This story felt like it should have been a novella rather than a full novel in the overall series. Even fresh from reading this story for a second time I'm hard-pressed to think of why it ended up being so long even though there were quite a few things going on. We think we're getting to the point when answers will start trickling in, but there are a couple more mysteries brought in that have a few more moves to make before we can get the answers we've been longing for. That's kind of the prevailing theme of this particular book, to have questions but no complete answers.
There was a big fight scene, but it was anticlimactic. That was understandable though as there are a few books yet to go in the series until we get to see everything really go down. Up to this point the romance was quite a roller coaster. At some moments there was tenderness, understanding, exploration, and something soft and wonderful, and at others there were a whole lot of hurt and denials. Keltan's vehement, adamant denials of Bernadette being his mate got very, very trying. There are only so many times it needed to be said and yet it happens again and again and again in the same way that it became less effective each time and a whole lot more annoying. I understood it, kind of, but I just didn't like it.
Bernadette on the other hand, grew into someone I truly respected. She started off as smug and self-righteous, but soon after learned that not all was as it seemed. When she learned just how far someone has gone to put her in the position Keltan found her in she opened her eyes and her head to all of the truth. And finally, FINALLY, someone who actually follows their intuition and asks solid questions that most readers have been shouting throughout the course of the series. She also brought up excellent points and expressed them with an inner strength that gave her the determination to follow her gut. I'm very much looking forward to where that goes.
Getting closer to the end of the series is a little bittersweet, but I've become so invested that I find myself glad there are a few more stories between me and the ultimate confrontation. So while this wasn't my favorite book as a whole in the series, there were parts that set it apart. For me it was Bernadette's insight, curiosity, and forthright honesty that made the book worth reading. Bring on the next!
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For centuries, the Dragon Kings have lived among mortals, forsaking their true selves. But for Kelton, hiding in the realm of shadows—and existing only in the world of dreams—is no longer an option. A human woman claims to know that he, like other dark warriors of his kind, is real. That the legends about these powerful, seductive men with hearts ablaze are true. And that, with just one embrace, Kelton could destroy her…or love her until the end of time.
Bernadette Davies is an anthropologist who knows better than to fall into the arms of a Dragon King. But how can she resist Kelton when he’s so willing to share his secrets and bare his soul? He hasn’t met a beautiful, trustworthy woman like Bernadette in…forever. But once they give into their mutual desire, their worlds will never be the same. Soon Bernadette must face her dilemma: Should she expose the truth about Kelton in the name of science? Or join him in his battle with the dark forces—in the name of love?
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