"these books are wonderful!"
Briec the Mighty was also Briec the Confused, the Arrogant,
the Lustful. Talaith is beautiful, a witch forced to live
among humans for the past sixteen years to keep her
daughter safe. They meet in the market square of her
little peasant town, flirt a bit and go their separate
ways. The next meeting is a bit more serious; she is being
hung as a witch by her husband and the townspeople when she
is rescued by a huge, silver-maned dragon. Amazingly, she is not that afraid of him but is definitely
ready to go up against him any way possible. In this
hysterically humorous book, Briec and Talaith rub each
other all the wrong ways (and some of the right ways as
well) while trying to establish just who is in charge. His
brothers are no help at all, constantly commenting "She is
going to make his life hell" at every turn. They're right! They irritate the hell out of each other. Hourly. The
arguments make them want each other all the more but
neither will make the first move. Talaith begins to like
Briec more and more - and hates him for that as well. Then - disaster strikes. Talaith's mother, Haldane - a
horrid witch in her own right - calls upon Talaith to do
that for which she has been trained. Kill Annwyl, the Blood
Queen and Haldane will keep her daughter safe from Hamish
who wants to bed her at 16. Problem? Annywl is married to
Fearghus, Briec's brother, NOT a dragon to be tampered
with. (See Dragon Actually) Follow along as Talaith may have met her match in Briec,
his brothers and Annwyl. Will she finally see her
daughter? Will you laugh yourself out of your chair as you
read this book? I hope this is not the last we see of the
House of Gwalchmai fab Gwyar Dragons because these books
are wonderful!
Reviewed by Nancy Eriksen
Posted January 1, 2009
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