A review by sapphicsolace
Tale of a Dragon Princess by Lizzie Colt

3.0

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Rep: f/f romance, disabled mc, lesbian mc, bisexual mc 

Release date: 20th August 2018

I received this from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review 

Tale of a Dragon Princess sounded like an exciting book with an f/f romance, lesbian princess who is cursed, and bisexual warrior. It had a really exciting and grabbing premise and with sapphics on top of that? Exciting! But the execution wasn't the best. 

The world was quite... bland. There wasn't any world building, and what there was felt very generic. It could've used the world to its advantage, it could've used magic more, it could've use the setting more since you don't see snow too much in fantasy (at least what I've read), but it really wasn't. It wasn't too long to begin with, it was only 20k words. Short books can sometimes be detrimental to a book. Some stories work contained in a novelette like this, but the length was a huge problem for the book. There wasn't too much time for the romance or the characters to develop, and it was mostly contained to one setting. This made the book dull, and the characters suffered from that.

I did think there were some positives though. I liked the discussion around the trauma Mellie was going through, and I did enjoy that there was some talk in how she's a lesbian who is in a position where she feels she has to marry a man, but she's not met with any homophobia either. Adie is also from a kingdom where queerness is normal. I loved that aspect. Their romance is something I'd describe as 'sweet' but it was insta-love. And I feel that's because of the short length. There was no time to develop it fully, so that was used instead which was kind of annoying.

I wouldn't say this book was bad, it was just dull and forgettable.