Official Review: DragonGate by Sam Venstone

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The fantasy part sounds interesting. The poorly developed female characters make me sad. I will still read it and see if the plot is anything to write home about
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An epic fantasy featuring a world full of magic and dragons sounds cool! Too bad there are too many characters to keep track of, and that the women have mostly peripheral roles. Still, I love dragons, so will give it a try. Thank you for the review!
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Your review intrigues me to read this fantasy tale on one hand while the flaws to which you have drawn attention will really affect the flow of my imagination... I hope I will be able to maintain my I interest to complete reading this novel..
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Who doesn't love a dragon tale where there those who need to defeat their own personal dragons? I do think the amount of characters here would be frustrating for me and the fact that it is male-centric story might bother me too. But, I'm glad that you were able to enjoy the atmosphere and became attached to the main characters! Thank you for the lovely review!
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Great review. Would definitely check the book out, although remembering too many characters would make me which one is the one and no strong female character is a bit.. Hmm.. But I'll try give this a chance and read this.
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Great review. I also love fantasy novels and many people would love this story as well. Especially the ones who love stories depicting dragons. It seems very long and has a lot of characters. It provided a lot of insights on what it's all about. Thank you for sharing this to us.
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Not too thrilled that the female characters were made an important part of the story. Also that there are so many male characters to keep track of with confusing names. I don’t think that I could get into this book too much: congrats on the great review!
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Thanks for the wonderful review. I may now like the story, after all, when before I doubted if it will be of striking similitude to other dragon epics.
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It would have been a better book for me with some positive women characters, thanks for the great review though
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If fantasy novels was my thing, i would definitely read this. Good review.
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This is a great story that flows seamlessly, I agree, great review.
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Dragongate by Sam vanstone
This is an interesting story, I loved I.
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Re:official review: DragonGate by Sam venstone.
Great review! I enjoyed reading this book:got attached to the main characters more than I thought I would.
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Fantasy novel about hidden treasure in Mount Dragonheart with a secret path known only to the monks. Not a fan of dragons and fantasy tales. Great review though, thanks.
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Well, I think I'd be disappointed because of the "female" thing but I think I'd give this one a chance. Books like this are my cup of tea. Hope it's worth the read. Thanks for the great review!
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