And, despite my disappoint that there were no actual dragons to be had here, I really liked Maddek and his metaphorical "Dragon" (AKA his band of warriors). I enjoyed the story line and I enjoyed the characters. Secondly, the whole time I was reading this book, I found it equal parts enjoyable and yet tedious. And each warrior is referred to as a part of the "dragon." So-and-so is the wings and so-and-so is the tail. And they ride in a formation and "fly" AKA ride. Instead, the "dragon" being referred to here is really a squad of barbarian warriors acting as the personal guard of someone royal or important. The first - and perhaps most important, dammit! - thing I want anyone to know is that there are NO actual dragons in this book with Dragons in the title.
And I probably shouldn't have read this being that I already know this author just isn't for me.īut, let's do this anyway. My long-winded point in explaining all this? And, since I've already fucked up my "feedback" average with those fine folks enough already, I figured I should at least give this a shot. Plus, it wasn't until after I had already gotten the book from NetGalley that I learned it was authored by Meljean Brook. It's just that I have DNF'd book one for two of those series.Īfter that, I never picked her stuff up again as I figured she just wasn't for me. She is a wildly popular author who has written some much-beloved series. Now, I have nothing against Meljean Brook. All I saw were several glittering reviews from some trusted GR friends, the word "Dragons" in the title (more on that later), a hot barbarian on the cover, and the mention of a marriage of convenience in the blurb. When requesting this book from NetGalley, I did not realize that Milla Vane is really Meljean Brook. Even more surprising is the marriage she proposes to unite them in their goals and to claim their thrones-because her desire for vengeance against her father burns even hotter than his own.īefore I get started, I have a confession to make.
Though the last in a line of legendary warrior-queens, Yvenne is small and weak, and the sharpest weapons she wields are her mind and her tongue. Yet the woman Maddek captures is not what he expected.
But when he learns it was the king's daughter who lured his parents to their deaths, the barbarian warrior is determined to make her pay. Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for his parents' murders, Maddek vows to avenge them, even if it costs him the Parsathean crown. That alliance is all that stands against the return of an ancient evil-until the barbarian king and queen are slain in an act of bloody betrayal. From the blood and ashes he left behind, a tenuous alliance rose between the barbarian riders of Parsathe and the walled kingdoms of the south. A generation past, the western realms were embroiled in endless war.
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