***3.5 Stars***
I enjoyed Dragonfire. But, I can’t help but feel like this series is being DRAGGGGGGGED out. I got to the 95% mark and this happened…
Yellow, emerald green, red, amber, bronze, deep blue, black, jade green, burnt orange, white, claret, turquoise, dark purple, ivory, gray, hunter green, steel, teal, orange, and many others that she couldn’t make out in the night.
But there was no mistaking the gold dragon.
OK, that’s 21 (TWENTY-ONE) colours listed, and that’s not even including Ulrik, V and Roman’s dragons. Ummm…we’re only at #14!! And, let’s not forget “many others that she couldn’t make out in the night”. Bloody Hell!! How many more stories before we even get to see Con and Rhi getting back together.
THEY BETTER BE GETTING BACK TOGETHER!!!!
Mind you, I would want Con to grovel BIG TIME!! He hurt Rhi and we’ve all had to suffer through his separation from her. But, then again, Con has suffered a wee bit too. He is under a lot of pressure to save the world. But, AGAIN, he brings on a lot of suffering because he’s a stubborny nincompoopy “King of the Kings” Dragon King. Con, GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR BUTT AND JUST BEG HER TO FORGIVE YOU!!
Anyways, I really did enjoy Dragonfire and felt that the story flowed well, the characters were interesting and the love story…was…OK…ish. I didn’t really get that whole overwhelming mating ZIP, BAM, BOOM, CRASH…feeling. It was almost disappointing how much it lacked in intensity. These are magical characters and their attraction, need and connection should have jumped off the pages. I even wondered a couple of times whether this was Sabina and Roman’s story or Sabina and V’s story.
It just felt that the love story was added in because it had to be not because these characters needed to be together. Sure, I still got a kick out of catching up with some of the previous characters and enjoyed having another puzzle piece added, I just felt like this game needs to finish. I want a new game to start.
I’m sure Donna Grant has grand plans for the Dark Kings series, and maybe we’ll see more of those colours come to life. I just don’t know if I have the patience to wait for it all to play out. Heaven forbid, I may even be tempted to skip a few, cross my fingers and hope for the best (that I’ll still be able to follow along), and come back for Con (and hopefully Rhi).
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