poisonivy70 's review for:

I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie by Lani Lynn Vale

2.0

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I am on my quest of clearing out my kindle of the backlog and I picked this book pretty much Because I was laughing at that title and I was in the mood for a paranormal romance. Now I’d read The very first book Ms. Vale wrote and it wasn’t my cuppa. But I truly believe in trying anything three times and wanted to give her writing another shot because I have GR friends who love her books. This was a mixed bag.

Taking into account the fact that this is Ms.Vale’s first paranormal, I will say there are some interesting ideas for a dragon series where the hero isn’t a dragon shifter. I enjoyed some of the world building a lot because it’s different and has good potential. I really liked the little quotes at the beginning of each chapter and wish those lines had been part of the main dialogue. Unfortunately, I felt the story overall was uneven and too much was shared upfront instead of parsing out some of this information bit by bit in a more natural, organic way.

As a result of the worldbuilding, I think the romance suffered from a lack of attention. It was pretty insta, and there wasn’t a strong connection other than sexual between Kiefer and Blythe. However, all that being said I was intriguedwith this ‘verse and I really liked the set up for the second book so I’m willing to continue with the series even if this particular book didn’t quite work for me. And yay for taking another book off the TBR Mountain.



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