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The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

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frantic_vampire's review

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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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hannibanani29's review against another edition

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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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chief_cook_and_librarian's review

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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lizacorn's review against another edition

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

4.0

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curlycaitlyn's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

3.25

This book was surprisingly good. The plot wasn't the best but it was better than expected. I almost gave it a 4 solely for the relationships. The only reason I lowered the rating was bc of how rushed the final conflict was. Most of the book takes place over a week and a half and then suddenly 3 days are rushed in just a few chapters. 
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avialia's review against another edition

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dark relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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angelsfw's review

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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monmon517's review

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

4.0

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rorikae's review

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

‘The Dragon’s Bride’ by Katee Robert is a short fantasy romance novel that is fun in parts but that I ultimately found underdeveloped. 
Stalked by her abusive husband, Briar makes a deal with a demon to live seven years in a fantasy world in exchange for her husband’s death. In the fantasy world, she is auctioned off to Sol, a dragon, who will have the entirety of the seven years to seduce her. Scared but intrigued by Sol’s life and the gentle way that he regards her, Briar quickly begins to feel more for him.
Given the short nature of this novel, it’s understandable that the romance moves quickly. I think that Katee Roberts did a good job of exploring why Briar is quicker to jump into this relationship though I was surprised with some of the directions that this went in considering the history she had with an abusive husband. I did wish for more characterization for Briar. We get more of Sol’s backstory and his personality. Briar seems to be defined by her past abuse and we know very little about her other than that. I wish that Roberts had spent a little more time fleshing her out, even with small glimpses of a bigger picture like we got with Sol. I’ll be interested to read the next book in this series but this is mostly erotica with minimal story so keep that in mind before picking it up.  
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alliei's review

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3.75

Oh.


Was  uncomfortable with the whole pendant situation near the end though. I still don’t know what to feel abt that.


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