{"id":572,"date":"2014-01-23T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=572"},"modified":"2014-01-17T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T17:48:53","slug":"review-valley-of-dragons-the-sasha-strange-chronicles-by-k-h-koehler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"Review: Valley of Dragons: The Sasha Strange Chronicles by K. H. Koehler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/valleyofthedragons.JPG\" width=\"104\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third and final volume in K. H. Koehler&#8217;s tale of steampunk, time travel and dragons is just as good as the previous two.\u00a0 As in the second volume, there is a reorienting chapter at the start, and then the tale continues.\u00a0 Sasha Strange, Lord Quinn, and now Dr. John Ulysses, struggle to survive long enough to finally devise a machine to return home.\u00a0\u00a0 The only things standing in their way are the primitive conditions, their egos and the Valley of Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>K. H. Koehler maintains the tone established by the earlier parts of the story and keeps you with the adventurers as they struggle through one calamity after the next.\u00a0 As in the previous two parts, the descriptions flesh out the world and immerse the reader.\u00a0 T<\/p>\n<p>he characters continue to develop nicely throughout this part of the story as their relationships deepen, creating new conflicts as a result.\u00a0 This forces the heroes to find ways to work with each other despite themselves.\u00a0 The author uses a variety of conflicts to keep the action tight and the pacing fast as the past and the present face off in the final encounter.\u00a0 All in all a great finish to the tale!\u00a0 Other works I have read from her are\u00a0<i>Slayer<\/i>,\u00a0<i>The Blackburn and Scarletti Mysteries, Volumes I &amp; II,\u00a0 Scarabus, The Dreadful Doctor Faust,<\/i>\u00a0<i>Planet of Dinosaurs: The Sasha Strange Chronicles,\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0Sea of Serpents: The Sasha Strange Chronicles.\u00a0<\/i>Recommended for adult readers.<\/p>\n<p>Contains: Adult situations, Gore<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by:\u00a0 Aaron Fletcher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final volume in K. 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