Initial Impressions 8/14/17 + review as posted on The Book Addict's Guide 10/13/17: 3.5 - 4 stars 
 I had no idea what to expect when I started TALON! I picked up it really only because of the audiobook narrators (MacLeod Andrews is one of my all-time favorites) when it was included in an Audible sale and wanting to start something fun a book that wasn't TOO long (since I'm always behind on my Goodreads challenge). 
 TALON wasn't anything super special for me but it was engaging and fun to read (or listen to). The characters were easy to follow and the book felt a little "typical YA" (things that you might place in a YA stereotype) but it was still a fun and enjoyable book. There was a love triangle which I didn't expect at first but ya know, I didn't hate it (maybe because there was a bad boy involved... just sayin') and I would be interested to see where it goes except for the fact that I'm not sure that I'm motivated to continue the series. I wasn't suuuper sold on the writing but it was still light and easy. There were two main POVs and then a third shows up halfway through the book so I thought it could have been structured better and I felt like the third POV probably should have been eliminated, even though I kind of enjoyed it. 
 The concept of dragons who can morph into humans was unique and the only thing I've read remotely like it, as far as dragons go specifically, was SERAPHINA. This was more on the contemporary side since it takes place in a contemporary time period, whereas SERAPHINA was more deep into the fantasy and a high fantasy world. I enjoyed the different feel that was involved here and it was fun to see the dragons incorporated into modern society. That being said, it also wasn't the most well-done and there were some super obvious things about the dragons that I thought anyone should be able to pick up -- especially a society that specifically hunts them -- but I think this is one of those "suspend your disbelief for the sake of the book" kind of a thing. 
 The plot was fairly predictable but I still had fun with it. I wasn't in it to be shocked and surprised so that wasn't something that bothered me. I am curious to see where the rest of the series will go because it ended with kind of a cliffhanger there! BUT I also don't know if finishing the series will be priority. Maybe Audible will have more sales for the rest of this series and I can finish that way, otherwise I probably won't continue. It's a sort of a read-it-because-it's-there kind of a series and not one that I'll really prioritize.