The Priestess and the Dragon

Dragon Saga, Book 1

By: Nicolette Andrews

Narrated by: Dawn Cromwell

The Cruel Prince meets Inuyasha in this slow-burn romantic fantasy. You won’t be able to put down this action-packed fantasy adventure!

Exiled to a mountain shrine, Suzume trains to become a priestess serving the god of the mountain. As she toils at the temple, she longs for a life beyond its walls. Until she awakens the slumbering god and unmasks the temple’s centuries-old secret.

The god is a fake. Five hundred years ago, the shrine’s founder sealed a dragon in a stone. And now that he’s free, he wants revenge. Unleashing the dragon wasn’t an accident. As Suzume learns, she’s the first priestess’ reincarnation.

He spirits her away and Suzume plots to kill him before he kills her. But the more time they spend together, she starts to question her feelings for him. Tangled threads of fate bind them together and Suzume must decide: will she follow her heart or will history repeat itself?

Start the adventure today with this epic romantic fantasy sure to please listeners who enjoy aching slow-burn romance, twists and turns, complex characters, and villains you love to hate!

©2015 Nicolette Andrews (P)2025 Nicolette Andrews

Baskerville Book Reviews

The 2 most stand-out things about this story…. are both told up front in the summary, which I didn’t read. It’s slow as all hell, good god, it’s nothing, if not slow. And I noticed it was extremely similar to the anime version of Inuyasha. (I can’t comment on the manga, I haven’t read it yet and anime/manga aren’t usually my thing.)

It may leave this review a bit lacking, but I genuinely have been struggling to find anything else to say about it. Every time I think of the plot, I think of how slow it is and make a bunch of Inuyahsa crossover references. But I know not everybody will have watched that show, so a list of meaningless references isn’t going to help.

It’s a good book. It’s slow as a crockpot (to steal a line from Aron Beauregard), I didn’t struggle as much with the Japanese cultural references as I did with the …. whatever the other series was called by Nicolette Andrews. The Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood and Little Mermaid retellings. Which are a separate series, but set in the same world. I’m also unsure of the timeline of these stories, but I think this might be set prior.

I didn’t find any issues with the narrator, or the audio itself. I never had trouble telling who was speaking. Everything was clean and clear, easy to follow along and slow as all hell. I really can’t stess that enough.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.

PRINCESS AND THE DRAGON

FANTASTIC! NICOLETTE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER AN EXCELLENT STORY AND TURN IT INTO A AUDIO BOOK!
SET IN JAPAN, A YOUNG WOMAN FINDS HERSELF DISOWNED BY HER FATHER THE EMPEROR. DURING A WEDDING CEREMONY SHE WAKES UP THE SLEEPING DRAGON. WHO HAS SLEPY FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS. FROM THERE AN ADVENTURE AND DEATH DEFYING EDGE OF YOUR SEAT STORY BEGINS AND TAKES OFF. THE BANTER IS FUN, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENTS CREATURES THE WILL MEET ALONG THE WAY, LIKE A KITSUNE.
AND MAYBE IN THE END SHE MIGHT FIND LOVE WITH AN ARROGANT DRAGON. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ADVENTURE!
DAWN CROMWELL DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH THE NARRATION OF THE STORY,
BRING ON MORE DRAGONS!

The Value of self verses love and success

The Value of self verses love and success. When your life's goal is to become powerful in the eyes of your peers by marrying a high ranking man then your life needs a real BIG shake up and boy is Suzume in for a life changing adventure. This is a good value story of adventure,emotions, and surprises galore. Well narrated and a good 16 hours of entertainment. Recommended clean story.

Great listen

The Story by Nicolette Andrews is brought to life through the voice of Dawn Cromwell. The story alone captures your interest and encourages your imagination to see the story as it is told. Dawns voice brings the characters to life, allowing your imagination to roam free.

Each character has a distinct voice, so it is easy to hear the dialog between characters. This made it super easy for me to listen to the book.

The story has some great plot twists that keep you on the edge of your seat. I am looking forward to book 2.

Reads like a historical manga

This is a really interesting story. It reminds me a lot of several manga I have read that deal with youkai. The plot development is great. In fact, this would make a beautiful graphic novel. While I love the interactions between the MCs, I struggle with the FMC's voice. For a historical setting, her speech is too informal and flippant. That's really picky, but it did take me out of the story a bit.