The Dragon Lords (Slayers, #4)

by C.J. Hill

A spy’s life is never safe.

Tori knew that sending Aaron to Overdrake to act as a mole would have its risks. Overdrake might find out the truth about Aaron’s intentions—or even worse, convince Aaron that his revolution is necessary.

The rest of the Slayers are less than enthusiastic about Tori and Aaron’s decision. If Aaron switches sides, they’ll have to contend with three dragons during an attack—odds that will certainly doom them. Tori, however, is positive they can trust Aaron. Trusting Dirk is another matter. He’s still convinced that if he shows Tori what dragons are truly like, he’ll trigger her dragon lord side. And he’s not wrong.

Tori knows that learning how to control dragons may be the key to saving her friends, but the more time she spends with them, the more she wants to save them, not kill them. When the next face-off comes, choosing sides isn’t as easy as it used to be.

• ASIN: B078MTDGYM
• Publish Date: 23 January 2018
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Format: eBook (Kindle)
• Pages: 405
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

As the series continues, it descends into nothing happening. Entire chapters (from both pov) are devoted to Tori and Dirk not communicating. Tori’s inner monologue is growing wearisome as she rehashes her tension with her family, and with the slayers, and nothing happens. I like these characters well enough, but not nearly enough to sit through chapters of nothing but repeated internal monologue and unnecessary angst. 

Also, you’d think the prologue would set the course for the focus or tone of the book. It worked last time with Dirk’s mom. But this time there’s like one scene about Bess and being safe and that's it. 

It gets a half star bump for providing dual endings where she ends up with each of the guys. I found the first one more realistic but have to kind of admire her for making the second one reasonably legitimate and going to the effort of providing it for readers.

[phyllish]

My review is for 4.5 Stars

The Dragon Lords is the long-awaited fourth book in the Slayers series. For those of you who haven’t read any of the books, here is the synopsis from the first book. :

Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And they’re smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about this, let alone believe it – these “Slayers” are descended from the original knights, and are now a diverse group of teens that includes Tori, a smart but spoiled senator’s daughter who didn’t sign up to save the world.

This is a great series, written for young adults. They combine adventure and suspense with fantasy and C.J. Hill’s humor that just can’t help sneaking into her stories like this:

…seemed so incongruous. His father keeping him a prisoner, and his half-sister drawing him pictures.

This book picks up where the last one left off. The suspense continues to build as Tori has now connected to a new dragon, and through connecting she now has an emotional tie to them.

Things get progressively worse for the Slayers and their team has gotten smaller. They have to choose to stay in the fight to stop Overdrake because no one else can or will.

They were so undermanned. A small group of teenagers on a darkened field agreeing to take on a man who commanded dragons, a man who knew them each by name.

I have enjoyed all these books and am looking forward to the next one.


This review first appeared on AmongTheReads.net

I am grateful to Janette Rallison for giving me a copy of this book. The fact I received this book for free does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.