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A satisfying contemporary urban fantasy with new adult age (18-25) people as the main characters. The heroine can shape-shift into a panther, the hero into a dragon, and a secondary love interest into a lion. Unlike most stories where the characters are big fighter types, the hero and heroine work in a diner as a waiter and waitress and don't feel it is a dead end until greatness happens. They like working at the diner at night, feeding people in the little community of night owls. These two really are ordinary people who just happen to have discovered they were shapeshifters in their teens.

Then a murder happens in the back of the diner. Oh, and the dragon syndicate shows up because the hero may, or may not, have stolen something from them back when he was a stupid teenager before he got his act together kicking drugs and getting a real job.

Lots of themes related to self-agency; people's ability to control their own lives and take responsibilities for their actions. The hero and heroine both go through this, as does a couple other characters. The morality was obvious and often - and dragged down the enjoyment of the book. I don't mind a little morality - Aesop fairy tales rock, for example. But no need to have three different characters go through the epiphany of taking responsibility for their actions in one book. Yes, it is a common theme of people moving from the non-agency of teenage when parents and the government still control where you live, where you work and where you school into the self-agency of a first apartment, first job, and trying to pay bills. But this book goes over an above.

Overall a good story. Could have used a little content editing to trim the story tighter. Had the story been sharper paced, the morality would have been less annoying and more, well- yes I agree with how the concept of taking responsibility. About 50 pages too long.

Note: Three different characters, at least, have Point of View (POV) at different times during the book. I didn't have a problem following the change of POV.

Favorite character - Keith - who discovered tire irons and dragons in small spaces are equalizers for a pure human. Might continue reading the series just to see what happens to him.

Picked up while free on Kindle. 3.5 stars - rounded up for Amazon.


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Draw One in the Dark Sarah A Hoyt 9781416520924 Books Reviews

I was surprise by this book. I enjoyed the story line, as it was a lot more gritty, and less fantastical than one usually gets with urban fantasy/paranormal books.

The characters were great, Kyrie is strong and doesn't take crap from anyone, Tom is a clueless sweetheart, Keith is a shape shifter fanboy that totally embodies every paranormal fan out there, that he just makes you want to smile. Then there's Rafiel, cop, ladies man, lion... The make-up of all the characters, backgrounds and interactions felt real, like its something you could actually come across in your own everyday life.

That there were 2 plots, 2 bad guy groups left the story tangled up a bit. Like there should have been 2 books instead of 1. The author was also very into describing every thought our characters had, but sometimes got off track from what was happening. I found myself skimming pages over, to find where the story picked up again.

All in all, I thought it was a good story. If the wordy self dialogue had been cut down, and the plots not been twisted, I would have liked it a lot more.
I read what I consider a fair amount of both non-fiction and fiction, and have a personal library of books that numbers in the thousands. Sometimes, when I read through a particular field, I get to see trends and memes and ideas that become more common, and appear again and again, and when that happens, it’s up to the skill of the writer to make the story worthwhile. Sara Hoyt is a very skilled and thoughtful writer, and she doesn’t disappoint in this series. While this might be considered more of a YA series, it is quite readable and enjoyable for most all ages.

A prolific and energetic author, Sara Hoyt continues to explore the boundaries of what make us Human -- our choices, our efforts, and our responsibilities-- she once again brings in a new viewpoint of what might have been "a tired old genre". We've all read endless books of magic, werewolves, and of the clash between the "real" and the "other" worlds, but Sarah Hoyt opens up her universe by taking a broader look at the dark, powerful, dangerous world of the "shifter", a human that changes into the 'other'. That 'other' might be a lion, a tiger, a bear, or a dragon, but the real insights come in when we see how each character tries to come to grips with their live(s), and the dangerous duality they must deal with, and somehow survive.

Against this rich background, Sarah Hoyt weaves in delectable strands of Mystery, Romance, and sometimes pointed observations about the world and society, making this a story – and a series – that you simply must read.

This book, the first of three books in this series, is currently available as a free download, but would be well worth full price.

Highly recommended (and the follow-on books in the series are a treat)!

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A satisfying contemporary urban fantasy with new adult age (18-25) people as the main characters. The heroine can shape-shift into a panther, the hero into a dragon, and a secondary love interest into a lion. Unlike most stories where the characters are big fighter types, the hero and heroine work in a diner as a waiter and waitress and don't feel it is a dead end until greatness happens. They like working at the diner at night, feeding people in the little community of night owls. These two really are ordinary people who just happen to have discovered they were shapeshifters in their teens.

Then a murder happens in the back of the diner. Oh, and the dragon syndicate shows up because the hero may, or may not, have stolen something from them back when he was a stupid teenager before he got his act together kicking drugs and getting a real job.

Lots of themes related to self-agency; people's ability to control their own lives and take responsibilities for their actions. The hero and heroine both go through this, as does a couple other characters. The morality was obvious and often - and dragged down the enjoyment of the book. I don't mind a little morality - Aesop fairy tales rock, for example. But no need to have three different characters go through the epiphany of taking responsibility for their actions in one book. Yes, it is a common theme of people moving from the non-agency of teenage when parents and the government still control where you live, where you work and where you school into the self-agency of a first apartment, first job, and trying to pay bills. But this book goes over an above.

Overall a good story. Could have used a little content editing to trim the story tighter. Had the story been sharper paced, the morality would have been less annoying and more, well- yes I agree with how the concept of taking responsibility. About 50 pages too long.

Note Three different characters, at least, have Point of View (POV) at different times during the book. I didn't have a problem following the change of POV.

Favorite character - Keith - who discovered tire irons and dragons in small spaces are equalizers for a pure human. Might continue reading the series just to see what happens to him.

Picked up while free on . 3.5 stars - rounded up for .