Hidden Magic (Forged In Fire: Dragon Book 1)

Although the book is good it has been completely coppied from the boks of Linsey Hall. You may read it as it is a god bok but........

Das Buch 📖 ist gut geschrieben ✍ und die Charaktere 👥 sind toll 👌. Ich mag Text-to-Speech 🔊 und freue mich schon auf die nächsten Teile📚. ✨ 😏

I don't usually write reviews, but in this case, I just had to add my praise for this one. The characters were well developed and became 'friends' I kept pulling for. That is rare for me. Their struggles and challenges had me reading far into the night, not able to wait to see how they overcame the next obstacle. Highly recommend this book.

I admit the cover caught my eye at first but finding out it was about a woman with no childhood memory who has to hide what she is while forced to work with a guy that is rich, sexy, powerful and would most likely turn her in as a criminal if he knew what she was definitely snagged me. The constant battle between her attraction to him and trying to push him away so he can't find out was fun to read about. Also tossed in is a brewing conflict with the people from her mysterious past that both lure her so she can find out about herself and scare her to death. Such a great mix of conflicts wrapped up in often snarky dialog had me turning the pages and there was never a dull moment.The side character, Fiona, is a faery and has her own mojo like portals and faery beams. She was also a captive with the heroine and they bonded as 'sisters' when they managed to escape and have been living together, trying to scrape up enough to live on by being mercenaries for hire. They work well together and have some really fun, snarky back and forth like you'd imagine two good friends would have.The hero, a phoenix shifter, is good looking, rich, and powerful. At first he comes off as arrogant but as the story delves into his character you find a man who gives to the community and is loyal and definitely swoon worthy. Hence part of the trouble our heroine has with him. She's attracted to him not just because of lust but because he's a nice guy. But since he's part of a powerful family on the magic council, he'd either have to turn her in or suffer serious consequences for hiding her if he ever found out her secret. I felt pretty bad for him because he wants to date her and she has to constantly avoid him or tell him no to protect him. But he doesn't know that. It gave the story a great sub-conflict.The magic system is pretty much based on elements, nothing life altering here. Though we don't learn a whole lot, I expect the next book will get into it more. Same with the world building - pretty much our world but with magical people tossed in. I liked some of the additions like Santa Fae - a city for faeries. Some thought went into the idea of how magical people would live in with non-magical people and there was a nice mixed breed side character that had some depth to him. It was subtle but I liked it.With all the conflicts going on the book was never boring. It had plenty of fights as well as character building moments. The fight descriptions were also decent and our heroes didn't just mow down the enemies, it took work and sometimes quick thinking, and sometimes running away. I enjoyed the snark-talk during and after the fights. The villains were left rather mysterious except for one drug addicted mage. He was pretty one dimensional but the masked woman more than made up for that. It was left up in the air as to how into the evil machinations she was. We'll have to discover more in the next book.The only real negative for me was the ending. It left off with the bad guys winning and the good guys accomplishing little other than learning more than they knew going in. However, it did force the heroine to make a difficult choice which will set up what she'll be doing in the next book.Overall, if you enjoy urban fantasy with a side of romance, you'll enjoy this story. Just know that you'll definitely want the next book!

Loved the book, great characters and superb witty dialogue that keeps you smiling. Great start to this series, even though parts were similar to at least two other authors' work I have read, but overall different enough to keep my interest. I am looking forward to seeing how the storyline develops.

Do yourself a favor and read this now!!! Such a fantastic start to a series. I can't wait to read more. Sophia is a delight, seriously funny and a bit sparky.