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A review by louise1949
Drakon's Past by N.J. Walters
5.0
Constance Owens has a gift for finding unique items in the most unlikely places, which comes in handy since she buys and sells artifacts and antiques for a living. When she purchases a set of four dragon statues, she has no idea just how unique they are, or that finding them will thrust her into a world of secret societies, men who think nothing of kidnapping and murder to get what they want, and dragon shifters.
Nic hasn’t survived for four thousand years by letting his guard down, and he doesn’t trust anyone except his drakon brothers. The loneliness haunting him has been getting worse since all his brothers have found their mates. And when he finds the woman his drakon recognizes instantly as his fated mate, he doubts he’ll ever have what his brothers have, because it seems she’s involved with the secret society of hunters who have been hunting and capturing his kind for hundreds of years.
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Nicodemus. Wow. Let me start by saying I am rating this 5-stars because above all, I really enjoyed this book but it wasn’t my favorite out of the collection thus far. Up until now I had been on a path where every drakon I came across… Darius, Tarrant, and the wonderfully delicious Ezra have each made me like the next one even better. This did not happened with poor Nic. Again, this isn’t because I didn’t enjoy the story and it’s not because I didn’t like him… it’s because I feel this story is a bit different in its execution than the other three. My point mainly being is that these drakons have been through the wringer in there exceptionally long lives and Nic seems to be the only one who can’t get over it, move on, and find happiness. Basically the other three are dark and brooding but have worked through whatever issues they had with their past life and childhood but Nicodemus wants to feel sorry for himself and place the blame of his past issues on his potential future.
Given he is the walking poster child for self-pity in this book, it does not help things when the woman of his dreams comes with baggage of her own. I think the formula in the previous books, where the women had no other relationships of any kind in the world, worked better. The sassy heroine, Constance had to come with a complication… a sister. This mucks everything up and makes it harder for Nic to trust. This aspect was frustrating for me and it was the first time a drakon was in the “home life” of the woman his heart clings to. The past females have been removed from their home with no need to return. Constance owns a house that she runs a business out of with her sis. Major complications for an alpha male drakon who wants to be the center of his fated mate’s world.
However, I stand by my 5-star rating because I probably needed this more “realistic” view of how these drakons would handle a more modern woman and her family. I didn’t get the warm and fuzzies from Nic and Constance as I did the others but I still feel they are a wonderful addition (they are definitely the most stand out of the lot). This reads to me more as a stand alone with slight input of the other siblings. I felt it was a short quick event that really wasn’t adding to the big piece of the puzzle we have come to want to unravel in the past volumes. Plus as someone who has lived most her life in the tropics and then headed north, I don’t like the heat and Vegas holds no appeal to me. The other stories were set in locations I do want to go.
With that said, I do hope fans who have read the other books will give Nic’s story a read as it is still a very crazy ride and adventure. Now that I have read all four brother’s books I am super insanely interested in what is next… time for book #5!
Nic hasn’t survived for four thousand years by letting his guard down, and he doesn’t trust anyone except his drakon brothers. The loneliness haunting him has been getting worse since all his brothers have found their mates. And when he finds the woman his drakon recognizes instantly as his fated mate, he doubts he’ll ever have what his brothers have, because it seems she’s involved with the secret society of hunters who have been hunting and capturing his kind for hundreds of years.
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Nicodemus. Wow. Let me start by saying I am rating this 5-stars because above all, I really enjoyed this book but it wasn’t my favorite out of the collection thus far. Up until now I had been on a path where every drakon I came across… Darius, Tarrant, and the wonderfully delicious Ezra have each made me like the next one even better. This did not happened with poor Nic. Again, this isn’t because I didn’t enjoy the story and it’s not because I didn’t like him… it’s because I feel this story is a bit different in its execution than the other three. My point mainly being is that these drakons have been through the wringer in there exceptionally long lives and Nic seems to be the only one who can’t get over it, move on, and find happiness. Basically the other three are dark and brooding but have worked through whatever issues they had with their past life and childhood but Nicodemus wants to feel sorry for himself and place the blame of his past issues on his potential future.
Given he is the walking poster child for self-pity in this book, it does not help things when the woman of his dreams comes with baggage of her own. I think the formula in the previous books, where the women had no other relationships of any kind in the world, worked better. The sassy heroine, Constance had to come with a complication… a sister. This mucks everything up and makes it harder for Nic to trust. This aspect was frustrating for me and it was the first time a drakon was in the “home life” of the woman his heart clings to. The past females have been removed from their home with no need to return. Constance owns a house that she runs a business out of with her sis. Major complications for an alpha male drakon who wants to be the center of his fated mate’s world.
However, I stand by my 5-star rating because I probably needed this more “realistic” view of how these drakons would handle a more modern woman and her family. I didn’t get the warm and fuzzies from Nic and Constance as I did the others but I still feel they are a wonderful addition (they are definitely the most stand out of the lot). This reads to me more as a stand alone with slight input of the other siblings. I felt it was a short quick event that really wasn’t adding to the big piece of the puzzle we have come to want to unravel in the past volumes. Plus as someone who has lived most her life in the tropics and then headed north, I don’t like the heat and Vegas holds no appeal to me. The other stories were set in locations I do want to go.
With that said, I do hope fans who have read the other books will give Nic’s story a read as it is still a very crazy ride and adventure. Now that I have read all four brother’s books I am super insanely interested in what is next… time for book #5!