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About a Dragon Free FREE ABOUT A DRAGON PDF G. A. Aiken | 352 pages | 02 Dec 2008 | Kensington Publishing | 9781420103748 | English | New York, United States Dragon - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want About a Dragon read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — About a Dragon by G. About a Dragon Dragon Kin 2 by About a Dragon. Existence as a hated outcast is nothing new for a woman with such powerful secrets. The dragon, though? A tad unusual. This one has a human form to die for, and knows it. According to dragon law, Talaith is now his property, for pleasure…or otherwise. Get A Copy. Mass Market Paperbackpages. Published December 1st by Zebra first published August 1st More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about About a Dragonplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start About a Dragon review of About a Dragon Dragon Kin, 2. Oct 21, Alp rated it really liked it Shelves: dragons About a Dragon, fantasy-romance. Almost great. Oh yeah, I liked it! To tell you the truth, during the first few chapters, I was a little hesitant as to whether I should put this book down or not. I About a Dragon with the story and the character of Talaith herself through the first half of the book, so much so that I felt the urge About a Dragon DNF. But for some unknown reason, I decided to at least delve a little bit further into the story and see if the second half would make up for the first one. My major problem with this book was Talaith. In this book, Talaith annoyed me to no end. Honestly, I couldn't warm up to her until near the end of the book. The constant bickering and taunting that went on between Briec and Talaith got About a Dragon so irritated. They acted childishly which didn't in any way make any favorable impression on me. However, I enjoyed the overall storyline and also the supporting characters. They were a big surprise for me I can tell. Aside from those issues, I have nothing else to complain. This was my first read by this author but it will definitely not be my last. View all 33 comments. Nov 16, Beanbag Love rated it it was ok. I don't know. I just don't know. At first, during the initial two chapters, I thought "Wow! This is much better than the last one! They argued constantly. Only this time it was treated as "positive" because arguing turned them on. Well, I found it to be tedious. This author has a problem with heroines. They're all maniacs. They have hair-trigger tempers and take their anger About a Dragon -- violently -- on their mates. That doesn't make them strong female character I don't know. That doesn't make them strong female characters. It makes them weaker than just About a Dragon any doormat you could name. If they can't control themselves they're worthless to everyone else. Anyway, I'm not sure About a Dragon she does under her other pen name Shelley Laurenston? Because I'm convinced she's never had any actual contact with the gender. Sorry for About a Dragon rant. I think what ticks me off is that there are chapters that are pretty amusing. There's About a Dragon really funny stuff About a Dragon here, with a dragon so arrogant and unfamiliar with humans About a Dragon his first words to About a Dragon heroine are basically: "come with me, I wish to have you. And it does help very much that we actually see them thinking through what they're going to start an argument about so they About a Dragon launch into a passionate episode. But it would work better if the violent temper-losing and poorly thought out rejection didn't come along with it. We're left with too many negatives that are completely unnecessary. I'm tempted to read the next one just because I'm on the track, but I'll wait a while. The dragon at the center of it is a smart-ass who's constantly hit and threatened by everyone in retaliation, so I can only foresee more mate-abuse down the road. View all 16 comments. Jul 16, Jilly rated it liked it Shelves: werewolves-and-other-furry-shiftersparanormal-romance. Not About a Dragon good as the first one because I found both of the MCs annoying more than cute or About a Dragon. But, there was still a lot of funny in the book. Why they can't be together? To the man who tried to kill you. Let's see. Ah, yes. Burn the witch. Our dragon hero dude saves her from hanging and being burnt at the stake - by her husba Not as good as the first one because I found both of the MCs annoying more than cute or funny. Our dragon hero dude saves her from hanging and being burnt at the stake - by her husband no less, and she bitches and moans the whole book about how the dragon kidnapped her. Seems a little ungrateful to me. A "thank you" would be nice. And, much like a holiday dinner, we get to listen to these two argue and bitch at each other for the entire book. Can we just eat this giant dead bird in peace, Grandpa? Do we have to get into your reasons About a Dragon this country is going to hell in a handbasket? Here is what saved the book, though: Annwyl the Bloody. Yes, our murderous raging queen comes in at about the halfway point and is as glorious as ever. I love how we get to read her thought process as she is at a boring party stuck listening to a boring man bore her to death: his nose was excessively long. She desired to break it. Would he cry like a babe, or take it like a man? She'd wager on crying Yeah, I often let my mind wander when someone is going on and on about nothing to me too. Dragons | Bedtime Stories Pepper is so bored About a Dragon her classes that she is willing to go the end of the earth to get some special ingredients! When Katie moves house, she has to make new friends, and discovers a dragon to keep her company. A Prince steals a magical ring from a fairy queen in order to defeat a wicked dragon. A friendly frog helps a queen and a princess to escape a lion witch. Four brothers each learn a About a Dragon important skill that they use to save a Princess from a dragon. Some kids have an adventurous fight with a dragon for jewels. When a little boy Lionel becomes King, he lets a dragon escape…. Effie and Harry are forced to change the weather when a plague of About a Dragon comes to town! Nigel and the Princess will conquer a dragon and a griffin when Love and Arithmetic collide. A wild dragon is stuck in the basement… how do you think you would tame it? Edmund is a nice About a Dragon who tries to save his village from a dragon. A Prince sets off to hunt a dragon, but a Pig-keeper is forced to save the world. A boy goes on an adventure to save an imprisoned baby dragon. dragon | Description, Myths, & Facts | Britannica A dragon is a large, serpentine legendary creature About a Dragon appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-leggedand capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. The earliest attested reports of draconic creatures resemble giant snakes. Draconic creatures are first described in the mythologies of the ancient Near East and appear in ancient Mesopotamian art and literature. Stories about storm-gods slaying giant serpents occur throughout nearly all Indo-European and Near Eastern mythologies. The popular western image of a dragon is based on a conflation of earlier dragons About a Dragon different traditions, and of inaccurate scribal drawings of snakes. In western cultures, dragons are portrayed as monsters to be tamed or overcome, usually by saints or culture heroesas in the popular legend of Saint About a Dragon and the Dragon. They are often said to have ravenous appetites and to live in caves, where they hoard treasure. These dragons appear frequently in western fantasy literature, including The Hobbit by J. Tolkienthe Harry Potter series by J. Dragons and their associations with rain are the source of the Chinese customs of dragon dancing and dragon boat racing. Many East Asian deities and demigods have dragons as their personal mounts or companions. Dragons were also identified with the Emperor of Chinawho, during later Chinese imperial history, was the only one permitted to have dragons on his house, clothing, or personal articles. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of avian, feline, and reptilian features, and may include: snakelike features, reptilian scaly skin, four legs with three or four toes on each, spinal nodes About a Dragon down the back, a tail, and a serrated jaw with rows of teeth.
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