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Wildest Dreams
by Kristen Ashley
Paralel universes, dragons and romance? Well, that sounded something I would enjoy.
Unfortunately, this was pretty boring. The main character, even though she was a Mary Sue, was likeable enough for me to finish this book (I did skim some parts but I finished it!). The "love interest" was an asshole which is nothing new. For some reason, if he is a manly man (in this one a dragon king and a lord of elves. Yep, both) he needs to be a controlling asshole. What was supposed to be a sweet romance was basically a toxic relationship. That being said, it was interesting to read about because whenever the main character saw something toxic he did, she would get mad but in the next scene he would be all charming and/or manipulative so she would blame herself and feel bad that she was even mad. That was a nice portrayal of a toxic relationship if you are looking for one. For a cute, heart warming romance, probably look somewhere else. Since I am (almost) okay with adult fantasy romance books having toxic relationships (unless younger readers read them as sweet) I am pretty tolerant to alpha male assholeness. That being said, Drakkar was so good at being manipulative I found myself caring for him at the end. I seriously think this book would have been a really good dark romance novel. Maybe I just felt bad for the main character. She was so naive and she loved EVERYONE unless they did or said something terrible to her. I actually thought she was in her early 20s instead of 30 years old.
As for the plot, it didn't have one. And the one we had was very boring. It had a lot of bad descriptions of stuff that I didn't care about and most of the "adventures" were told to us instead of shown.
Unfortunately, not a read I would recommend to anyone. (well, maybe people who are into controlling, asshole characters in their love stories)
Unfortunately, this was pretty boring. The main character, even though she was a Mary Sue, was likeable enough for me to finish this book (I did skim some parts but I finished it!). The "love interest" was an asshole which is nothing new. For some reason, if he is a manly man (in this one a dragon king and a lord of elves. Yep, both) he needs to be a controlling asshole. What was supposed to be a sweet romance was basically a toxic relationship. That being said, it was interesting to read about because whenever the main character saw something toxic he did, she would get mad but in the next scene he would be all charming and/or manipulative so she would blame herself and feel bad that she was even mad. That was a nice portrayal of a toxic relationship if you are looking for one. For a cute, heart warming romance, probably look somewhere else. Since I am (almost) okay with adult fantasy romance books having toxic relationships (unless younger readers read them as sweet) I am pretty tolerant to alpha male assholeness. That being said, Drakkar was so good at being manipulative I found myself caring for him at the end. I seriously think this book would have been a really good dark romance novel. Maybe I just felt bad for the main character. She was so naive and she loved EVERYONE unless they did or said something terrible to her. I actually thought she was in her early 20s instead of 30 years old.
As for the plot, it didn't have one. And the one we had was very boring. It had a lot of bad descriptions of stuff that I didn't care about and most of the "adventures" were told to us instead of shown.
Unfortunately, not a read I would recommend to anyone. (well, maybe people who are into controlling, asshole characters in their love stories)