Dragons Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Fangs and Feathers #1)
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- Author：Isla Frost
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Summary
Why did the dragon cross the road？ To eat the stupid human， probably。
Welcome to post-revolution Las Vegas。 Now a haven for gambling， debauchery， and supernaturals。
Of course， it's the idiot humans with new magics of their own that cause the most trouble。 That's where I come in。
My job as a rookie cop in the Rapid Response unit is to deal with the ongoing teething problems of the magic revolution。 Teething problems which often involve actual fangs， among other things。 But as one of the idiot humans myself， and saddled with an oddball magic that's frequently more hazard than help， that's easier said than done。
Oh， and the ill-tempered dragon？ She's my police partner。 （Ditto on the more hazard than help thing。）
So when some jackass comes up with the bright idea to take the entire city hostage？ Yeah， I'm in way over my head。 But my adoptive family is right in the crosshairs， and I didn't become a cop to sit on my hands while others suffer。
You'd better wish me luck。
Warning: This urban fantasy series contains danger， mayhem， humor， and heart， with characters you'll fall for—including a vampire with an unbeating heart of gold， a book-hoarding dragon who eats criminals for breakfast， a mysterious supernatural who's as hot as the desert he slunk out of， and a human heroine who'll fight to save them all。
Fans of Kim Harrison， Annette Marie， Ilona Andrews， K。F。 Breene， Hailey Edwards， or Patricia Briggs， dive into this thrilling new world for a feel-good， action-packed adventure with a dash of slow burn romance。
Welcome to post-revolution Las Vegas。 Now a haven for gambling， debauchery， and supernaturals。
Of course， it's the idiot humans with new magics of their own that cause the most trouble。 That's where I come in。
My job as a rookie cop in the Rapid Response unit is to deal with the ongoing teething problems of the magic revolution。 Teething problems which often involve actual fangs， among other things。 But as one of the idiot humans myself， and saddled with an oddball magic that's frequently more hazard than help， that's easier said than done。
Oh， and the ill-tempered dragon？ She's my police partner。 （Ditto on the more hazard than help thing。）
So when some jackass comes up with the bright idea to take the entire city hostage？ Yeah， I'm in way over my head。 But my adoptive family is right in the crosshairs， and I didn't become a cop to sit on my hands while others suffer。
You'd better wish me luck。
Warning: This urban fantasy series contains danger， mayhem， humor， and heart， with characters you'll fall for—including a vampire with an unbeating heart of gold， a book-hoarding dragon who eats criminals for breakfast， a mysterious supernatural who's as hot as the desert he slunk out of， and a human heroine who'll fight to save them all。
Fans of Kim Harrison， Annette Marie， Ilona Andrews， K。F。 Breene， Hailey Edwards， or Patricia Briggs， dive into this thrilling new world for a feel-good， action-packed adventure with a dash of slow burn romance。
Reviews
Vicky
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Great start Really enjoyed this book。 The main character was someone who I really enjoyed reading about and I can’t wait to see what else she gets up to in future books。
E Varady
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Bogged downI struggled to get into the story。 It felt like plot and character development was sacrificed in favor of providing tons of background and descriptions that weren't very useful or relevant。 I felt too stuck in the MC's head。 For example， she goes and buys shoes and instead of just saying she bought these sparkly shoes， there's a rundown of all the shoe choices and her decision based on X， Y， and Z。 It literally added nothing to the story or her as a character， and there is a lot of th Bogged downI struggled to get into the story。 It felt like plot and character development was sacrificed in favor of providing tons of background and descriptions that weren't very useful or relevant。 I felt too stuck in the MC's head。 For example， she goes and buys shoes and instead of just saying she bought these sparkly shoes， there's a rundown of all the shoe choices and her decision based on X， Y， and Z。 It literally added nothing to the story or her as a character， and there is a lot of that in the book。The characters are pretty lightly drawn and there isn't much effort to make them more complex。 The plot was too simple， and I found the MC to be not the brightest and also boring。 It felt like she had no personality。 And seriously， who sees an anti magic device being put up by military types who she overhears talking about multiple locations and gps and thinks "Huh， wonder what that could be for？ Let me hold this gun on this guy who was doing it but bit incapacitate him。" rather than "Probably should try to pull that thing down and prevent this guy from leaving。" As a result， the entire plot was something that felt like it could have easily been avoided if she'd scraped together some brain cells。 She also seems to have a savior complex which really comes across as a need to feel special and important rather than actually caring。 The book finally gets interesting in the epilogue。 Not sure I will read the next installment， but it seems to have more potential than book 1。 。。。more
Nicola
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A well written， enjoyable book which for me dragged a little in places and didnt fully satisfy。 On some level there wasnt the emotional engagement between characters that I look for。3 stars
Kathy Kaufman
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Love this new series！The characters are so real with faults and issues and weaknesses yet they are still able to be the hero in a great story！
Rita Whinfield
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New kid on the blockSuper exciting fast paced story， I thoroughly enjoyed。 Getting to know new characters takes time， but I knew immediately I was going to like Lyra and Rohan。 Next one please。
Brian Davis
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🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂Sassy， spunky heroine in an adventure full of magic and mayhem。 The world-building is good， the plotting holds your interest and the dialog flows。 Just a really entertaining read。
Amber Lee
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Can’t wait for the next book❤️I loved this book just the was that Lyra goes through everything with the help of an partner that’s just soo sassy and meeting a man that is finally letting some of her humor get to him is just soo refreshing。 I can’t wait to see how these characters develop more in the next book。
Marsha
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（3。5 Stars）"Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend" is an interesting tale of a young Las Vegas policewoman named Lyra who is always getting into trouble by stealing other people's magic or insulting some highbrow's kid。 She rides the department's dragon， Aurelis who hordes books。 Aurelis does not often allow anyone to ride her but she seems to have a soft spot for Lyra。After getting suspended two weeks without pay for insulting a politician's son， Lyra goes home to her vampire adoptive father and her （3。5 Stars）"Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend" is an interesting tale of a young Las Vegas policewoman named Lyra who is always getting into trouble by stealing other people's magic or insulting some highbrow's kid。 She rides the department's dragon， Aurelis who hordes books。 Aurelis does not often allow anyone to ride her but she seems to have a soft spot for Lyra。After getting suspended two weeks without pay for insulting a politician's son， Lyra goes home to her vampire adoptive father and her various adopted siblings。 The cutest character is five year old Sage who is a Fawn and just getting her horns。 I wish this read had more of Sage in it。 Even though Lyra is suspended she gets a call from her informant， Stewie。 He tells her that there are some suspicious men down in the tunnels dressed as city workers but are up to no good。 Lyra knows she should call in the tip but also knows Stewie won't share his information with anyone else but her; so， she goes down into the tunnels alone。When Lyra confronts one of the men she discovers that she is too late to stop the detonation of a magical device。 The madman behind the attack has threaten to kill over a hundred thousand supernaturals until his daughter is released from a faerie prison along with a powerful magic device known as the Iron Key。 When Lyra meets a faerie named Ronan， they go to the world along with Aurelis。 That is where they devise a plan to captured the madman。 Of course， nothing goes as planned because Lyra does what she always does and that is put the welfare of the innocent first。 She constantly stops what she is doing to help anyone in need。 My issues with this read is that the world building was light and sometimes I felt that the author's portrayal of her and the negative events that follow her were negative rather than positive。 I also wish there had been more Sage in this novel。 She really is a powerful character on so many levels。I am hoping that in the follow up novel in this series will correct some of these areas I struggled with。 This series has the potential to be something really special。 。。。more
Casey
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Highly recommend this urban fantasy。 A great book to read， the title does suggest more of a dragon vibe or just dragons in plural but you only get one。 Lyra’s the main MC’s partner， who if your obsessed with reading are most likely going to love， is a dragon that hoards books instead of treasure。 She comes across as slightly moody， smarter that everyone else and will happily roast alive anyone who dare touches her hoard。 The rest of the characters are well written with a superb balance between t Highly recommend this urban fantasy。 A great book to read， the title does suggest more of a dragon vibe or just dragons in plural but you only get one。 Lyra’s the main MC’s partner， who if your obsessed with reading are most likely going to love， is a dragon that hoards books instead of treasure。 She comes across as slightly moody， smarter that everyone else and will happily roast alive anyone who dare touches her hoard。 The rest of the characters are well written with a superb balance between them all。 The overall story has a fast pace with a slow burn romance。This series has so much potential and I cannot wait for the next one。 。。。more
Shana Pare
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Excellent beginningThere are a lot of unique parts to this new series with enjoyable characters and a decent pace。 I recommend it and look forward to the next book in the series。
Sheila Ryals
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😻Even though it had action and some tense scenes。 The book was still light and fun！ Not emotionally charged at all。
Jacob Proffitt
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The cover has on it "A Fast， Feel-Good Urban Fantasy" and has a smiling woman looking proud and in charge。 Add a cute title and it practically screams "light and easy going"。 It is none of those things。 The plot is a terrorist hostage plan with a timer on it so literally hundreds of thousands will die unless the demands of the bad guys are met。 And casualties will start as soon as medical facilities fail， taking out the weak。Then you have people casually killing folks with Lyra having to make to The cover has on it "A Fast， Feel-Good Urban Fantasy" and has a smiling woman looking proud and in charge。 Add a cute title and it practically screams "light and easy going"。 It is none of those things。 The plot is a terrorist hostage plan with a timer on it so literally hundreds of thousands will die unless the demands of the bad guys are met。 And casualties will start as soon as medical facilities fail， taking out the weak。Then you have people casually killing folks with Lyra having to make tough choices between succeeding at saving her family from peril or saving a life。 Indeed， that's the choice she has to make a number of times， including the time where she chooses to jeopardize an important mission to save a bad guy。 So it's a complex moral background and one I kind of hated because my moral compass is nowhere near hers。 I'm sorry， but giving psychopaths unlimited power isn't on the table。 Ever。 Frankly， I wouldn't give good people the kind of power under discussion in this story。And yeah， I kind of suck at the trolley problem （because I'm too certain of my answers and that ruins everybody's fun）。Anyway， this is competently written。 And the pace is fantastic。 And the plot holds together very well as long as you find the moral underpinnings acceptable。 It makes me wonder what I'd have thought if I hadn't come into it with expectations of "light"。 But that's what I did， so it's three stars and I have zero desire to read further in the series。A note about Chaste: Lyra has no relationships outside of family。 She's kind of a loser， frankly。 Lovable， sure。 But I've no idea what Ronan would find interesting in her （I'm assuming he's the "slow-burn" that's hinted at）。 At any rate， this book doesn't even have any kissing， so it is very chaste。 。。。more
Amanda
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Fast-paced And Tons Of Fun！I really liked the entire premise of this book/series！ The action， snark， and crazy situations Lyra finds herself in kept me entertained and wanting more。 Plus a dragon with an attitude the size of， well， her and a mysterious fae。。。 Yeah， I'm definetly hooked。 Especially， when you add in Lyra's unique powers。。。 I'm more than curious to see how that's going to play out in the next book！ Fast-paced And Tons Of Fun！I really liked the entire premise of this book/series！ The action， snark， and crazy situations Lyra finds herself in kept me entertained and wanting more。 Plus a dragon with an attitude the size of， well， her and a mysterious fae。。。 Yeah， I'm definetly hooked。 Especially， when you add in Lyra's unique powers。。。 I'm more than curious to see how that's going to play out in the next book！ 。。。more
Candy Sheppard
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Great StartGreat start for a series， good character description， good scene description， story flows well。Not a fast or slow read。I'll be looking forward to more from Isla Great StartGreat start for a series， good character description， good scene description， story flows well。Not a fast or slow read。I'll be looking forward to more from Isla 。。。more
Erica Givone
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Really engagingThis is my first book by Isla Frost， but definitely won't be my last！ Luckily I see there are more in this series and I'm sure I'll gobble them up quickly。 Loved the characters and the magic-infused world。 The heroine is kickbut， but in a stumbling， humorous manner that endeared her even more。 Really engagingThis is my first book by Isla Frost， but definitely won't be my last！ Luckily I see there are more in this series and I'm sure I'll gobble them up quickly。 Loved the characters and the magic-infused world。 The heroine is kickbut， but in a stumbling， humorous manner that endeared her even more。 。。。more
Jason
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Very good startThis is a very good start and a fast and wild ride。 I do wish for a couple more chapters of character development， but it was a fun adventure and look forward to the next book。
Dew
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What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in VegasThis book is engaging and entertaining with solid characters and a good AU。 The twist on the immortal vampire who fosters and adopts magical/paranormal children was well-conceived。 I quite literally laughed out loud when the author had the vampire refer to his daughter by the funny and sweet nickname “milksucker” as wordplay on the over-used insult “bloodsucker” that most writers trot out in reference to vampires。 Rarely do authors decide on back What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in VegasThis book is engaging and entertaining with solid characters and a good AU。 The twist on the immortal vampire who fosters and adopts magical/paranormal children was well-conceived。 I quite literally laughed out loud when the author had the vampire refer to his daughter by the funny and sweet nickname “milksucker” as wordplay on the over-used insult “bloodsucker” that most writers trot out in reference to vampires。 Rarely do authors decide on backstories that feature foster care/adoption as loving relationships that are real families， which made this a nice change of pace and provided excellent emotional gravitas as the fmc is motivated to save the lives of her family as part of the overarching plot。 。。。more
Tracy Tetlow
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