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Dragon Stones (Book one of the Dragon Stones Saga) [Kindle Edition]

Kristian Alva , Isaac Sweeney
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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From Goodreads: Fantasy is my thing, so I was pleased when I got the chance to review Dragon Stones. This book? Well, I don’t know what to say, I really don’t. I don’t want to say fantastic or awesome, the words don’t have enough meaning. From the start the author emerges us into her world. She doesn’t info dump or expect us to pick everything up at once. We start simply, with some people slaying dragons in the intro. Then we leave this scene to our main character, a 15 year old named Elias and his grandmother. Quaint, some description, quite comfortable. I would say I thought it would be something like a modern Lord of the Rings book.

It’s more than Lord of the Rings, this has a lot of that special zing I loved from Harry Potter in it. After Elias finds a Dragon Stone, some history is revealed through his grandmother to him. He doesn’t heed her advice, and terrible things occur which start the adventure the reader awaits. We also start to switch off to the King Mitca and his Dragon Riders, to see what’s going on on the other side of the coin.

And then it ended.

This book made me cry and ‘feel’ in a good way. I haven’t felt such an old fashioned tug from a book in a long time like this one had on me. This gets a solid 5 from me! ~Melanie Ray's Reviews, Goodreads

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DESCRIPTION: Sequestered deep in the capital, the tyrannical Emperor Vosper weaves a plan to destroy all the dragons. He succeeds in driving them to the very brink of extinction. Only a handful of dragons and riders remain; living in exile in the desert.

When young Elias Dorgumir finds a carved dragon stone in the forest, it brings empire soldiers to his doorstep, and puts Elias on the run with a bounty on his head.

Is Elias strong enough to halt the evil that is spreading across the land?

About the Author

Kristian Alva was born into a family of writers and teachers. She worked as a staff writer and a ghostwriter before publishing her own manuscripts. She released her first book in 2007. She currently lives in California with her husband and son. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading all genres, especially epic fantasy.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 351 KB
  • Print Length: 204 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1937361004
  • Publisher: Defiant Press (14 July 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005CXD76O
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #755 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
First of all, I love this book, it got me hooked from the beginning. I've read many fantasy books, from Lord of the Rings, to Harry Potter, to Inheritance and this is right up there with them in my opinion. I believe the first part of this book goes similarly to Eragon (Inheritance series) but with different motivations. As the story progresses though, the similarity with Eragon disappears yet it is slightly similar to the Inheritance series, yet by no means has it become an spin off to Inheritance. But all this is without criticism. I think the authors should find a different way of describing pain, as someone in pain would not say, and this is a quote "The rocks are burning hot! They're burrowing to my skin!" or " Augggh! Augggh! They're burning my chest!" I know there are not many scenes like this in the book, but it is something to work on authors. Still this is a brilliant book and I urge the authors to make a third book (because there is also a second book out). No book is perfect, but this came very, very close.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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When I read the other glowing reviews comparing this favourably with Tolkien and Harry Potter, I thought that it must be quite good. Its not. In any way, shape, or form. It reads like its written by a teenager for their secondary school coursework. Who knows... maybe it was? Whatever, the writing style is so simplistic and tedious that verged on painful to endure. My head kept on wanting to add words and colour that text seemed so devoid of. The plot is utterly formulaic and predictable almost from the very start. Its a tired re-hashed story that's been so well worn that you needn't even read the book. Its not worth the few hours it takes to read it. It really is very short (think newspaper type of length). I kept on reading the hope that it was a joke or that there would be some cunning plot twist that made the few wasted hours even remotely redeemable. It wasn't and there isn't. Don't bother.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Dragon Stones 19 Mar 2012
By Frank
Format:Kindle Edition
This book wase good and entertaining looking for the future for more of them for some more good reading thank you .
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Clear, quick, easy reading, great adventure
A great adventure yarn with all the right elements for a fantasy story. It's a coming of age story, ideal holiday reading for both teens and adults.
Published 22 days ago by K. Standish
a great read
these books are great couldnt put them down just wish could get the third one keep looking on site but still no luck but will keep looking.
Published 24 days ago by meg
Here's one reader who won't be getting the sequel.
The problem with this book is that it's too short. Not in the sense that I didn't want it to end, unfortunately, but in the sense that a longer book, (with more detail, with less... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Mrs. C. J. Eager
Dragon Stones book one.
I found this book fast moving,interesting, and couldn't wait to read book two.The characters were well defined, making it easy to emphasise with them. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Graham
Great, but short!
Excellent book, a good read. Just a little too short. Will read more of her books in the future and would highly recommend this one.
Published 2 months ago by waysh
Easy reading good escapism
An absorbing read, - storyline flows well - there are a lot of 'dragon rider' books out there at the moment but if you liked Eragon this is of a similar ilk ,-
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Published 2 months ago by CHOCKOHOLIC
Enjoyable
I like the storyline of this book and can identify with the characters, however the writing style is stilted and could be so much better. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jokatrich
Not bad
Although this books starts with heavy similarities to Eragon it moves quickly into Lord of the Rings mode and becomes more interesting as a result. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Hugh Allen
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