Talon
The Talon Saga, Book 1
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Talon
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Narrated by:
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Caitlin Davies
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MacLeod Andrews
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Chris Patton
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By:
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Julie Kagawa
About this listen
In Julie Kagawa's groundbreaking modern fantasy series, dragons walk among us in human form.
Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have becomestrong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser.
Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George.
Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey - and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. 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.
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Reluctantly I gave in to reading the book even after I'd realized it would be on the younger side of YA, and that of course, there would be a love triangle.
I was fine with it, expecting it to not be the best book ever. However, it turned out to be a lot worse than I thought.
Let's start out with what I liked:
The setting was good, very limited and not very described really, but you got the gist of approximately where in the world they were.
It has dragons in it, sort of.
Then let's see what I didn't like:
The love triangle turned out exactly as you would think.
The main character was extremely whiny for no apparent reason other than that she who supposedly was around 50 years old, was still a teenager in human years. There was nothing likeable about her for me. She was a spoiled brat that didn't understand the easiest things. During her first training she didn't understand why the "evil" lady made her carry things fast, it took her far too long to understand, and in the maze, she didn't even think about jumping up on the crates until hours had gone by. She's a dragon. With wings. She could've flown up. There was a lot with her that just bothered me.
Instant love in the love triangle. Not a fan of this execution.
There were some things I never understood completely. Teenage humans that were dragons aged slowly, so 50 years was basically 16, yet the main character and her incredibly predictable brother, both constanly complained about only being 16, but weren't they 50? Never really understood that part.
Nothing is explained about the dragons, were they come from, what it looks like there, where it is located, no information at all.
My absolute favorite part of the ones I didn't like though, is how the dragon part is addressed. Instead of the main character being an actual dragon, she just wants to be human, and everyone that is a dragon treats the dragon side of themselves more as a weredragon thing than them being the dragon. They talk about "my dragon roared inside me" instead of "I roared inside", as if it's just some part of them instead of they themselves.
Welp, I'll recommend it for an easy read for younger teenagers, maybe even just for tweens.
Not recommended for dragon lovers or action lovers.
It got worse with time - Spoilers!
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My favourite series
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It is such a gem! And especially considering all of the crap books that gets promoted as amazing stories and wonderful writing when they are actually not.
This one actually has great characters, a captivating story and good writing.
Do yourself a favour and read it!
WARNING!
The next part contains SPOILERS:
There is absolutely only 2 small things that I would like to have changed.
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A hidden, but sparkling gem!
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I can't tell you how much I HATED the British accent they attempted. It almost made me skip that entire section it was so awful and cringy.
Listening to this book helped pass the time at work but I'm not sure if I can be bothered with a 2nd book. I'm not looking forward to hearing about their annoying love triangle.
Predictable and very 'Young Adult'
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