, the story follows him from the struggles of hatching all the way to the adventures of adulthood. As if that wasn't cool enough, this Via Book Reviews by Niki Hawkes at Even though there are many other excellent dragon books out there, I have never before read one quite like this.

As if that wasn't cool enough, this dragon, Auron, is grey-scaled, an anomaly in the dragonworld who lacks the rock-hard scales that protect others of his kind. Because most of the main characters are dragons, it makes for an interesting dynamic, as they have all sorts of traits and motives that are quite different from a human's.

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His… More. Shelve Appalachian Overthrow. Published Having read the entire series I have to say this outing started off and ended good with a big slowwwww middle. Jun 04, Amanda Reynolds-Gregg rated it liked it.

E Knight's series has been admittedly running out of steam for a bit now. Winter Duty and March in Country were rather dull in comparison to some of the previous installations and had very little action, not to mention ignored some very promising storylines to bring us more forced plot in Kentucky.

Which is why this book, and the previous one - Appalachian Overthrow - were nice new additions. This one is from the perspective of Duvalier, one of my favorite characters of the series.

In getting E. In getting away from Valentine, we get to see things a bit fresher and actually see the way a Cat is supposed to act sorry, Valentine, but he was pretty terrible at it.

The new location was nice too. It was interesting to see how other countries were dealing with the Kurian problem. The problem with this book that some of the other, more recent ones has suffered is that there isn't a lot of payoff.

Most of the book builds to the climax making it a bit of a slow read. And the climax itself isn't a huge payoff. Which is really too bad. I would have loved to have seen more played with and developed in terms of the international view of the Kurian invasion or the revelation of the lifeweavers which felt a little glossed over. The fresh perspective and location gave this series a nice breath of fresh air but sadly not enough to get more than a couple of deep inhales of.

A lot of great potential was missed her. The series is definitely passed it's glory days. Mar 24, Kev rated it it was amazing. I thought a Vampire Earth book without David Valentine as the main character wouldn't be as good. I was wrong. Valentine plays second fiddle to Alessa Duvalier this go-round. The book takes her out of her element of scouting and quick combat, and puts in the role of escorting a delegation to a rare conference of the Freeholds in Europe.

We get deep into her thoughts and psyche, and see what makes her tick and how she deals with the things she's done in the fight against the Kurians and what it dr I thought a Vampire Earth book without David Valentine as the main character wouldn't be as good. We get deep into her thoughts and psyche, and see what makes her tick and how she deals with the things she's done in the fight against the Kurians and what it drives her to do.

Very good book! I skipped the book about Anh Kah - I'm thinking I should go back and read that too, now! View all 3 comments. Jul 03, Eric rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in I enjoyed this book more than I did the previous book in this series, but I longed for a return focusing on David Valentine, the series' primary protagonist.

This book seemed to gloss over the action sequences, where previous books presented greater detail. I was hoping that we'd learn more about Duvalier, her history, etc. Hoping that if there is another novel, it concludes the series, as it is getting weaker as we progress. It was ok but I think the story is playing out and needs to get wrapped up soon. I didn't mind being in the cat's head for most of the book, in many ways it was a nice change, but I prefer Valentine's head.

And not a lot happened in this until the end. At least it nudged the long arc forward a little, but only a little. May 22, Laura rated it liked it. This was a little lackluster compared to the other books in Vampire Earth.

It moved a lot slower and all the action happened in the very last part. Although it was nice to be taken to a differnt part of earth Scandanavian Countries versus only in the US again. Apr 08, D. Allen rated it liked it.

The last 2 books in the VE series haven't centered on Valentine. Jul 09, Jeff rated it it was ok Shelves: sci-fi. May 10, Doug rated it liked it. Not bad, but a little disappointing. Hopefully this is just a filler before the next book and giving us progress, but I worry that there isn't much left May 05, Csarmi rated it really liked it Shelves: audiobooks , vampire-earth.

Very nice one. Great to see Alessia's PoV for a change. Maybe a little bit on the short side. Jul 08, Shelley marked it as to-read Shelves: release. Expected publication: April 1st by Roc Hardcover. Apr 29, Felix rated it liked it. This is a lot better than "Appalachian Overthrow. Enjoyable, but seems a connection novel More of story wrapped about an info dump.

Still liked it though. Apr 13, Shadowdenizen rated it liked it Shelves: ee-knight. And the general downhill slide of this series continues