REVIEW: Green Hills and Dragon Tales -The Green Hills Series Book #2- Celyn Kendrick

Title: Green Hills and Dragon Tales
Series: The Green Hills Series Book #2
Author: Celyn Kendrick
Genre: LGBTQ Fiction, Metaphysical Fiction
Publisher: Independent
Release Date: Oct 8, 2022
Format: Kindle
Pages: 417
Source: Amazon

“Ye never ken what beasties lurk in the water…”

The white and red dragons have been spiritual soulmates for as long as anyone can remember. Finally, their human vessels Stewart and Michael are together once more—except one of them has a hard time remembering or believing that he’s a dragon.

As his mysterious family’s past starts revealing itself, Stewart Rygby has been made aware of his responsibility to manage and protect vast estate holdings that are in his care—which includes the local fairy village. There is also the impending problem of a lake resort planned to be built dangerously close to the dragons’ ancient lair.

While Father Aron has the power to prevent this egregious trespass, it may take some angelic intervention to convince him to accept such a crusade on faith.

Join us as our dragons come together for another lifetime in Green Hills and Dragon Tales—the momentous second book in the Green Hills Series by Celyn Kendrick!

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Review by Sherry Perkins

Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team

“They were all leaving the cemetery when the old priest said, ‘I see you made a new friend, Stewart.’”—Green Hills and Dragon Tales

In Book 1, Green Hills and Daffodils, an American comes to Wales. Her name is Jane. She brings her big, goofy dog along and then she falls flat on her face. Luckily though, she lands at the feet of a nice fellow called Stewart Rigby. Stewart, or Stu, as helpful as he is to Jane, doesn’t quite know who he is although he believes he might be a dragon, even if only metaphorical. So, while Green Hills and Daffodils goes on to tell Jane’s story, Green Hills and Dragon Tales tells Stu’s story. Hint: he is a true dragon, whether he believes it or not.

Truth be told, he’s the human embodiment of an ancient Welsh dragon and he is on a mission. The mission is multivariate. He’s looking for love (aren’t we all?), he’s looking to make baby dragons (again, aren’t we all?), he’s supposed to be protecting the local faeries (ditto) but perhaps most importantly, he’s going to have to figure out how to keep land developers bent on a land package scheme from accidentally discovering the familial hatchery.

Protecting the hatchery—or even populating it—might be difficult since it’s also where the dragon’s horde has been hidden for millennia. Trust me, there’s a lot of gold and glittery treasure to be found which means greedy humans can’t be far behind. To complicate matters, other Celtic beings have made an appearance including kelpie, changelings and the tylwyth teg. If you know anything about the tylwyth teg, then you’ll see some interesting parallels between the lore and Kendrick’s imaginative story. Plus, there’s an interesting contrast with Christian tenets and familiar folklore.

For me, Green Hills and Dragon Tales was amore interesting read than Book 1. In Book 1, I wanted to learn more about Jane and the dark secrets she’d stumbled upon. But I suppose there is plenty of time for investigating that in the other books in the series, of which there are currently seven. These characters were easier for me to appreciate in Green Hills and Dragon Tales, especially if you consider Book 1 as introductory. Some characters and storylines begun in Book 1 do tantalizingly carry through to Book 2.And Kendrick is an engaging writer with an obvious love for the Welsh, their customs, their language, and their love for dragons. It shows.

A four-star story about dragons doing what they do best: protecting what is theirs.