Rating: 4 out of 5.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

This is the second book in the series and starts off right where the last one ended. Bren was set up to fail her last test and Donavyn charges after her knowing something is wrong. Their dragons are mated and turns out so are they. In the middle of the mission Bren’s dragon goes into heat, so when Donavyn and his dragon catch up to them, there is a lot of spice between the couples. A lot of spice. When they realize that what Bren observed was a real enemy camped out on the kingdom’s borders, they rush back to warn the King.

As with most books like this, the kingdom uses their soldiers as weapons and don’t care much about what happens to them individually. Donavyn tries to protect Bren as much as possible, but even he has his limits. The couple’s relationship is complicated for a variety of reasons and there is a lot of back and forth in this book that gets a bit old. We learn the full truth about Bren’s history, which was worse than expected, and I can’t wait to see how that sh*t show turns out in future books. Let’s just say, asses will be kicked.

This book felt a lot slower than the first book, was a bit repetitive, and almost felt like a lot of filler to stretch the series out. That frustrated me a bit, hence the lowered rating. I will be continuing with the series, though. The ending has me excited to see what happens next in the story.

I received a complimentary audio of this book from Simon Maverick and all opinions are my own. The narrators did a fantastic job with the characters in the book once again and I hope they narrate the rest of the series.