The Dragon Lord's Daughters by Bertrice Small, Beatrice Small

Good idea, poorly writtenby Betty_R

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June 28, 2009: The idea of a romantic novel about King Arthur's descendants is great, but this book is poorly written and does not live up to the expectation of Beatrice Small fans. Instead of weaving a single cohesive story about three sisters falling in love, each part is disjointed and ends abruptly as though the author remembered she had another book to write.

The book progresses from disappointing ending with the eldest daughter to downright aborted ending with the youngest daughter. How can the author possibly introduce a romantic hero in the last 20 pages of the story? Junia's story begins on page 235, on page 337 her hero is introduced, and on page 359 the story ends. There is no romance or love story for Junia, ever. Her first love interest is hardly the hero and we only know that she finds love again because Beatrice Small writes less than one page to tell us that she does. The ending to the second story is only slightly better, in that at least the romantic plot is consistent, but poorly executed. The first story is disappointingly mediocre, but it is clearly where all the creative energy of this book is focused. Such a disappointing read.

A GREAT READ FOR FANTASY AND ROMANCE LOVERS ALIKEby Anonymous

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March 26, 2008: I love this book, it had me sitting on the edge of my seat, crying and cheering all within the first part of the book. I READ IT TWICE!!!