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ktwiles's review against another edition
Smut, more smut, some plot and world building, smut, more plot, and SMUT. Absolutely sinful passages of descriptive smut. Would recommend mainly because the characters are dynamic, the world building is well done, and the writing flows well...in a short-and-sweet kind of way.
ameretet's review against another edition
2.0
poor kel. he didn't deserve this insecure and silly heroine.
jazzrizz's review against another edition
5.0
I love Kel! What's not to love about dragons :)
I struggled with the pronunciation of Nineva's name though It was a great story, and I can't wait to see what happens next in the Mageverse.
I struggled with the pronunciation of Nineva's name though It was a great story, and I can't wait to see what happens next in the Mageverse.
rainelle_barrett's review against another edition
3.0
Book was ok. The writer needs to introduce mAjor characters slowly through each book in the series. It was hard to keep track of who was who in the book. The same goes for the tribes as well. More confusion on who was who. Ease up on the selected names, most I spent time on trying to read then focus on their benefits to the story line.
laurla's review against another edition
"i'm not sure if she's got courage or a suicidal streak."
"oh, it's about seventy percent courage. the rest is pure, unadulterated bullheadedness."
"a lack of instant success does not make you a failure. quitting makes you a failure, and I know you too well to think you're going to quit."
"look! is that...? why yes, I do believe it is! it's a bed! hello bed, I've missed you so." she fell face-first across the huge mattress.
"I feel like I've been run over by a train. or an entire flock of dragons."
"dragons do not travel in flocks."
"gaggles?"
"that's geese."
"herds?"
"horses."
"big, flappy bunches?"
"go to sleep."
"oh, it's about seventy percent courage. the rest is pure, unadulterated bullheadedness."
"a lack of instant success does not make you a failure. quitting makes you a failure, and I know you too well to think you're going to quit."
"look! is that...? why yes, I do believe it is! it's a bed! hello bed, I've missed you so." she fell face-first across the huge mattress.
"I feel like I've been run over by a train. or an entire flock of dragons."
"dragons do not travel in flocks."
"gaggles?"
"that's geese."
"herds?"
"horses."
"big, flappy bunches?"
"go to sleep."
skateanddonate's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing book. The only thing that pulled me out of the story was a slave having so much power. Maybe that would have been explained if I hadn't jumped into this series at book eight? Lots of hot steamy sex that was that was cleverly structured by the plot so it was needed. I'll be reading more by this author (4.75/5)
readclever's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like the book but there was far too much sex and not enough to really make me cheer on the protagonists. Added to that, Nineva getting the dreams about a dragon killing her and being turned at 17 just really turned me off. She's on the run for 12 years and supposed to trust Kel from jump, even with him knowing her family back story. It just felt way too paint-by-the-colors. Sad about that.
Not to mention a convenient plot point of sex for the greater good and magical truebond in a week. A bond that is superficial at best since they barely talked. Mostly they fought, screwed, or minor plotted with the bigger powers. Nineva is a princess on the run because the now-dead king killed her father and mother when she tried to save a dog at 17. That's a great starting out point! That intrigued me. And her helping the little girl with cancer, to try and cure it, really made me want to root for her.
But that was short lived once Kel showed up. Semira, the trapped goddess, was integral in fighting off The Dark ones but there was little connection on *why* Nineva had to be the avatar to free the goddess. It was an empty line that never really delved into the relationship between the two women. Except the sharing of sex since that's all a fertility goddess is good for.
Kel is a Dragon who prefers to live with the 'humankind,' the other magical creatures that are not Dragons. I wanted to know more about him. Yet the story didn't set him up as a major point at all. He was mostly a gentrified Fabio: a cardboard Knight that makes her ooh and ahh at the right time.
Give more background, more to really feed into why he was chosen to a Knight. Convince the reader that he's a good match for Nineva, a fairy princess in peril who can perfectly patrol and fight. But there's nothing there beyond a grump alpha male prototype. Other than the obvious fall in love quickly because she's a warrior. Okay, but what else is there to her? Beyond the lashing 'martyr' statements at her whenever she accepts what the prophecy foretold.
I usually like Knight's work but this was way too porn-y without any plot. The story needed to be tightened up, plot holes filled. I ended up skipping most of the sex scenes because it was too flowery and didn't really offer any kind of peace to the character except a good get-off. I was more interested in Varza's possessions and the death of a high-ranking Dragon, but again swept under the rug. There was nothing to keep me interested.
I kept growling at the book when it felt like the women were little more than plot devices for the men. Drives me a bit batty when women authors do that. We should be doing better. Well-rounded women characters should be standard in the genre.
Again, very disappointed with Knight. Definitely wouldn't recommend.
Not to mention a convenient plot point of sex for the greater good and magical truebond in a week. A bond that is superficial at best since they barely talked. Mostly they fought, screwed, or minor plotted with the bigger powers. Nineva is a princess on the run because the now-dead king killed her father and mother when she tried to save a dog at 17. That's a great starting out point! That intrigued me. And her helping the little girl with cancer, to try and cure it, really made me want to root for her.
But that was short lived once Kel showed up. Semira, the trapped goddess, was integral in fighting off The Dark ones but there was little connection on *why* Nineva had to be the avatar to free the goddess. It was an empty line that never really delved into the relationship between the two women. Except the sharing of sex since that's all a fertility goddess is good for.
Kel is a Dragon who prefers to live with the 'humankind,' the other magical creatures that are not Dragons. I wanted to know more about him. Yet the story didn't set him up as a major point at all. He was mostly a gentrified Fabio: a cardboard Knight that makes her ooh and ahh at the right time.
Give more background, more to really feed into why he was chosen to a Knight. Convince the reader that he's a good match for Nineva, a fairy princess in peril who can perfectly patrol and fight. But there's nothing there beyond a grump alpha male prototype. Other than the obvious fall in love quickly because she's a warrior. Okay, but what else is there to her? Beyond the lashing 'martyr' statements at her whenever she accepts what the prophecy foretold.
I usually like Knight's work but this was way too porn-y without any plot. The story needed to be tightened up, plot holes filled. I ended up skipping most of the sex scenes because it was too flowery and didn't really offer any kind of peace to the character except a good get-off. I was more interested in Varza's possessions and the death of a high-ranking Dragon, but again swept under the rug. There was nothing to keep me interested.
I kept growling at the book when it felt like the women were little more than plot devices for the men. Drives me a bit batty when women authors do that. We should be doing better. Well-rounded women characters should be standard in the genre.
Again, very disappointed with Knight. Definitely wouldn't recommend.
krystolla's review
2.0
There’s a little deep seated misogyny (only men get to be jealous), some serious consent issues, and some of the sex scene descriptions are cringeworthy (sweetly brutal?). The rich story and thread of humor holds it together well, however.
If the divine being that chose you demands magical energies from your sexual activities is that a threesome, prostitution, or an act of devotion? I think that arrangement deserved a more through consideration.
If the divine being that chose you demands magical energies from your sexual activities is that a threesome, prostitution, or an act of devotion? I think that arrangement deserved a more through consideration.
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