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Debra Kristi was born and raised a Southern California girl. She still resides in the sunny state with her husband, two kids, and three schizophrenic cats. As a writer, she loves to dabble in multiple genres where the characters break the rules of normalcy. Unlike her characters, Debra is not immortal and her only super power is letting the dishes and laundry pile up. When not busy drumming away at the keyboard spinning new tales, Debra is hanging out creating priceless memories with her family, geeking out to science fiction and fantasy television, and tossing around movie quotes.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Moorigad Dragon: Age of the Hybrid Book 1 is a dark romantic fantasy novella written by Debra Kristi. Kyra is a Moorigad Dragon, a hybrid born to a fire-dragon father and a water-dragon mother. She's not what anyone in her family wants her to be, and so she's working as a fire-breather and living in a tiny trailer at Mystic's Carnival. Kyra and her best friend, Sebastian, are out one night watching the stars, and Sebastian seems to be finally getting ready to tell her about himself. He's been her friend and guide, and somehow has succeeded in making her feel wanted and at home at the carnival. As he begins to speak, Kyra sees three men in the dark accosting another on a bridge. There's a splash and the men run away. Kyra can't help but dive into the water and rescue the man they had attacked.
Debra Kristi's dark romantic fantasy, The Moorigad Dragon: Age of the Hybrid Book 1, is magical and compelling. Kyra is a marvelous character whose dragon lies barely hidden beneath her skin. Her hybrid nature reveals itself in scales on her human form and a love of the taste of ashes and heat and water. Kristi tells a story of a strange triangle between Sebastian, Kyra and the rescued man, Marcus, that is charged with undercurrents of sensuality and darkness. Mystic's Carnival is a fabulous backdrop for this story, and I was pleased to see more of Higgins and the blind human, Zeke, who Kyra comes to realize are much more than the elderly men she sees around the carnival. Reading The Moorigad Dragon: Age of the Hybrid Book 1 was an intense and wondrous experience, and I found myself reading more and more slowly to keep the story going for as long as I could. It's most highly recommended.
