Isabella

I enjoyed this book. The premise is really good and the story kept my interest from start to finish. It is a great story for it's target audience, the language is appropriate and nicely put.

Isabella decides to wear the necklace that came from her grandmother. She had no idea that it had magical powers...

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When a ice encased dragon comes to town, Isabella wants to see it. She doesn't just see it, it talks to her telepathically. The ice melts, the dragon comes back to life, and Isabella and her uncle's girlfriend go to save him from the money hungry guys who found him. Grace is a witch and she shrinks him, They go the barn in the country so he can go back to regular life and be safe.

From here on out it gets more and more dangerous for them. The men who lost the dragon are on their trail. Her uncle gets thrown in jail, but gets out after a few days. The dragon wants to go find his mate who is in Mongolia. They head out to find his mate and the other party is on their way to the same location. If they can't get the male back, they'll look for the female.

Isabella has trained in martial arts to defend herself. The necklace she wears helps her with chi. She can stop them without touching them.

This is an exciting adventure with lots of action, fights with the two parties and even the dragon gets involved. There is a family curse involved, too. He does find his mate, but this is the first book in this series so there will be more danger and action coming....

i really enjoyed reading this book, the characters were great and I really enjoyed the scifi elements. I'd be interested in reading more from this series.

Isabella by M. Anthony Phillips.
the Jade Warrior Book 1.
An ancient Jade Amulet, a beautiful American girl with Asian ancestries, and a Celestrial dragon go on an exotic adventure to the Far East to find the dragon’s lost mate before another team gets there first. Join Isabella Treehorn, her brother Kaelyn, Uncle Titus, and the crazy Witch Grace with the dragon Tianlong as they race against time to find Ling Ling, Tianlong’s mate in the frozen regions of Mongolia and the Himalayas. Isabella is a simple girl of twelve with mixed heritage and who has trouble fitting in her school. Her mother on her death bed gives Isabella a family heirloom, a Jade stone amulet with unbelievable powers of Chi and telepathy. But with that fortune the necklace also brings death to every other generation of the Treehorn women dating back to her ancestors in the Ming Dynasty period. Ancient Demons the Lords of Death put a curse on the first princess for her wicked ways and have killed off most of the princess’s descendents. The princess named Dalyn was protected by Tianlong and Ling Ling and escaped before the demons could kill them as all the other dragons in the kingdom. Tianlong teaches Isabella about the powers of the amulet and her destiny as they go on their perilous journey against the demons and a power hungry team of Paleontologists in this exciting adventure.
Brilliant read. I loved the cover. 5*.