Title: Flux of Skin
Series: Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon #2
By Kris Austen Radcliffe
Blurb:
Contains Adult Sexual Content and some violent imagery.
Flux of Skin, book two of the Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon series, picks up Ladon and Rysa's story four hours after the events of book one,Games of Fate.
How many loves must Ladon watch die?
Ladon thought he controlled the rage. He thought he left his past-and his violence-behind. But the Shifters take Rysa and now no one is safe…
Ladon wanted a gentle life. But century after century, the call to battle malicious Fates, Shifters, and Burners always won. The world needed him. So he fought.
War took its toll and now, sometimes, his scars show. When it happens, Ladon ruptures-body, mind, and soul. And the world pays.
But he's found a new way: a modern life with his beloved Rysa. He won't give her up. Not because of family strife. Not because of the issues twisting her life into a raging cyclone. And definitely not because of war-until a new group of Shifters rain death onto everyone he loves.
Every Shifter understands fury. Now they learn rupture.
FLUX OF SKIN, book 2 of the Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon series, a New Adult Urban Fantasy with Strong Romantic Elements by Kris Austen Radcliffe, continues the story of Rysa and Ladon. Set in the open spaces of America, the series takes Rysa and Ladon-and Ladon's companion beast, Dragon-through a landscape punctuated by unfamiliar creatures: Fates with the ability to see past, present, and future. Ghouls called Burners who devour with fire and acid. Shifters who shape much more than their bodies. And two dragons who speak with color and pattern.
My Review:
I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.
Rysa and Ladon have known each other for a very short time and they are totally and completely in love with each other. Rysa doesn't understand what is going on. How can she be in love with him when she has only known him for this short period of time? The love she feels for Ladon and his Dragon is very much real. It feels like they have been together for centuries. Rysa, Ladon and Dragon are on the run someone is after Rysa and want her dead. Ladon and Dragon are both very much determined to keep her alive and well. Ladon has lost a lot of people in his lifetime that he has cared so much for but he will not lose Rysa, his "Love".
Ladon's sister AnnaBelinda doesn't like Rysa because of what she is and not who she is. She dislikes Rysa because she is half Fate and half Shifter. Rysa never knew what she was growing up. So it doesn't make since to me how AnnaBelinda could dislike Rysa so much for what she was when Rysa never knew what she was and couldn't be like other Fates and Shifters. Why couldn't AnnaBelinda give her a chance and take the time to get to know her before she judged her for being what she was.
AnnaBelinda also dislikes Rysa because her husband Derek was taken from her by the Seraphim while they were fighting with them when they were trying to take Rysa. The Seraphim want Rysa dead for what she is. AnnaBelinda blames Rysa for her husband being gone. AnnaBelinda is a smart person and she knows that Rysa had nothing to do with them taking her husband. Deep down she knows Rysa tried to help them and stopped the Seraphim from taking him but she is hurting and has to blame someone. AnnaBelinda and her Dragon both dislike Rysa and blame her. They are both mad at Ladon for even trying to help her and wanting to be her friend. They don't trust Rysa. There are times that Rysa doesn't trust her own self either. She is learning what she is and what she is capable of doing. Rysa really has no idea what she can do or how powerful she really is.
Flux of Skin is an awesome book and I have loved every minute of reading it. There were times when I just couldn't believe what was happening and times when I would just laugh right out loud. My husband would say "hey you can't laugh out loud in public" but I would it was funny I couldn't help myself. I had the opportunity of reading Games of Fate book #1 in the Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon series and loved it as well. I can't wait to read the third book in the series Fifth of Blood due out Feb. 2014 I am not sure which book I like the best. If you have not read Games of Fate or Flux of Skin you don't know what you are missing out on. This is my first series about dragons that I have read and I am glad that I gave it a try and you should too.
About the Author:
As a child, Kris took down a pack of hungry wolves with only a hardcover copy of The Dragonriders of Pern and a sharpened toothbrush. That fateful day set her on a path traversing many storytelling worlds-dabbles in film and comic books, time as a talent agent and a textbook photo coordinator, and a foray into nonfiction. After co-authoring Mind Shapes: Understanding the Differences in Thinking and Communication, Kris returned to academia. But she craved narrative and a richly-textured world of Fates, Shifters, Burners, and Dragons-and unexpected, true love.
Kris lives in Minnesota with her husband, two daughters, an Handsome Cat, and an entire menagerie of suburban wildlife bent on destroying her house. That battered-but-true copy of "Dragonriders"? She found it yesterday. It's time to pay a visit to the woodpeckers.
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