Review: Great world, great heroine, fun, with some flaws
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
**Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy**DANCING WITH DRAGONS, the second book in the DRACIM series, follows in the footsteps of it’s slightly spunkier predecessor – it’s got dragons, predictable action, and romance. All of these things are obvious. Having the two main characters be humans though really changed the dynamic from NEVER DEAL WITH DRAGONS, and left me a little disappointed.I really enjoy the DRACIM world, as it is a very different setting from most paranormal romances these days. The dragons and dragon politics didn’t feel as prominent in this book, however, as the book obviously focused on the relationship between Carol and Daniel, two humans. Carol was DANCING WITH DRAGONS‘ saving grace. Christensen clearly knows how to write a great heroine. Carol was enjoyable to read, put in a crummy position due to previous bad taste in men, but she just kept persisting, doing whatever it took to get her name cleared. She’s smart, and that definitely shows through. Plus, she wasn’t wishy-washy, she acted when necessary, and she never gave the impression of fawning after Daniel. Daniel isn’t ever going to achieve book boyfriend status but he was a good hero. He was polite, nice to Carol, and really sweet. Their relationship evolved over such a short amount of time that I had a hard time buying it, but the moments between them were tender and cute, which definitely helped me gloss over the time period.One issue I had with NEVER DEAL WITH DRAGONS persisted in DANCING WITH DRAGONS – there was a serious tendency toward predictability. In a romance novel that can be good, or bad, depending on what how you’re feeling that day. Luckily, this time around, it started getting less predictable about halfway through, which I appreciated, since the ending I had predicted was not as good as the real ending.Hopefully I get another chance with the DRACIM series – I’m kind of in love with Christensen’s heroines and I really love the dragons. Plus, with the improvement in plotting over book one, I can see this series only getting better.