DRAGON'S BLOOD by Marissa Brandt

Title:  DRAGON'S BLOOD
Series:  Almost a Dragon Prequel
Author:  Marissa Brandt
Publisher:  Philtata Press, LLC
Publish Date:   03.28.2021
Category /Genre:  Urban Fantasy
Recommended for:  16+
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  Ophelia Sexton
Goodreads link: Dragon’s Blood
Date completed: 04.07.20201
 
Description from the publisher:
Ophelia Sexton's urban fantasy debut as Marissa Brandt!

Vampires crave dragon's blood. I'm the only guy who can deliver the goods.

My name is Fynn Drake.

When vampires attacked my city, they killed hundreds, including my wife and precious daughter. But the vampires spared me. Why me and not the others? Because they deem my dragon expertise useful.

I'm their slave. Their henchman. Their broker. Dragon's blood heals vampires from lethal injuries and even allows them to walk in daylight. It makes these monsters almost invincible.

The vampires are ruthless. So are the dragons. Rather than trading the usual vials of their blood, this time the dragons offer me a living, terrified fledgling. Ishtar is a mutant slated for culling, fated to be murdered by her own kind. Instead, she’s bartered off to be drained dry by the vampires.

But the notion of handing a helpless child— any child— over to bloodsuckers is too much to bear. Because I know that the vampires will devour this innocent young dragon down to the last drop of her prized blood.

I will do for Ishtar what I could not do for my own daughter.
I will save her... or I will die trying.
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DRAGON'S BLOOD is the first book in the Almost a Dragon series.  Though this could be read as a stand-alone, you will not want to stop… this is going to be a Pringle’s Potato Chip series!
 
This was a great prequel to a new series that provides all that you need to know about a new world of dragons, humans, and vampires.  Some of what you know (vampires burn in the sun, dragons eat sheep) are still true, but this is still a whole new world, and you will need to learn the history that this author has built.  Don’t worry, it is not an info-dump.  Instead this is a complete story that allows you, the reader, to grow into this new life… and to want to walk beside Flynn and Ishtar.
 
As soon as the next book is available, I will be grabbing it and continuing on this journey!  I encourage you to join me, Flynn, and Ishtar as we foil the vampires as they seek to gain more power in their world.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Almost a Dragon Series:
0.5 Dragon’s Blood
1.      The Dragon Thief
 

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