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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
I'll admit I fell in love with the cover at first and added it to my TBR. Having not realised that this is more YA than NA, I did wonder if I was gonna like it when I started to read.
It's been a while since I've read about Dragons (I've given up on FW 😂) BUT this is Sparky, the most cheeky lovable baby dragon! He really is the star of this story!
I listened to the audio in one day, so this was an easy, cute cosy read and I really enjoyed it!
It's been a while since I've read about Dragons (I've given up on FW 😂) BUT this is Sparky, the most cheeky lovable baby dragon! He really is the star of this story!
I listened to the audio in one day, so this was an easy, cute cosy read and I really enjoyed it!
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
All Saphira has ever wanted to do is to own a baby dragon cafe, and now she is finally living her dream. This book was so cute and cozy. It read like a warm hug from a mischievous baby dragon. I loved the relationship that grew between Saphira, Aiden, and Sparky, even though both Aiden and Sparky had a bit of a tussle at the beginning. I loved living in this world with dragons and other mythical creatures, but otherwise set in a small town. I loved seeing the changes that Aiden went through as he worked through his grief and the complexity of raising a mischievous, snarly, biting baby dragon it was so funny that for all the protesting that Aiden made over Sparky, Sparky was just the dragon version of Aiden, soft only for his family and Saphira. This book has grumpy/sunshine, single dad (a baby dragon totally counts), he falls first, fated mates (dragon bonding counts), fake relationship (just a small fib really), and only one bed. I can’t wait to read the next one!
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
The story and the language are very basic.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I had heard quite a lot about this so I was pleased when it showed up on Kindle Unlimited. And I'm glad I read it, but I am also very glad I didn't spend any money on it. I do like low stakes romance novels with fantasy elements (in this case dragons) but the possible sources of conflict were just waved away and it really got to me.
In this book Saphira owns a baby dragon cafe and is struggling with the repair costs and the fact that she can't own a baby dragon of her own because she doesn't come from one of the 'dragon' families. So when one of the sons of those families asks her for help training his own baby dragon (a last gift from his dead brother),she jumps at the chance. They fall in love and everything is perfect.
Seriously, it's perfect. It turns out Aiden is reluctant to bond with the baby dragon because he's scared that he'll be forced into dragon riding, something his family has done for generations . One conversation with his parents and that conflict is all gone and sorted. Saphira's concern is about how she feels like an outsider because she doesn't come from one of the dragon families and to be fair to her, a lot of people apart from Aiden do care about that. But rather than dealing with that knowledge and her own insecurity, she goes on a special ritual that she completes easily and now she's magically not an outsider anymore (and Aiden has a special golden card for her too) . After this event, she's like 'oh I don't need strangers telling me whether or not I belong, since I have Aiden and Sparky and they accept me'. Ma'am, you having this revelation after the spoiler event is more than a little worthless, because you didn't deal with your own insecurity, or communicate with Aiden about how much it bothered you. You just almost killed yourself climbing a mountain for something that according to you afterwards you didn't really need to do. It would have been far more interesting if she had failed in it and then had to deal with her own feelings afterwards.
I do like the build up of the romance, and the division between dragon families and those on the ouside, as well as how Saphira and Aiden deal with their grief differently. There is nothing majorly wrong with this book, it's just really not for me.