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A review by katiekeske
I Married A Dragon by Regine Abel
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
3.5
I did not enjoy this one as much as I thought I would. The beginning started with action and had an interesting new world with dragons, which I thought would be cool. Unfortunately, the broken world, portals, and hierarchy just came across a little confusing and underwhelming to me.
My main complaint with the relationship building was that Kaida was constantly told that she needed to change her human ways and do whatever Cedros wanted. I did not like that. In previous books there seemed to be more compromise and understanding between the human women and their alien husbands, unlike in this one.
There was also a scene where Cedros was asked by a family to help them travel (which it's apparently super easy for him to conjure a portal), and he immediately thought of them as freeloaders who were using him. It was jarring to me, and I couldn't help but think of him as the rude one. Maybe if we had seen this family in previous scenes as doing selfish things, it would have been more understandable to me as the reader.
Overall this was still a low-angst easy alien romance, but I just didn't like either of the main characters or their reason for being together.
My main complaint with the relationship building was that Kaida was constantly told that she needed to change her human ways and do whatever Cedros wanted. I did not like that. In previous books there seemed to be more compromise and understanding between the human women and their alien husbands, unlike in this one.
There was also a scene where Cedros was asked by a family to help them travel (which it's apparently super easy for him to conjure a portal), and he immediately thought of them as freeloaders who were using him. It was jarring to me, and I couldn't help but think of him as the rude one. Maybe if we had seen this family in previous scenes as doing selfish things, it would have been more understandable to me as the reader.
Overall this was still a low-angst easy alien romance, but I just didn't like either of the main characters or their reason for being together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content