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debyik's review against another edition
4.0
Zero Hour by Tina Glasneck is the prequel novella for the Order of the Dragon series. Leslie is a romance novelist who is researching sigils for her latest novel. She can also conjure magic. While her intentions are good, they seemed to have powered something sinister.
This novella is quite short and very fast-paced full of vampires, werewolves, magic, and a lot of snark (in a good way). This novella isn’t long enough to give you the full story, but it is intriguing enough to want to dive right into book one in the series.
Fun, interesting, and a great start to the series, leaving me wanting to know more.
This novella is quite short and very fast-paced full of vampires, werewolves, magic, and a lot of snark (in a good way). This novella isn’t long enough to give you the full story, but it is intriguing enough to want to dive right into book one in the series.
Fun, interesting, and a great start to the series, leaving me wanting to know more.
literarialuminaria's review against another edition
2.0
This novella was confusing more than anything. If I had read the first book of the series first and then read this prequel, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad?
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novelistdienne's review against another edition
2.0
The story is very VERY fast paced. So much to the point that it felt that certain plot details was missing (cause they were). In fact it almost feels like there are certain sentences missing from the story. Certain things are left to out of an explanation (maybe we'll get an explanation in the next book) in plots. Characters actions are also inconsistent this could have been a 3 star if the author added more. This feels like a summary of an outline. Certain sentences that could go in between 2 sentences just to make certain internal dialogue flow to together.
For example:
+Leslie said she was going to the cafe to meet Sunflower. The next chapter they are talking about magic in what was Indicated to be the cafe hence Leslie I mentioned that she ordered something as it turned out they're not in the cafe but they're back in Sunflowers living Room... when did that happen?
+ Then comes the fight in the subway between the vampires and the werewolves. Leslie falls on the tracks no one helps her until she summons the All Great Evil which derails the train that almost kills her. After weird moment with Killian we then learn from him that his pack members are cleaning up the mess that the fight caused including the derailed train. Its NYC....what about The cameras, what about the people on the train, where they Injured, was there even people on the train?
+ Not to mention the Hot mess of a funeral. Is no one going to address by her "stepmother" (I can only assume that since she keeps calling her her dad's wife but I have no clue if that's actually a stepmother or her biological mom and that she just has a horrible relationship with her) shot her Zombiefied Dad. I the author doesn't even give context clues as whether or not the dude who tackled her while she was doing the spell is her half brother or full brother.
Either way I won't be continuing this series if the writing and the construction of the story remains the same. It's a good premise but it's executed poorly.
For example:
+Leslie said she was going to the cafe to meet Sunflower. The next chapter they are talking about magic in what was Indicated to be the cafe hence Leslie I mentioned that she ordered something as it turned out they're not in the cafe but they're back in Sunflowers living Room... when did that happen?
+ Then comes the fight in the subway between the vampires and the werewolves. Leslie falls on the tracks no one helps her until she summons the All Great Evil which derails the train that almost kills her. After weird moment with Killian we then learn from him that his pack members are cleaning up the mess that the fight caused including the derailed train. Its NYC....what about The cameras, what about the people on the train, where they Injured, was there even people on the train?
+ Not to mention the Hot mess of a funeral. Is no one going to address by her "stepmother" (I can only assume that since she keeps calling her her dad's wife but I have no clue if that's actually a stepmother or her biological mom and that she just has a horrible relationship with her) shot her Zombiefied Dad. I the author doesn't even give context clues as whether or not the dude who tackled her while she was doing the spell is her half brother or full brother.
Either way I won't be continuing this series if the writing and the construction of the story remains the same. It's a good premise but it's executed poorly.
schnoebs13's review
3.25
This is hard because I think the foundations are there for a really good story but I wasn’t too much of a fan of the writing style. It felt like a lot of details were missing which causes abrupt changes in scenes. I’m not sure if I’m a fan of Leslie but the last few chapters with Alister were pretty intrigued and could convince me to continue on the series.
danielle1211's review
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
lakea's review against another edition
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
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