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Thursday, 27 May 2021

Review: Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall 4 of 5 stars

Dragons Don't Eat Meat (Valkyrie Bestiary #1)Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Valkyrie and pest controller with a soft heart Kyra discovers that someone is killing dragons when she finds an abandoned baby dragon. She doesn't want to take him home but until she can locate his thunder and take him back feels she has to care for him even though her apartment is already full of recused animals. She has a basilisk who thinks he is a turkey a pygmy Kraken and her roommate is a banshee who fills in as a nanny to them all. It might seem strange, but to her, they are her family and when that family is threatened she will risk all to save them. As part of that, she joins forces with the handsome and irritating captain of the city’s vigilante Guardians, who never fails to be around at her most undignified moments. Along with a quirky cast of misfits and unruly critters, Kyra leaves the safety of Montreal Ward and travel through the dangerous Inbetween—the land beyond the protected city-states, where magic is the only rule of law—to reunite the lost dragon with his thunder and stop a new and sinister force from invading their home.

I loved this story which had magical creatures, an evil plot, an underlying sexual tension between Kyra and Mason, lots of danger and drama and some moments of both crushing loss and happiness. I really enjoyed the story and the way it developed. I found the sections of her blog with comments a little weird although it didn't distract too much from the story. I'm intrigued by what happens next and if they can stop the next phase in the evil plot as well as if Mason will finally see who is in front of his face and do what we all want him to do. Well written and easy to read and understand.

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Sunday, 2 May 2021

Review: Hell Hounds Don't Heel by Kim McDougall 4 of 5 stars

Hell Hounds Don't Heel (Valkyrie Bestiary, #3)Hell Hounds Don't Heel by Kim McDougall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Someone is plotting to have all of the gargoyles either put in jail or dead and six feet under. They might have patrolled the Montreal Ward for decades (learning the name Guardians) but when one of them is accused of murder their reputation is immediately blackened from heroes to criminals. Gargoyle Mason promised to return from his trip to France with the only weapon capable of killing formidable witch Polina but no one has heard from him in months and she is gathering forces. This isolated Kyra as it means that she has no backup as she tries to solve a murder and take on some new and terrifying monsters while at the same time looking after her growing menagerie of supernatural creatures. Can they defeat Polina before it is too late while avoiding everything that she is throwing at them?

This was a very dramatic story as the twists and turns came one after the other mixed in with complications that were almost dizzying as Kyra did everything that she could to stay alive as well as save everyone that she considered as her family. It was also a delight to see that the relationship between Kyra and Mason developed nicely and it was great to see how much they were able to respect each other and handle their differences (even though I know Mason wasn't keen on her being in danger and alone while it was daylight). Well written and easy to read and understand. If only there were more stories in this series as I have loved the way it has developed.

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Thursday, 29 April 2021

Review: Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall 4 of 5 stars

Dervishes Don't Dance (Valkyrie Bestiary #2)Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Valkyrie and pest controller Kyra Greene has a dervish apprentice who will protect her from brownies, do into scary basements with you and is incredibly proud to be the one to help her (and save her). In this story, a Guardian is dead. Fae are going missing and someone unknown has let a golem loose in the town. Kyra is the only pest controller qualified to handle all of these magical creatures - can she protect everyone while saving all the creatures?

This was such a fun read as we experienced all of the complications in Kyra's life. Throughout it all, she handled everything thrust at her and protected as much life as she could even if it was at the price of her safety. I loved the way that we learnt all about the various creatures and experienced through the story the reason they were there as well as what she did in order to preserve life. There was a lot of drama and danger in the stories while the love interest that was there between her and gargoyle Mason. Easy to read and understand it was very addictive and I just know I need to read the next story in the series to find out what happens next.

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Thursday, 28 January 2021

FEATURED NEW RELEASE - Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall

Dragons Don't Eat Meat: A Paranormal Suspense Novel with a Touch of Romance (Valkyrie Bestiary Book 1) #wolfpackreads


I wasn’t a killer. I didn’t even kill rats if I could help it. I was a humane pest controller, not a Valkyrie executioner.

But I couldn’t let this dragon poacher live either. His wound would only fester. No medication, magic or otherwise would heal it. His body would rot from the inside out. No one, not even this scumbag deserved to die like that.

I raised my sword for the killing blow.

And the clumsy little blue dragon bumped into me again.

“Quit it!” I said turning my attention away from the unconscious man. 

The dragon sat back on his haunches and watched me curiously. His stubby wings flared open and closed like bellows breathing air into his lungs. He stood no taller than my hip, with dark blue scales on his limbs grading to lighter blue on his pear-shaped belly. He had the big, copper eyes of an anime character and a blunt snout, speckled with silver freckles. A soft fluff of blue feathers crested his head.

He was ridiculously cute.

“This is your fault.” I pointed my sword at the unconscious poacher.

Dragons Don’t Eat Meat: A pest-controller with a soft heart can easily end up with an apartment full of rescues. When Kyra finds an abandoned baby dragon, she doesn’t want to bring him home, but until she hunts down the brute trying to kill all the dragons and start a civil war among the fae, she’s on babysitting duty.

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