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Review : Fire of the Dragon (Bestiary Series, #1) by Lori Dillon (Fantasy)


Book Blurb

Being sent back in time to the Middle Ages wouldn't be so bad if the knight in shining armor who comes to your rescue didn't swoop down in the form of a fire-breathing dragon. Unfortunately for Jill Donahue, that's just the way things have been going in her life lately.

A Maiden

Wrenched back in time through the magical power of an old dragon tapestry found in a vintage clothing store, Jill Donahue lands in an ancient medieval town where the villagers decide to sacrifice her to the local dragon. As if the threat of being eaten alive by a giant flying lizard isn't bad enough, she learns there’s a curse surrounding the tapestry and she has to break it in order to get back to her time. But she isn't the only one whose fate is tied to the ancient weaving...

A Dragon

Baelin of Gosforth is a valiant knight who has been cursed by a vindictive witch to live as a dragon for eleven months out of each year. Now he has thirty days to break the curse or he turns back into a fire-breathing beast and, as much as he hates to admit it, he needs Jill's help to do it.

And A Curse

Forced to face many challenges along the way—from the harsh world they travel through to the fiery passion they both try to deny—each is determined to break the curse so the other can get their happily-ever-after. And it just might work, if Jill can manage to overlook the fire-breathing, bat-winged remnants of Baelin's dragon half long enough to see the man beneath the beast and get the job done.

Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

In book one of the Bestiary Series, Jill Donahue finds herself rushing around doing last minute shopping for her niece’s birthday. She is a horrible aunt and she could just hear what her mother was going to say to her. While she is berating herself someone bumps her and sends her into the glass of a store window. The owner brings her into the shop to make sure she is alright.

Jill has entered a mystery vintage shop and is offered tea by a tiny woman wearing coke bottle glasses. The woman introduces herself as Clo and is determined to find exactly what Jill needs. She goes in search of a gift that her niece might like. Clo comes back with a tapestry that portrays a scene with a dragon. Jill touches it admiring its beauty but knows it won’t work for her niece. She starts to explain to Clo that she will have to find something else when she feels dizzy.

Jill wakes up amongst stares from strange looking people. They inform her she fell from the sky. They also decide that she is the one they will sacrifice to the dragon. Jill can’t believe what is happening or what she is seeing. She comes face to face with a real live dragon. She is taken by the dragon to its lair and realizes she is there to try and break a curse. There are three tasks she must complete. She only has one month to do so. If she doesn’t succeed she may be stuck there.

This story is a time travel adventure, which is one of my favorites. A modern day woman finds herself back in time eight hundred years helping a knight break a curse. The storyline was fun for me to read. The characters were a great match for each other containing a lot of chemistry. Jill’s character was feisty and refused to give up.

The author created an interesting scenario for Jill and the dragon curse was fascinating. The twists and turns of the story kept me engrossed as it developed around the characters. The ending was exactly as it should have been. It was a fun read and I give it a 4 out of 5.

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