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Flicker: Crown of Fae, Book 0.5 Kindle Edition

by Sharon Ashwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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When hope is just a flicker, trust a dragon to light the flame.

Fliss is the youngest princess of Bright Wing, a tribe of dragon shifters defending Faery against the enemy Shades. She yearns to fight, but now she’s stuck at school far away. The situation is ridiculous. Intolerable. How can she save the world when she’s forbidden to fly after curfew?

The school at Penriva House is far outside the battle lines. The students are safe, or so everyone believes. But Shades attack Fliss before she arrives at the school, and now there are signs the enemy is hiding just beyond its walls. When the headmistress ignores the evidence, Fliss has to wonder whose side she’s on.

Terrified, Fliss is unsure where to turn with the secret she uncovers. There’s no clear way to save her newfound friends, much less herself. Does Fliss run, or risk all and fly into battle, one small dragon against a host of perilous foe?

If you like stories of supernatural adventure, courageous heroines, and a touch of romance, you’ll enjoy this bite-sized entry to the Crown of Fae series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0881B8VX8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rowan & Ash Artistry (June 14, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 14, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3268 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 139 pages
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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Sharon Ashwood

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Sharon Ashwood is a free-lance journalist, novelist, desk jockey and enthusiast for the weird and spooky. She has an English literature degree but works as a finance geek. Interests include growing her to-be-read pile and playing with the toy graveyard on her desk. As a vegetarian, she freely admits the whole vampire/werewolf lifestyle fantasy would never work out, so she writes paranormal romances instead.

Sharon lives in the Pacific Northwest and is owned by a pair of spoiled black cats.

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Barbara Elness
5.0 out of 5 stars Fliss the Young Dragon
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021
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Young dragon Princess Flissatania (Fliss) is being exiled to school at Penriva, in the domain of the water fae and far away from family and other dragons to keep her safe and away from the war with the Shades. Unfortunately, trouble finds Fliss when the Shades attack her and her escorts before she even arrives at the school and then she discovers there is more danger all around. Even though she isn't exactly welcomed by the other students, Fliss meets some new friends, including wolves and fellow student Laren, and then it is up to them to find a way to defeat the evil Shades from their plans to destroy the school and all its young charges. Fliss was young but eager to do her part against their foes, showing courage, resourcefulness and determination against very dangerous adversaries and I admired the way she didn’t give up even though she was in a situation she wasn’t quite ready for. This was a great entry to the Crown of Fae series and it was nice to get some background for some of the other stories I’ve already read.
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Gypsy M
4.0 out of 5 stars Basic epic fantasy read that checks all of the usual items
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021
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Novella-length.

Dragon Princess Flissitania (Fliss) is sent to a prestigious Fae boarding school in the South in the hopes that it will be far away from the war against the Shades. But on the way, their travel party is attacked and Fliss takes shelter with a peasant woman named Anna, who leaves the cabin shelter to protect them from something outside. Fliss yearns to be treated as an adult and help defend her homeland along side her older brothers. She hates being treated like a child, and especially hates the school where she doesn’t fit in and is bullied by the other students. One student, Laren, the son of an ambassador, decides that Fliss is interesting and tags along with her as she hunts for Anna who seemed to vanish into thin air. The hunt for Anna, uncovers the Shades lurking nearby who start taking over the town, and attack the school to kill off all of the young magical students there.

This is a basic epic fantasy read. Dragon shifter, check, princess, check, epic medieval world, check, random magical elemental powers, check, and enemy forces to fight, check. Wasn’t really anything interesting to the school. It was your basic magical academy, without much thought put into classes, except to use the history class as a means to infodump the background history of this world (boring class. I would have slept through it). I wasn’t getting much of a mental image of the shades, so I didn’t really see them as much of a threat through most of the book, just as a generic enemy fighting them (though I did love the Firebird in that one scene). I think the most interesting thing about the shades was that they were using portals to go to the modern world and bits of modern technology was making its way back over. Like a random wristwatch. And I figured out why the shades didn’t make much of an impression on me. Through the book they had just been cloaked men. Nothing special to them. Just the usual evil army trying to stomp out all of the good forces. At just past the middle mark, one is killed and they see what was underneath the cloak. They look rotted underneath. Now where have I heard of a group of cloaked villains that look rotted underneath? *cough* Ringwraiths *cough* Wasn’t really anything interesting to the dragon shifters either. They’re just the same as the dragon shifters that are in all of the other books on the market these days. It didn’t even really explore them as dragon except as a mode of travel and as a physical weapon for fighting. Why was Fliss white as a dragon? Are all female dragons white? And stereotypically it’s got werewolves in it too (can’t seem to have one without the other). I did like that Fliss does have character growth in this. From wanting to not be treated as a child and fight against the evil, and showing off her battle skills and making her family proud of her. To learning that war and battle is to worry about your friends getting hurt or killed, to seeing death and realizing her own mortality and how far the enemy reach really is, realizing she could cause the death of others around her, and realizing that she is still young with a lot to still learn. In all, nothing really sparked my interest in this world (except maybe Laren and the head mistress).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected delightful book
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2020
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Fantastic clean read! This went well beyond my expectations. Fliss comes of age along with Laren. Great adventure and characters made the story come alive.
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GXPsyRose
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting storyline
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020
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Interesting storyline with a different take the dragons, faes and the evil shades trying to take over their realm and kingdom.
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AnnaLee
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Introduction
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2020
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Love this series, this book is a wonderful introduction to this series. Love Ms. Ashwood's books, she writes such amazing worlds.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Prequel dragon shifters stories
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2022
A dragon shifter princess is sent to boarding school for safety. It is not safe. She rescues and is rescued from the dark shadows. The characters are well written, the story develops well.
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