The Dragon's Bride

é tão aleatório que é bom.
shame on me
O porquê ele é bom e ruim ao mesmo tempo:
O sistema dos realms, os diferentes reinos, a barganha e a interação dos mundos é simples, e compreensível, sem a necessidade de grandes interlúdios de explicação de mundo, o que torna a interação das personagens mais fácil de engolir, embora ainda absurda. Ou seja, é um universo interessante que merecia mais desdobramento e foco, mas que foi sufocado por páginas e mais páginas de sexo (com cenas um pouco repetitivas, e alguns diálogos nada a ver com nada. Do nada... PAH! Vamos falar de como pintos podem não caber e como coube antes e que jeito).
A sensação de ler um hentai de monstros x humanos que me faz entortar a boca, pois está fora da zona de conforto, podendo se tornar um problema. Além do fetiche por pica dupla. É assim que podemos resumir o interesse amoroso instantâneo, com direito a ciúmes e tudo mais, de Briar por Sol (por mais cavalheiro e amoroso que ele fosse). Ponto.
Também, a capa horrorosa romance de época vendida em banca de jornal nos anos 90 não faz tanto jus a tudo. Na minha cabeça esperançosa, Sol está mais para o Haku ou Shenlong do que para a lagartixa verde da ilustração.
E será uma série (ao menos 4 volumes nos aguardam), já que cada power ranger (convenhamos: cada uma vestida em uma cor de vestido, como um colorcode, dai o azul vai pro cara do mar, o vermelho pra mina do fogo e so on and so forth... foi um pouco apelão até pra mim) pelo visto terá seu desfecho amoroso. E não é que estou levemente ansiosa pra ver como será tudo isso?

A good time to be had

I really enjoyed the concept of this book/series going into it. I'm not a huge YA reader but dragons kinda pull me in everywhere.

I really enjoy the characters through and through and the action is decently spicy.

I wish the book was a bit longer as I'm wanting to know more about the characters.

If you have the free time I suggest giving it a read. Only took me a couple hours to enjoy.
Am very excited for the next installment.

I went into this expecting just porn with some flimsy worldbuilding but was pleasantly surprised. The demon realm with its territories and various demonic species is well thought out and interesting. I liked learning about the dragons' customs and how the bargainer demons gained leverage over the other territories when the portals between realms disappeared. 

The characterization could use some work—Briar is very quick to feel safe around and have sex with Sol, especially for a woman who just escaped an abusive and controlling marriage—but I didn't expect too much depth from an erotica anyway. 

I wish this was longer. I also wish Katee was as good at writing the storyline of her books as she is at writing the smut. Nothing pulls me out of a story faster than constant incorrect words, grammar, and spelling mistakes. I wanted this book to be about 200 pages longer. I wanted to see them fall in love. Instalove in fantasy is such a waste. All the world building, zero love building. I liked it, obviously, but I'm always left wanting with this author...

Dragons, contracts, smut, oh my!

As silly as a Dragon Romance may seem, it is just as sweet. Briar Rose is trying to escape her abusive husband and makes a deal with a demon to do so. She soon finds herself whisked away into an entirely different world to be sold at auction to the monsters that only the bravest of knights in storybooks would dare face. And here she is, to be sold off to wed one of them?

A marriage of convenience turns romantic. Sol, our Dragon Lord, needs an heir. And Briar Rose is busy still navigating her new circumstances, new home, new husband. It was a lovely joy to watch them come together (figuratively, but also literally).

This book is spicy, funny, and an easy read when you're feeling a little silly or need something low-stakes. I'd also say this is a great introduction to monster romances!