Fury of Fire

Dragonfury, Book 1

By: Coreene Callahan

Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie

A clandestine race of half-dragon, half-humans known as dragon-shifters lives among us. Bastian, leader of the Nightfury dragon clan, is sworn to protect humankind at all costs. For him, honor and duty always come first. When the clan dictates he take a human mate to sire a son, he falters, aware that for a human to birth a dragon-shifter she must die. Myst, the woman given into his care, is the most extraordinary he’s ever met, and though he can’t bear the thought of harming her, he is bound by duty.

Myst loves her life in the human world, but Bastian has captured her heart in an instant of electric connection. But Bastian and his warriors are in the middle of a deadly battle with the Razorback dragon-shifters, intent on killing every Nightfury clan member - and the humans they protect - the fate of their world and ours hangs in the balance. An extraordinary blend of action, fantasy, and steamy romance, Fury of Fire brings to life a dangerous new world intertwined with the survival of humanity, all while exploring the meaning of honor and the nature of true love.

©2012 Coreene Callahan (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

A FANTASTIC FANTASY SERIES STARTS OFF

I've come into this series a bit late having just found it and, as I love anything 'Shifter' I thought I'd give it a try (despite the mixed reviews) and I was very happy I did.

Firstly, let me start by saying I didn't like the basis of the story:- a Dagon-shifter finding a high energy woman to impregnate and bear him a child then die - not an endearing quality you want from your hero. But thankfully Bastian, the Leader of the Nightfury Clan, realised this was wrong and regretted his actions towards Myst albeit a little too late and happily made amends.... with some surprising consequences.

However, I loved the Dragon-shifter world - a brotherhood made up of lots of handsome, leather clad badass Alpha types wearing shit kickers together with all the snappy quick dialogue and funny banter that went with it and I guess that's where the similarities between Ward's brilliant, awesome and, IMHO cannot be beaten, BDB can be found. But set that series aside as this is a good and worthy listen and there's plenty of action, passion, sex, romance and conflicts between the Nightfury Clan (good Dragons) and the hated Razorback Clan (evil Dragons with a hate and kill all the Humans, agenda).

The product placement peed me off a bit as did the WTF question when the heroine just drove off from the Lair which was supposed to be in a cliff and magically protected with an impenetrable force field around it? However, I overlooked these flaws because of the enjoyment factor I got from the rest of the action-packed story.

Worth a credit? I would have been happy if I'd spent a credit on this but at under $10 for a 12 hour listen I saved my credit for a more costly listen and so I just bought it - and don't regret it.

Wonderful

I love this series so much. I can't wait until I have the next novel to read.

Loved It

This series is about dragons and I must say it was written like JR Ward which is one of my favorite authors so how can I not love this series...

A good listen..

Where does Fury of Fire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Not as good as any of the others but that's only because this is my first by a male narrator. He did a good job but a man just can't do a woman's voice so I won't be listening to the other books in this series.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bastian

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes

Any additional comments?

It was a good book. I wish I could have enjoyed it more but, as I said, I can't really enjoy a male narrater.

Great Story, Wrong Narrator

If you're a fan of JR Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood, this is a similar story with dragons. Collahan's style is similar in personality and the fact that the alpha males stand no chance against falling for their mates.

The narrator is good. He can do the accents and carry the story, but his voice for the characters is too high. If he could narrate in the tenor of Jim Frangione it would have been perfect. These are warriors, and he makes them sound like dweebs.

I just wasn’t into it!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🖤💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗
World building: 🌏🌍🌎
Character development: 😠😘🤓
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration

The heroine: Myst - she is a nurse practitioner who has been working fourteen-hour days. She worked out of Seattle Medical Center, but also did home visits. She loved her job and loved helping people but wanted more for her life. She wouldn’t mind coming home to someone to love and that loved her.

The Hero: Bastian - he is the leader of the Nightfury dragon clan. They are and have warring with the Razorback dragon shifters, who want to kill all the Nightfury dragons and the humans they protect. Bastian is sworn to protect all humans, but he is also at a point in his life when he is supposed to sire an heir, he needs to help replenish their numbers. He is troubled by the fact that the only way to sire an heir is to mate with a human, though any human who gives birth to a dragon-shifter will die in the process.

The Story: when Myst goes on a home visit to check on a pregnant client, she finds the girl dying on the kitchen floor. Myst is forced to cut the baby out once the mother dies and Bastien comes in dressed as an EMT. Bastien and his clan take Myst once the Razorback dragons attack them to try to get the baby. He takes her to his home. He knows she is his from the start and that she is very strong.

Some parts of this story were a bit confusing. Apparently, the dragons feed off the energy of humans and it has something to do with how strong the human females' connection to the prime meridian or electrical impulses of earth or something like that. I guess Myst had a stronger connection than anyone else.

The leader of the Razorback dragons, Ivar was the big bad in this book. He did all kinds of nefarious things, such as planned a breeding program for his dragons using strong human females, Myst included. He also was working on virus warfare against humans to eliminate all the weak humans from Earth. While Bastien felt too much and didn’t want to get Myst pregnant knowing it would kill her.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via solo narration. It was narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie, who has a deep, expressive voice. He does a good job and is pleasant to listen to. I have to say, I kept getting bored during this one and I fell asleep more than once, which I was pretty depressed about since I bought more than a few audiobooks in this series. It will probably be a while before I take on another. Thought it could have just been tiredness and my mood today. Though I usually love dragon shifter stories.

Fury and Fire is a dynamic, fast moving tale with strong characters.

I liked the way Callahan interspurses the characters thought and background a bit at a time as she moves them through their allotted place in her imaginative, suspense filled storyline.

If you're looking for hot angst-y "romance"

Sigh... several dozen pages of "foreplay" and angst interspersed with some plot (or, more accurately, dozens of pages of him being amazed at how hot she is, and her being so seduced by how hot he is that she ignores all her instincts). Followed by, literally, 3 full chapters of sex action and forestalled sex action between a couple different couples.

It is a JR Ward Black Dagger wannabe story - complete with the "hip" language and the clothing brand name dropping. People don't walk by someone, they "punch past" them. They don't hold the steering wheel, they fist it. They fist everything, actually...

There should be a story in here - it has the makings for a decently interesting world, complete with believable bad guys and motivations. Trouble is that it is ultimately a girl-porn novel (i.e. lust and sex all wrapped in fated love and hand-wringing angst), not a plotted story. Before reading this, I nearly bought the second in the series when it was on sale, and now I am glad I did not. There just isn't enough story here.

The sex is pretty graphic, but graphic in the girl-porn way (i.e. he circled her "bud", and he needed space behind his zipper)... and once they start having it, it goes on and on and on. Maybe it's not as bad as I think it is - I might just have a headache... hahahahahaha

The narration is... enthusiastic... still good, but perhaps he took the author's excitement a little too seriously. There is quite a bit of swearing and, of course, sex.

I LOVE THIS STORY/SERIES

I really enjoyed the book and couldn't wait for the next one to come along. The narrator is excellent as well. You know it's good when you can't stand to turn it off.

Wonderful Story,...I love the dragons

I love the story. And this new author! I see the similarities to J. R. however. I found the story better and look forward to book two. I feel that her book is different and I enjoyed the story. I am excited about this new series and can't wait to listen to her other books. I think the more the story is developed the more of her personal style we will see. But I loved it sooo much! Great series and worth the credit!!!! Just enough sex to keep it interesting but not so much that there was no story as I have seen in other books. Sylvia Day and Sarah McCarty to be exact.

The Narrator was awesome as well!