A reverse harem with a powerful magical heroine, a mystery that’s dying to be solved, and four smoking hot dragon shifters. This series will be your latest reading addiction!

I love reverse harem and paranormal romance books. This book definitely built up the world for future sequels. Looking forward to reading the others.

Dragon Slayer is a Teen drama in a magical world. 

Dragon Slayer feels like a book that is setting up the world. It's setting up the action for the next books in the series. 

The lead character is Brooklyn, I felt like I understood certain aspect of her personality. Brooklyn is weary of the people around her. After spends the first year at the school on her own,  people start making an effort to be her friend after she becomes a Kill Shot. She want to be their friends but worried they are after something. I think any shy person has probably had that thought.

Brooklyn is drawn to several different men in the story all for different reasons. It  is interesting seeing the female character have multiple boyfriends or as the synopsis suggests her own Harem.

One of my favourite aspects is that the slayer school is hidden in plain sight, it’s location is at a New York college.

In addition  to a hidden school the Dragon disguised as human living normal lives. That battles between dragons and slayers happen in the streets of New York hidden by magic and if anything does get out the stories are twisted by school media removing any traces of magic or dragons.  

By the end of the book we know of one mystery revolving Brooklyn. It will be interesting to see what else will come out or more secrets the level three boys are hiding.

My rating for Dragon Slayer is 3.5 out of 5.

Brooklyn is New York’s newest up-and-coming dragon slayer. Known as a Kill Shot, an elite assassin who can destroy dragons with one blow, Brooklyn is descended from slayer royalty. As her magic becomes more powerful—and more destructive—than it should, she seeks the help of four guys with unique abilities of their own.
This was a decent enough book. I read it more out of curiosity than anything else. It was pretty predictable, but did a good job with the building of Brooklyn and her world. One thing that didn’t really work for me is the idea of using reverse harem in a YA book. That is something I think should be an adult theme.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

What a strange and interesting blend of YA, dragon slaying, and reverse harem!

Brooklyn (I know, you get used to the names) is a rich kid who was raised in a family that has always been involved in dragon slaying. When she reaches the age that you can enter the dragon slayer academy, she signs right up. She’s worked hard to train and get ahead, but even she is surprised when she shows the aptitude required for killing dragons in the field. After getting moved from level 1 to 2 she is suddenly inundated with guys interested in her (who all have the borough names, you get used to it).

On top of this seemingly simple (if not paranormal) story, there’s an added element of mystery. Why does Brooklyn feel so drawn to these guys? Why does she show an amazing gift for magic? Why does it feel so wrong to kill dragons, something she was raised to do? All of these things tumble together in a cliffhanger ending that definitely left you wanting more answers. As the start of a series, I could see this as a good intro, though!

I loved that book very very much!
I am amazed at the writing of the author and I loved the action and the characters.
The first thing that got to me was the title and I immediately decided that I wanted this book ad that I wanted to read it ^^
I am not disappointed and I hope everybody else gets to enjoy it as much as I did.

Emotional, thrilling, action packed adventure filled with danger, magic, teenage dilemmas and secrets. A quick yet very entertaining and intriguing beginning for this series.. hangs on a cliff.

Brooklyn is an interesting charter, dragon slayer royalty with a lot to live up to, she is reserved and a bit of a loner. The guys are fun, charming and each has a very different personality making all of them a exciting team in more ways than one. Overall a very enjoyable beginning and I look forward to reading more.

Dragon Slayers was both a slow and quick read for me. Being the first book in a series, there has to be some setup and world-building, which, understandably, takes time. The characters are living in modern New York, and they're all students (of various levels) at an elite school for the training of dragon slayers.

Right off the bat, I thought this was an interesting premise because I feel like dragons are an underrated/underused part of the paranormal universe. We've got vampires, werewolves, and witches everywhere, but it's much less often that I find a cool dragon novel.

In Risseghem's world, dragons are created through genetics, and not all who have dragon-born parents actually develop their second form. These dragons are huge, powerful, and can also present as human. Risseghem's world-building is pretty good although there are some repetitive parts in the beginning that could have easily been taken care of with a little editing. That being said, A LITTLE repetition didn't make or break the book for me.

Brooklyn, the daughter of the closest thing their society has to a "royal family", is training to become a dragon slayer. Her training has had a few bumps along its way, particularly in the isolation that she experiences at the academy. No one seems willing to get to know her; the closest thing she has to a friend is an upper level student named Manny. It's not until she takes on a daring role in a dragon hunt that the others start to open up to her more.

Brooklyn's relationship with Manny leads me to what I found to be my biggest pet peeve of the book.

Manny is part of an elite upper-level group with two other men, Bronx and Staten. Totally unrelated, but all of these borough names gave me some hardcore nostalgia for Gargoyles. Brooklyn has an instant chemistry with Manny and Bronx, but it seems like Staten is going to be much harder to win over. This being reverse harem, I think it should be pretty obvious that she starts to develop a relationship with more than one of the brothers, but emotional and physical. I was surprised, though, by which one seems to make his way first into her heart.

Even though they'll be sharing one leading lady, Risseghem has made an effort to define the boys' personalities, so their interactions and relationships with Brooklyn will each have their own unique flavor. Manny is the kind, thoughtful, and responsible one while Bronx is the shameless flirt who's actually a lot more vulnerable than he seems. Staten, on the other hand, is blunt, hard to crack, but fiercely protective. The boys balance each other out, and Risseghem does a pretty good job of creating a believable chemistry/rapport among the them.

Here's what bothered me: Brooklyn awhile to start asking the "brothers" (Manny, Bronx, and Staten) some serious questions about their interest and purpose for her. For me, it seemed a little unrealistic that, after the first time she heard something suspicious, she wouldn't start pursuing answers. I wish Brooklyn had been a little more aggressive in that sense. I hate when I'm yelling at the characters because there's something sitting right in front of their nose, and they just keep ignoring it.

Overall, Dragon Slayers was OK. I'm curious enough to see where it goes, and if the story improves, that I'd most likely pick up the second book. If you're a fan of reverse harem, there's a fair amount of romance without anything getting too risque for any young adult readers that might pick up the series (more of a slow burn).

2.5 Stars
The good: I liked the world, and the idea of the Academy hidden within Columbia. I liked that each of the boys had a distinct character. I liked the basic storyline.
The bad: I know this was an arc, but the number of typos/errors was rediculous. I'm certainly hope there is another round of edits. The writing is often simplistic and repetitive. The heroine is far too sheltered and naive to be a 17y/o whose parents suddenly decided to send her to basically college and have no contact with her. Weird.
Despite my complaints I did like this book enough to look for the next of the series. I hope more of the boys background is included, and the writing matures.

I think it’s probably because it’s based on high schoolers that the story didn’t go smutty, I liked that. I liked how the main character doesn’t jump on the harem bandwagon and questions herself and her feelings. The plot was a little obvious but it was a good even story.

I kept thinking of manny from ice age with one of the guys. Favourite character I’d say was Bronx, his feelings came through a lot clearer than the others. Hopefully in the next one there will be more of a backstory on the guys.