Review: There is just something about Dragon Shifters...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
You know, I really, really feel in love it this book.I was worried at first because so many of my friends were, 'Eh' about it, and I usually share very similar style and taste in books with my reading buds.However, in this one I was on a totally different page than them. Which isn't bad, it just shows the diversity of the reading world.From the first page and I gripped by Stig. I have this whole soft spot for the lonely broody heroes. They are the ones you just wanna snog and cuddle and say its ok, let me pet you and keep you forever and ever.We get our first in the book with Stig, we know he's along, we know he's got something going on, we knew he's gonna go through a shift, and that he's in heat. Oh, I do love the whole forced heat thing. I makes me tingle when peeps are uncontrollably horny for one another.Enter Cora.She's kinda a mess.But she's an endearing mess.I didn't mind her flighty way of thinking so much because she wasn't really dumb, she was just young and riding that learning curve still. Heck, I'm 32 and still on a learning curve about life.She barges into his life right when he needs to shift into a dragon.Can we say yum!And he's like a big awesome, cool, horny, dream sucking dragon.The story is told from shifting POV and I feel deeply in love with these characters. I really appreciated that the author didn't info dumb a whole load of world-building on me. That more times than not makes a book one of anything fantasy or paranormal tedious to read and you are slogging through it hopping for some action.In this book they drop you subtle information about the world of the dragons and their war with the knights.It is a unique and interesting spin on dragons. She kept to a basic formula and didn't slather us in useless dribble.This was just a really cool book, I'm trying to so hard to refrain from spoilers. A few things I can't say in the review because it is part of the conflict of the story. Although I tell myself I wouldn't react like Cora, I can see WHY she reacted that way. Logically, it made sense. And after she metaphorically kicked herself in the pants, she turned around to get back her dragon.Lolita has a great way of weaving fantasy world that are easy to take and don't weight you down with dribble. I'm a total fan of this series and can't wait for more books!I think what I like the most is that the woman came through at the end as the hero. That might be a spoiler but I appreciated it. She was strong without tossing out cuss words and blazing with a shot gun in her hand in tight leather. She was a realistic character that took a stand when it counted. It made her smart and likable.*I received a copy of this book from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*