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blazeofredfiree's review against another edition
4.0
this isn’t the sort of thing I normally pick up, but it has dragons in it and I’ve liked this author before so I gave it a go! And, despite the cover making it look a bit awful, it was really good fun! Nothing overly intricate or “special” but all of the characters were likeable, the plot twists were fun and I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. I’m not normally one for romance but this has just the right amount of other plot stuff going on combined with a very sweet relationship that made me appreciate it. The dragons were good too! Would really like to know more about them though, I feel like the book could have gone a lot more in depth with their history. This is a series though so maybe it will in the future!
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Bullying, and Animal cruelty
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
5.0
I don't like Jane Austen. At least. I didn't like Pride and Prejudice and I'm terrified now to try any of her other books. I guess I don't get her sense of humor (all I see is her making jokes about people being products of their time) and I couldn't stand the characters both being dumb and sabotaging their own happiness. However, I do like dragons. And mysteries and magic. So I got curiouser and curiouser about this book. I gave in and just decided to start reading.
Picking this book up, or maybe especially picking this book up now, was one of the best decisions of my life. After a couple of really heavy books with little to no hope, light and happiness I really needed this. I needed this lightness, this chaos, this inconvenient magic that is not really making things much easier. I needed this romance. I needed this little angst with a promise of a happily ever after. I needed this regency world with dragons.
What I loved especially about this book is that, despite the magic and the dragons, the author really did write a regency romance. All the social rules are present. More than once people are threatened with being ruined and reputations being slandered. Compromising positions are being used as weapons and rich people think they are allowed to look down on other people. The pacing of the story is just a tad little bit much faster than most regency romances I had tried.
However, the book is mostly so amazing because it's insanely entertaining. The whole situation with the dragon and our heroine fleeing away with him is quite amazing already and then the best is still to come. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Schemes are being thought out and destroyed. Loads of people want to get things done and for some reason they all need our heroine to do it. And while our heroine is slowly growing more and more hopeless we know all will be well in the end.
I can't wait for the sequel to be released!
Picking this book up, or maybe especially picking this book up now, was one of the best decisions of my life. After a couple of really heavy books with little to no hope, light and happiness I really needed this. I needed this lightness, this chaos, this inconvenient magic that is not really making things much easier. I needed this romance. I needed this little angst with a promise of a happily ever after. I needed this regency world with dragons.
What I loved especially about this book is that, despite the magic and the dragons, the author really did write a regency romance. All the social rules are present. More than once people are threatened with being ruined and reputations being slandered. Compromising positions are being used as weapons and rich people think they are allowed to look down on other people. The pacing of the story is just a tad little bit much faster than most regency romances I had tried.
However, the book is mostly so amazing because it's insanely entertaining. The whole situation with the dragon and our heroine fleeing away with him is quite amazing already and then the best is still to come. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Schemes are being thought out and destroyed. Loads of people want to get things done and for some reason they all need our heroine to do it. And while our heroine is slowly growing more and more hopeless we know all will be well in the end.
I can't wait for the sequel to be released!
crystaloona's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
lisaliest's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I so desperately want a pet dragon. This is such a sweet story. I disagree with the marketing and think that this is not a mix of Jane Austen and dragons, but a cozy mystery with dragons and a little bit of romance.
That’s actually my only complain, the romance wasn’t very well developed. I didn’t mind so much, everything else was written with such warmth and care, it was fine.
That’s actually my only complain, the romance wasn’t very well developed. I didn’t mind so much, everything else was written with such warmth and care, it was fine.
wallenne's review
hopeful
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25