To Claim a King

Age of Gold Series, Book 1

By: May Sage

Narrated by: Katherine Littrell

Accused of consorting with demons in her home town, Xandrie flees, only to find herself in a greater danger. She's a mere human woman, thrust in a brutal tournament pitting vicious dragon females against each other. Yet, she can't find it in herself to give up, as the winner will Claim the throne, and more importantly, the hand of the enticing Dragon King.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 May Sage (P)2017 Tantor

Loved This!

I really loved this book! Loved the world building, loved the characters, loved the story line. I wish the book were longer though, I'm sure the author could have spread this out much more or added more to the story. But I still really liked it and can easily see this being a repeat listen for me in future

awesome story 👧🐉🐅🧙

(Ray & Xandria): TRIGGERS: sexual assault, child neglect. Wow, what a concept. I really freaking loved this book. I would've loved it more if it were longer than a four hour long audio. Xandria is the middle child in a family of mages. She's the only one without powers. Her parents basically treat her like a maid and show her absolutely no love. She uses the forest for her escape from the home daily. That is where she finds "Claws" a white tiger cub who was injured and left by his mom. After a while they developed a bond. Then the story gets really good, she meets a dragon shifter and becomes friends with her. Ray is King of the dragons. The elders want him to have a queen so they set up claiming trials where all the single female dragon shifters fight for a chance to be queen. When he's asked to save Xandria, there's an immediate connection between them and they aren't sure why. I loved that the females are just as badass as the males. I also love the little plot twists that the author continues to throw into the story. Claws is an amazing addition to the story, he's almost pet-like but still very wild. Xandrie is never treated differently by the king and the royal guard. It's a close burn but when it does heat up it's like someone set off some TNT. This is my first time with this author but definitely will not be my last.

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I think I made a mistake listening to this in audio format. The narrator was quite good, so that was not a problem. I struggled with trying to find my way through some confusing plot points. I waited to figure them out, finally simply dismissing them as the story continued without them. I kept thinking this was a prologue type of novella for a series. When I checked out this idea, I was correct as there are three other books already published in the series. All the needful checking and dismissing items throughout the story left me irritated rather than being able to simply fall into a fantasy with dragons and romance and bad people receiving appropriate karma. Yep, I should have read the book. Beyond this, I thoroughly enjoyed May Sage so a four rating for May's creative ability (and some snark) with a narrator who had fun with all the characters voices.

Xandrie was nobodies stooge

Xandrie was nothing to her people. She was born of mages but she had no power. She was reduced to little more than a servant in her own home. Then there was Ray. He was dragon king. He was reduced to rescuer for his dear friend and her little friend. Ray had no idea that he would feel the magic that he did or the soul deep connection.

The story left me wanting more. I look forward to the next installment of the Age of Gold.

Narrator was on point. I just would have liked to feel or hear a difference in dialect between the north and the dragon kingdom.

better then expected

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The romance as well as the ending was a bit rushed in my opinion other than that not a pretty good listen.