The
blurb:
“A chance encounter in a hospital waiting room
between twenty-two year old Will Messina and sixteen year old Josiah Pinkerton
ends with a gift of a stuffed dragon off the hospital gift cart and a memory
neither of them can shake.
Five years later, when a lonely, buttoned-up Will ventures into a gay club, he spots a pale, leather-clad specter with violet eyes tracking his every move. Will realizes he’s being watched by the grown version of the boy who’s haunted his thoughts for years.
Joey recognizes Will, but he’s no longer the sweet, brown-eyed boy worthy of Will’s attention. He’s damaged and defective and lives in a different world than Will now. When his childhood crush makes his way across the bar, Joey doesn’t have time to decide whether to be enchanted or dismayed because, unless he turns and runs, those worlds are about to collide.”
Five years later, when a lonely, buttoned-up Will ventures into a gay club, he spots a pale, leather-clad specter with violet eyes tracking his every move. Will realizes he’s being watched by the grown version of the boy who’s haunted his thoughts for years.
Joey recognizes Will, but he’s no longer the sweet, brown-eyed boy worthy of Will’s attention. He’s damaged and defective and lives in a different world than Will now. When his childhood crush makes his way across the bar, Joey doesn’t have time to decide whether to be enchanted or dismayed because, unless he turns and runs, those worlds are about to collide.”
About the book:
Title: Dragons
Author: Jaycee Edward
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: M/M, Contemporary
Category: Romance On The Go / Novella
Length: 10,900 words / 42 pages
ISBN: 978-1-77233-289-6
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25215765-dragons
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About Jaycee Edward:
Jaycee
Edward is no longer seventeen years old but don’t tell her that. She’s actually
a tad older and lives in northeast Ohio with her handsome husband and one, big
gorgeous dog. She has two grown stepdaughters and is proud to be the ultra-cool
Nana to two amazingly incredible grand-teens. Jaycee loves pistol shooting and is
has earned her Bar 7 Sharpshooter status in the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship
Qualification Program and hopes to someday reach the level of Expert Marksman.
She is proud to be the token liberal at her gun range. Jaycee knows way too
much about the inner workings of Walt Disney World and anything related to One
Direction. She’d love to pull you into the rabbit hole with her. All you have
to do is ask. Find her there or contact her through social media.
About the blog tour:
During the official blog tour Jaycee Edward will be giving a way a $15 Evernight gift card so make sure you don't miss a single stop.
My thoughts:
I
don’t usually mention the cover of a book when I write my thoughts on the story
down. In general, I’m not much of a cover girl and I guess I’m even less so now
that I get most of my books in e-format. Dragons, however, is the exception
that proves the rule. Not only is this one of the most gorgeous covers I’ve
ever seen, it is also the perfect cover for this book. The young man on the left
is exactly – and I mean exactly – how I imagined Joey. The cover artist, Jay Aheer, did the most amazing job when she created the cover for Dragons.
And
talking about Joey; I wanted to wrap him up in my arms and keep him safe from
the very first moment I met him in that hospital waiting room. Will is ‘just’
this amazingly wonderful man right from the start and that never changes. Joey
is adorable, he touched my heart the first time he appeared on the page and
stayed there, sometimes making the beats skip and sometimes making my heart
swell in my breast. He had me captivated.
Jaycee
has a knack for heart-rending stories. She manages to draw her readers in to
her character’s lives to such an extend it is impossible not to get emotionally
involved. And some of her sentences and descriptions are pure jewels.
Joey’s
description of Will when he sees him in the bar brought Will to life for me.
“...Will
stood out in his crisp, white shirt like an awkward angel.”
And
the description of the toy dragon in the middle of Joey’s big bed evoked
emotions far beyond just a visual image.
“The
little purple warrior held his ground in an obvious last ditch effort to fight
off its bleak surroundings and the onslaught of adulthood.”
And
the following sentence is simply a thing of beauty, and a very accurate
description of the Joey I’d fallen in love with by that stage of the story.
“Joey
was fragile. That was blatantly obvious, but Will suspected inside his
porcelain shell raged the heart of a warrior.”
I
would love to also quote my favourite line in this book but I resist the
temptation. That’s something you’ll have to discover for yourself and
appreciate in the right context. I bet it will leave you with as big a grin on
your face as had.
To
summarise: Dragons is a short
but fully formed story about two adorable characters. The story strikes an
almost perfect balance between sweet, touching and angsty. And I have to say
that for a sex free tale, Dragons is rather hot. If you’ve got
about an hour to spare and are looking for a thoroughly enjoyable read, you
can’t go wrong with Dragons.
