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A review by justabean_reads
Shadow Dragon by Lauren Esker
4.0
(Usual disclaimer about the author being a friend.)
It's been forever since this series updated, and it's so nice to have a new book! I also ended up rereading the second half of Tiger in the Hot Zone, since it's been seven years! And I maybe forgot who these people even were. Though I also think it stands alone pretty well, I just wanted to remember what we already knew about the characters.
This is absolutely my favourite series by Esker, and I think there's two main things I like about it that were really highlighted here: a) team as family vibes where someone is isolated because of their own damage, but learning to trust other people and look for comfort from friends is rewarded; b) sensible civilians, where if someone isn't trained to be an action hero, they won't suddenly get action hero skills, but they're also not going to just stand around being helpless while the Hero Saves the Day, and their own non-action-hero skills can have their moment to shine. Here we get Caine who by combination of how his powers work, his backstory and a recent loss tends to be very much a loner, which in the end isn't what saves him, and Gilly, a writer with agoraphobia who isn't going to put up with his shit, and it's just really sweet and fun! Also, and I'm sure I mentioned this with the last book which had a physically disabled heroine, it's really nice to have a romance series that deals with disability as an everyday thing.
More soon! Justice for Matteo! (Costa is also good, looking forward to it, but MATTEO!)
It's been forever since this series updated, and it's so nice to have a new book! I also ended up rereading the second half of Tiger in the Hot Zone, since it's been seven years! And I maybe forgot who these people even were. Though I also think it stands alone pretty well, I just wanted to remember what we already knew about the characters.
This is absolutely my favourite series by Esker, and I think there's two main things I like about it that were really highlighted here: a) team as family vibes where someone is isolated because of their own damage, but learning to trust other people and look for comfort from friends is rewarded; b) sensible civilians, where if someone isn't trained to be an action hero, they won't suddenly get action hero skills, but they're also not going to just stand around being helpless while the Hero Saves the Day, and their own non-action-hero skills can have their moment to shine. Here we get Caine who by combination of how his powers work, his backstory and a recent loss tends to be very much a loner, which in the end isn't what saves him, and Gilly, a writer with agoraphobia who isn't going to put up with his shit, and it's just really sweet and fun! Also, and I'm sure I mentioned this with the last book which had a physically disabled heroine, it's really nice to have a romance series that deals with disability as an everyday thing.
More soon! Justice for Matteo! (Costa is also good, looking forward to it, but MATTEO!)