When Marise Leeson gets her hands on a crystal ball, she believes her knowledge of Wicca is about to expand. The magic, however, goes horribly wrong. In short order, she’s thrown into an alternate world, attacked by a dragon, and rescued by Javeer, a young male dragon in search of a friend.

Marise is desperate to get home alive. Instead of dabbling in scrying and spells, she must now use her Wicca skills to survive in Moerden―navigating rival dragon factions, riding Javeer without falling, and dodging unknown perils of an alien landscape. Through a series of adventures and mishaps, she learns that the dragons face slow extinction from a mysterious disease. Some see Marise as part of the cause. Some hope she’s a key to a cure.

Marise grows up fast as her focus switches from escape from Moerden to saving the dragons. She draws upon her powers, intuition, and some help from home as she and Javeer begin a quest to solve the puzzle of the stagger. If they survive, and if their trust and courage are strong, they may succeed. If they do not, the dragons of Moerden will cease to exist.

Anything that is remotely like a portal fantasy, or someone getting kicked into another world is something I’m willing to look more into. In this story Marise plays with some occult things and ends us getting sucked into a world with dragons. With all the dragon hype that has happened lately this book is definitely coming at a great time and I found it a fun start to a series. I certainly could have used some more world building and background, but when thinking about it in respect to the target audience more backstory could have proved overwhelming. The writing was easy to read and though there was some pacing slow downs here and there, it was never to a point that I put down the book. Overall an enjoyable dragon fantasy and a good start to a series.

Happy reading!