The Priestess and the Dragon
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4.0 • 73 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A fiery priestess. An ice cold dragon. An entangled destiny they cannot escape.
As if being exiled and forced to give up her influential fiance wasn't bad enough, Suzume was ordered to marry a rock. The wedding symbolizes her becoming a priestess, serving the God of the Mountain. But as she approaches the altar to make her vows, her latent powers spark to life, destroying the sacred rock and releasing what's inside, which isn't a god, but a dragon.
Five hundred years ago, the woman Kaito loved betrayed him & sealed him in stone. Now that he's free, he wants revenge. Since his ex-lover is dead, he'll have to settle for her reincarnation, Suzume, but simply killing her isn't enough. He needs her to suffer.
When Suzume uncovers the tangled threads of fate that bind them together, she resolves to kill Kaito or die trying. That is, if she can resist his charm.
Making Suzume love him was all part of his wicked plan. But the longer he delays destroying her, the stronger the temptation of a fresh start becomes. Can he make peace with his past or will history repeat itself?
Customer Reviews
Great YA Series Starter
I quite enjoyed this story; it was an interesting take on Asian mythology and general details. This is a pretty girth-y story and it has a bunch of details and things happening. it also allows for the characters to grow more! Suzume was a typical teenager. She grew up a princess and then that all went kaput when it came to like her mother enjoyed the company of people who were not her husband, the emperor. So she gets disowned and sent away to a temple to become a priestess. The dialogue is a little anachronistic to the ancient times, but I think it makes Suzume more relatable and much more like a 17 year old. Plus, it's a fun fantasy story with dragons, so whose to say that's not how they'd talk.
I think the length of the story helped give Suzume go from spoiled princess to a more worldly individual (but she's still a teenager, so as worldly as a teenager can get). She grows and learns and has a few close encounters with unsavory creatures.
I liked the multiple POVs. It helped get a better idea of what's going on and helped understand other characters. The dragon was an interesting character. He was trapped in stone by his human lover 500 hundred years ago, so when Suzume accidentally releases him, he's noticeably upset. It was fun going through his thoughts as he assimilates to the world that continued on without him.
I look forward to what happens in the next book, as the end of this one sets up the next one.
I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator! She did an amazing job voicing all the characters. I also think she did a good job with the pronunciations because I know would have done poorly! I did listen to it at 1.2x speed, because I thought that improved the storytelling for me.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.