A review by ellie8679
The Dragon and His Prince by Adara Wolf, R. Phoenix

2.0

This was very very close to dnf for me. I was enjoying it in the begining, it’s def dub con, but the tone is pretty fun and it was honestly giving someone hot kidnapped you and is nice to you how quick will you succumb to Stockholm syndrome. But the thing that ruined this book for me, besides the lack of major plot outside of smut was the non con.

This is something the authors warn about in the beginning of the book, which is great kudos to them for letting readers make informed decisions about what they’re about to read. I chose to read on unsure of how it would manifest and was willing to wait, see, and skim when necessary. But for each scene it just felt completely unnecessary and like it added nothing to the story besides shock value. This isn’t as a judgement to anyone who enjoyed the book thoroughly or to the authors. But for me, it just wasn’t giving and made the rest of the book not as enjoyable.

It kind of pulled me out of the dumb romance haze I get into where I ignore lack of plot for an easy romance to read.

On top of that, I also was not feeling the romance. There was a lot of smut, but I never felt a connection between the characters besides them having s*x. Idk it just ended up being not my vibe overall