Official Review: DragonGate by Sam Venstone

[Mohamed Gaouzi]

Perfect review!!!
I think I don't have to read the book again your review is enough for me !!

[ebethina]

Thanks for sharing the nice long review

[Cheshire]

The 800 pages was pretty long for me and the sample is nice enough I think. The review gave me a few points that I could totally relate. Definitely will be on my list.

[MandalynnJDG]

Thanks for the review. I do hate it when there are too many characters, especially when their names are so similar. Even though there were few grammatical errors, it sounds like the 3 stars may have been a fair rating.

[Vandrum]

A fantasy novel with lots of magic and drama. Thanks for the review.

[Emie Cuevas]

Dragons eyes are important, I know the eyes of a seer are, but they have to be freely given. I wonder what dragon eyes do? Guess I'll have to read it to find out. Thanks for the great review.

[CrescentMoon]

It's a shame about the many characters. I find it gets really hard to keep track of them when reading and especially if extra characters don't add anything to the story. But I'm glad you enjoyed it overall.

[willo]

DragonGate by Sam Venstone book portrays a magically fictional world full of dragons and places, both uniquely different from anything anyone has ever come across in his or her entire lifetime.

Sir Ulryc is a warrior who constantly lived without fear. He travels to the mountains to murder the last dragon alive. He then removes the dragon’s eyes, keeps them as medals to prove to the king that the last dragon has been put out of its misery, but the dragon's spirit is still out there. When Sir Ulryc fearlessly faces the spirit, he changes into a far much better man. He therefore takes the dragon's eyes to a rare monastery, begging the monks to keep an eye on the formerly called medals, like a hidden treasure, because the eyes of the dragon have an important purpose in the world.

After the king gets informed about the eyes of the last slain dragon, he sends his army to the monastery, to learn the secret of the initially unknown whereabouts. Following a fight, Tercyn, a young villager, is given the dragon's last remaining eye to secure it from falling into hands of any random enemy. Tercyn escapes together with four monks: Brother Dolry, Brother Hyrhen, Brother Lyst, and Brother Tethyr, through a secret portal just in time to avoid getting caught.

All escapees, with their own misfortunes, seem to have no like among themselves and are having challenges getting along with each other initially: Brother Dolry, always unwell, is complaining too much, Brother Lyst is heartless and cares only about himself, Brother Tethyr, as proud as he is, cannot accept help from anyone, and Brother Hyrhen cannot neglect trying to help other people. Lastly, but not least, Tercyn is still mourning due to the recent loss of his father who was been murdered. They are all on a tour to possibly permanent change of their lives.

However, there are a few things a reader should note: One is, there are too many characters to follow due to many similar names, which is confusing. For example, characters' names such as Adryc, Venryc, Ulryc Odcryc, Helryc, Melyc, Osryc, Tethyr, Tercyn, Azloc, Ardoc, Corloc, and many mire. The other is, women in the book are not really recognized. They are either diabolic, greedy, and narrow minded.

The book's storyline is a smooth flow, from phrases, to sentences, to paragraphs, like easily assembling building blocks one after the other. Any difficult word can be looked up on the Appendices, which covers all mentioned gods, dragons, calendars, monasteries, and languages.

I noted a few word omissions and spelling mistakes. For example, the author wrote "under way," "knew to mindful of this," "They monastery boys were," "had not hidden him my cell," or "the means to free from your prison."

The more I kept reading this book, the more it sucked me in by getting attached to the main characters more than I anticipated. However, I rate DragonGate 3 out of 4 stars for anyone who is a fan of high-fantasy novels, epically adventurous tales and magic, and stories that reveal a deeper meaning.

[personwholovesbooks]

Not a fan of dragons but I do want to give this a try. Because why not? After the detailed review you made maybe it has something that'll interests me. Putting this on my want-to-read list.

[Donald A Axon]

I love dragons! Stop killing them before it's too late. Ah cheap it already is. Not sure I want to read this if they're killing the last dragon in it.

[ladycraic]

It's quite a put off to learn that the novel is mostly male-centric. The sample on Amazon really drew me in, so I still believe that this is a book worth reading! I'm up for some epic fantasy.

[Acwoolet]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully the author will re-edit and fix some of those issues. Thanks for the great review!

[CNollett]

I'm not typically interested in these types of books, however, after reading your review I'm pretty intrigued. Sounds as if it is more a coming of age then a fantasy type book. I look forward to reading it and comparing notes!

[violet-trey19]

Its all about magic and dragons.This epic fantasy is good to read.

[dragonet07]

I love epic fantasy and the spirit dragon sounds incredibly interesting. It's pretty long and I have an issue with the underdeveloped females, but I think it's still worth a read. Thank you for the thorough, honest review.