Search - Playing With Fire (Silver Dragons, Bk 1)

I loved all four of MacAlister's Aisling Grey novels, and this book is an offshoot of that series. One of the minor characters in several Aisling Grey novels is at the center of this one. I was hoping that Aisling and Jim, my two favorite characters from the other novels, would show up, and they do, for which the book is guaranteed at least three stars. Like the Aisling Grey novels, this book is laugh-out-loud funny and highly entertaining. It's one I could read over and over again for pure enjoyment.

I will admit to liking the character of May... other than that, I will say that the rest of the book had me doing either "oh please" or "aargh!" I stopped reading it 3 times, only to resume because there was nothing else and I CANNOT be without my daily dose of reading! He hehe...but enough of my psychoses.
About May, it is really nice to see that Ms. MacAlister has -finally!- brought forth a female main character who is able to fend for herself, who is no simpering female at the mercy of her hormones. Gabriel was one of my faves from Holy Smokes, and the fact that he betrayed the main characters in favor of his own agenda added depth to his character; but here he is another love-struck dragon in the same boat as Drake the uber-sexy. What a waste.I have really tried to like Drake and the other dragons, but they are so 2-dimensional it makes me want to cry. And once again, Aisling is clueless!!! aaarrrggghhhhh!!!
I'm ok now.
BTW, if you have not visited the otherworld.com site you will have a bit of difficulty keeping up with all the members of the L'au-dela. The cast of background characters is longer than that of Naruto Shippuuden.

I am delighted to meet a character who doesn't have convince herself she is strong. She's smart and stubborn and accepting of herself--without the fluff-headed drama of our beloved Aisling. She's ass-kicking and considerate, all in the same package.

Long live Mayling! I am so pleased to meet you.

Great continuation to the Guardian series. I'm glad Drake and Aisling are in this book. Gabriel meets his mate and she is great.

The beginning dragged a bit for me but it soon took off and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Great independent female lead.

So, I stayed up all night to finish this book. Well, only until 3am anyway. I was so caught up in the Silver Dragon story that I just didn't want to put it down. May is a doppelganger of a naiad Ceyrene. She also is bounded to a demon lord who makes her steal whatever he feels like he would want. Oh, and she just found out that she is also a wyvern's mate. For those who follow Katie Mac's Aisling Grey books and enjoy them...this is a not to be missed book. I have only read one of them to date and found that I was a little put off by the amount of Aisling and Drake in this book. It is almost a continuation of an Aisling book instead of a completely different series. With that said, however, the book was quite enjoyable. The romance between Gabriel and May was wonderful and the sex scenes although hot, were not over the top borderline porn and fit completely with the feel of the books and characters. The major drawback of this book is that it technically doesn't have an ending. At least a happily ever after ending. I felt that it ended rather abruptly and could have used another 20 or so pages to wrap it up. The ending or lack of ending rather is an indication that there would be more books continuing the story line. I am just upset that the next book is not available nor do I have any idea when it will be available. Had it not been for the "To Be Continued" feel of the book I would have given it 5 stars. I really can't wait for the next one.