As a lover of anything dragon-related, I have been waiting to get my hands on this book for quite a while. I finally broke down and bought it new, and found it to be a total waste of my money.
The story itself is very weak. The two main characters basically jump each other from the first chapter, and the "story" seems almost an afterthought. There is no background information given on the world and I spent much of the time reading this book trying to figure out whether this alternate reality was past, future, Steampunk, or some amalgamation of all of them. Characters fly in Zepplins, but everything is made of stone and metal. They write on sheets of tin, but they have communicators they can use to send "texts". It took me until the 3rd use of the word "bong" to realize they meant hours--there wasn't even good context clues to figure it out. The male lead is part of a contingent of warriors who fought, killed, ate, and drank the blood of dragons who wanted to live freely; thus the Black Dragon's blood reference in the title. The dragons were eventually eradicated and the warriors took on some small physical changes like heightened senses and a decrease in fertility.
While this was not the WORST book I've ever read, it was definitely in the top 10. I will be taking the second and third of these books off my wish and reminder lists because I don't think I can handle more torture. If you are a fan of sex without substance, you may find this book appealing, but I prefer my books to have an actual plot.
The story itself is very weak. The two main characters basically jump each other from the first chapter, and the "story" seems almost an afterthought. There is no background information given on the world and I spent much of the time reading this book trying to figure out whether this alternate reality was past, future, Steampunk, or some amalgamation of all of them. Characters fly in Zepplins, but everything is made of stone and metal. They write on sheets of tin, but they have communicators they can use to send "texts". It took me until the 3rd use of the word "bong" to realize they meant hours--there wasn't even good context clues to figure it out. The male lead is part of a contingent of warriors who fought, killed, ate, and drank the blood of dragons who wanted to live freely; thus the Black Dragon's blood reference in the title. The dragons were eventually eradicated and the warriors took on some small physical changes like heightened senses and a decrease in fertility.
While this was not the WORST book I've ever read, it was definitely in the top 10. I will be taking the second and third of these books off my wish and reminder lists because I don't think I can handle more torture. If you are a fan of sex without substance, you may find this book appealing, but I prefer my books to have an actual plot.
