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May 31, 2013

REVIEW: The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé

Author ReviewsBook Reviewsdragons / Drakon series / Georgian / Historical Fantasy / Shana-Abe / Shapeshifter / thief37 Comments

Smoke on the Water – The Smoke Thief My dearest Romancelandia, A few reviews back I told you, in no uncertain terms, that dragons didn’t do it for me in, y’know, a sex way. Well, it turns out I was completely and utterly and comprehensively wrong. Yours, in his bunk, ... more >

April 26, 2013

REVIEW: The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abé

JanineC ReviewsDragon / Drakon series / England / Historical Fantasy / Love-Triangle / World War I / YA19 Comments

Dear Ms. Abé, As a longtime reader of your fantasy-romance Drakon series (books aimed at adults), I was eager to read your newest book, The Sweetest Dark, which is both related to the Drakon series, and the first book in a new series aimed at readers of YA. You state ... more >

Time Weaver Shana Abe
May 25, 2010

REVIEW: The Time Weaver by Shana Abe

JennieB+ Reviewsdragons / Drakon series / Paranormal8 Comments

Dear Ms. Abé, I have been a big fan of your drakon series since reading the first book,  The Smoke Thief. The most recent and fourth book,  The Treasure Keeper, was really the first book in the series that disappointed me. The relationship between the hero and heroine was greatly hampered by ... more >

March 25, 2009

REVIEW: The Treasure Keeper by Shana Abe

JennieB ReviewsDrakon series / ghosts / Paranormal / Paris / shapeshifters15 Comments

Dear Ms. Abe, I’ve been a fan of your drakon series since the first book, The Smoke Thief. I was one of those readers who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the paranormal romance revolution, but the drakon series are among the books that make me glad I ... more >

November 20, 2006

REVIEW: The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Dragon / Drakon series / good-description / My Favorite Things-2006 / Paranormal / Shana-Abe / shapeshifters / thief14 Comments

Dear Ms. Abé, Imagine a place so ripe and thick with the promise of magic that the very air breathes in plumes of pearl and gray and smoky blue; that the trees bow with the weight of their heavy branches, dipping low to the ground, dropping needles and leaves into ... more >

October 13, 2006

REVIEW: Dream Thief by Shana Abé

JaneB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsDragon / Drakon series / Shana-Abe / shapeshifters / thief5 Comments

Dear Ms. Abé: The Dream Thief is a sequel to The Smoke Thief. Lia Langford, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Chasen/Marquess of Langford (one of the two), is a dreamer. She dreams of future events and many of those events involve her lover being pitted against her family, ... more >

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