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A review by abrittlebee
The Dragon of New Orleans by Genevieve Jack
2.0
In terms of quick, popcorn reads, this was a pretty entertaining one. The Dragon of New Orleans by Genevieve Jack is a standard fare urban fantasy romance; bringing together an ancient dragon shifter with a modern, fiercely independent woman. Overall it was a fun ride, even if the villain left a little something to be desired.
One of my favourite sort of narrative tropes when it comes to urban fantasy romance, is this kind of magical age gap where you have ancient or immortal beings with old world sensibilities, like sworn oaths and blood debts, meeting and becoming enamoured with very modern partners, who rely on things like communication and autonomy. Such was the case here. Raven and Gabriel were endlessly entertaining as they tried desperately to navigate the waters of their burgeoning working relationship and growing attraction. Her figuring out what comes next in her life, and him slowly becoming aware he can’t just lock maidens in towers and they’ll be perfectly fine with it.
I did think that Crimson, the main antagonist, felt very cut and paste evil seductress. There was some attempt at making her sympathetic, but it felt extremely forced and as a result she kind of came off as more of a caricature of a villain rather than a fully realized one herself.
All in all I would still probably recommend this if you’re a fan of stories like the Sookie Stackhouse series, or other modern day magic type tales.
One of my favourite sort of narrative tropes when it comes to urban fantasy romance, is this kind of magical age gap where you have ancient or immortal beings with old world sensibilities, like sworn oaths and blood debts, meeting and becoming enamoured with very modern partners, who rely on things like communication and autonomy. Such was the case here. Raven and Gabriel were endlessly entertaining as they tried desperately to navigate the waters of their burgeoning working relationship and growing attraction. Her figuring out what comes next in her life, and him slowly becoming aware he can’t just lock maidens in towers and they’ll be perfectly fine with it.
I did think that Crimson, the main antagonist, felt very cut and paste evil seductress. There was some attempt at making her sympathetic, but it felt extremely forced and as a result she kind of came off as more of a caricature of a villain rather than a fully realized one herself.
All in all I would still probably recommend this if you’re a fan of stories like the Sookie Stackhouse series, or other modern day magic type tales.