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From the limitless imagination of New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa comes the next thrilling novel in The Talon Saga. Forced to choose between becoming an assassin for the dragon organization Talon and being hunted forever as an outcast, Ember Hill now stands with Riley and his band of rogue dragons. She's lost contact with her twin brother, Dante, a Talon devotee, as well as Garret, the former enemy soldier who challenged her beliefs about her human side. As Ember and Riley hide and regroup to fight another day, Garret journeys alone to the United Kingdom, birthplace of the ancient and secret Order of St. George, to spy on his former brothers and uncover deadly and shocking secrets--secrets that will shake the foundations of dragons and dragonslayers alike and place them all in imminent danger as Talon's new order rises. Don't miss the first book in Julie Kagawa's highly anticipated new series, SHADOW OF THE FOX, AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2, 2018 "Kagawa's storytelling elevates this novel within the crowded field of fantasy romance." --BookPage "Kagawa knows how to end a first volume for maximum cliff-hanger drama." --Booklist
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5 primary booksTalon
Talon is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Sophie Kim and Julie Kagawa.
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This is a book about shape-shifting dragons and makes me feel like the whole supernatural romance genre has become self-mocking. Like humans are going to be playing tonsil hockey with more and more ridiculous creatures until no-one can even take it seriously anymore. Have we done centaurs yet?! How about a sphinx?! This is probably evidence that I'm getting old and surly and am going to start uttering things like, “What's wrong with kids today?”
The mark of a good series is the ability to read any of its parts out of sequence and have it be an enjoyable read. The mark of a great series is the need to read the rest of the series after having read one out of sequence. Talon is a good series but definitely not great; having read book 3, I could care less what happens to Ember or Riley or Garrett or even Wes (who was the only character I found remotely interesting) and wouldn't lift a finger to find out. If I was younger and had less discriminating taste and more time, I might be subject to the allure of such a series though. Maybe. (No, probably not.)
Many thanks to Harlequin Teen for the free review copy via goodreads.
