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Review: Dragonmeat (Eterean Empire Novella) by Angela Boord

March 2, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Rating: 8.0/10

Synopsis

Dragonmeat is poison. But what if you’re starving?

Peri will do anything to keep her chronically ill father alive in their starving city. Using her now useless scholarly talents to research thievery, she’s become a highly successful food thief—small, ordinary—invisible. In Medeas, gripped in the iron fist of its mad governor, ravaged by dragons, hiding is a way of life.

Then her stealing triggers a riot, and a mysterious stranger steps in to save her. Frost has food and he’s willing to share his secret…but talking to him might be the most dangerous thing Peri’s ever done. How can she find the courage to leave her safe shadows and take a stand when her father’s life hangs in the balance?

Dragonmeat is a fast-paced novella set in award-winning author Angela Boord’s Eterean Empire universe–a lush, dangerous world of empire and resistance inspired by Rome and Renaissance Italy.

Review

I received this novella to judge for the SFINCS finals. This review and opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by my Fanfiaddicts team.

That was a fantastic little read. Dragonmeat is a fast-paced novella set in award-winning author Angela Boord’s Eterean Empire universe, and I loved every moment of it. This is my first time delving into Angela’s writing, and it won’t be the last.

For such a short story, it packs a punch, and it feels like I’ve read a full novel because the worldbuilding and character development are so good. Fantastic setting and big ass dragons. I now know why it’s a finalist in the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS).

In this little tale of goodness, our main protagonist, Peri, has resorted to stealing food in order to survive and help her ill father, but they live and are ruled by a mad governor in the city of Medeas.

When nearly caught stealing, she ends up causing a riot, chased down by the city watch. She is saved by a mysterious stranger called Frost. But Frost seems to know a lot about Peri and offers to help her. Reluctant will she take up his offer in a city a besieged by Dragons that will lead to secrets unveiled and what really Dragon meat tastes like.

Excellent little short story that’s was fun and very enjoyable to read, highly recommended…🐲🔥😁

Filed Under: Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Novella, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

About Alan Behan

Right a bit about myself, I am married to my wonderful wife Catherine of 18 years, we have three beautiful girls together, 20, 18 and 14 years of age. They are my world as well as my books...😁 I work full time as industrial plumber, I'm 45 years old and my hobbies is spending time with my family and of course reading fantasy every chance I can get. I love supporting indie authors and getting the word out about their new books. My all-time favorite authors are Steven Erikson, Mark Lawrence and Robert Jordan and that's just to name a few.

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