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hckilgour's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Smut 5/5
Holy cow, very well written smut. Though certain things did sound… cliche. But that’s I believe just due to the vernacular and the connotations that go with them.
Plot 3/5
The building of the relationship at the beginning was a bit wonky. Like Kasia should not have been so trusting… and not just as a personality flaw. But I did really like Kasia having a smart mouth.
The perspectives of Ladon, Uther, and Pytheios realistically didn’t add anything to the story and could’ve been left out.
At the end where Kasia swung from love you to hate you to love you in less than 100 pages was ridiculous. Ok, you know he’s a king in hiding. Has he acted like he’s trying to get his throne back? No? Then don’t accuse Brand of using you.
Characters’ self preservation skills 1/5
Like, seriously, I’m not sure how they survive. Half the time Kasia and Brand were so busy worrying about how tasty the other looked while in danger or were like, the minorest inconvenience I must save them, I’m not sure if they’d survive if humans. Also the overprotective mate stuff defo hit SJM levels towards the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Slavery
entanglednovels's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I had to suspend my disbelief for part of this (there was no way I was believing that Kasia is 500 years old) but overall kinda fun. I've never read a shifter romance so that was interesting - trying to picture Brand as a dragon was a difficult task at times. I just kept thinking of the dragons from How to Train Your Dragon which are clearly not an accurate depiction of size nor appearance, so thank you to God of War for providing great dragon references my brain could actually remember from my play through.
I did love the banter between Brand and Kasia when it happened. There was some really great scenes and dynamic between them, part of which I did feel went downhill after they had become mates. I would have liked some more exploration of their relationship after the fact. I'm sure it will be somewhat mentioned in the next books, as the main narrative seems to follow this specific group of characters.
I did find the aspect that female dragons are sterile very problematic - not to mention how there aren't even that many female dragons to begin with. Hoping that Owen maybe explores this in the future books and comes up with less of a problematic idea surrounding it?? It just really doesn't sit well with me.
I did love the banter between Brand and Kasia when it happened. There was some really great scenes and dynamic between them, part of which I did feel went downhill after they had become mates. I would have liked some more exploration of their relationship after the fact. I'm sure it will be somewhat mentioned in the next books, as the main narrative seems to follow this specific group of characters.
I did find the aspect that female dragons are sterile very problematic - not to mention how there aren't even that many female dragons to begin with. Hoping that Owen maybe explores this in the future books and comes up with less of a problematic idea surrounding it?? It just really doesn't sit well with me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood
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