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The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

25 reviews

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Violence, Death, and Murder

CW (provided by author): domestic abuse (historical, off-page, but the heroine is dealing with the aftermath of getting out of that relationship), murder (off-page), human/non-human sex, size difference, explicit sex, breeding, light choking, injuries for blood magic, small incidental injuries, pregnancy (epilogue), birth (epilogue)

alice_w_greenfield's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Briar is on her last string. Her abusive husband has found her and made it clear the next time he sees her, she won't be surviving.
Sol is a dragon man and Chief of his territory.
To escape her husband and hopefully save her life, she signs a deal with a demon. 7 years and then she is free to return to her life in her world.
When Sol bids on her, they have to get married so that if any children are conceived during their time together, they will legally be Sols as well as Briars.

Can they work things out? Will they fall in love? Will Briar leave at the end of her 7 years?

This was a super steamy story with fun side characters and strong main characters. I really enjoyed this story and it was a quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Murder, and Alcoholism

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

sdemo08's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-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? Yes

5.0

In depth world where we quickly attach to the struggles of the FMC and go along for the ride as the MMC does everything he can to woe her and save his people.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Toxic relationship

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

4.0

This was certainly an interesting read. I’ll be honest, this was a total cover buy. This cover is fantastic and I love that it’s a bit of a throw back to older romance covers. Also! It’s got a dragon on the cover!! It’s just such a vibe and honestly? It was a pretty fun read too.

I loved that this didn’t hold back, it was just full tilt weird and wild. But I also liked that Briar was able to find herself and that she had the space to be able to work through her past abusive relationship. And I loved that Sol was cognizant of that and gave her the space she needed. It was nice.

Overall, this was a really good monster romance. I definitely want to read more in this series and see more of this really cool world/universe. The Dragon’s Bride is getting a four out of five stars from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

jashanac's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I think monster romances aren't necessarily for me. I certainly didn't hate this story -- the characters were cool and I actually really liked the dynamic between the two love interests, and the sex scenes generally were spicy and fun -- but man, the dragon-man thing really would pull me out of it - haha! It just distracts me, I guess. 

I did enjoy the element of the heroine healing from an abusive, traumatic relationship -- I can unfortunately personally relate to that, and to the wild notion of being able to truly, genuinely feel safe with a man and being shocked to feel that way. But since it was a novella, that element wasn't explored quite deeply enough to be super profound, for me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

trillingconclusion's review against another edition

adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy and Confinement

underwcrlds's review against another edition

funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A fairly quick read. Im not really what I'd call a seasoned monsterfucker so I did find the physical differences challenging. I also at times found myself slightly confused by what was meant in certain passages due to the way it was written. Otherwise a pretty cruisy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

rensreading's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

all i will say is that the smut wasn’t really worth reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

a lot of dubious consent. briar is also technically a slave due to the contract she signed.