Renegade Dragon (Dragon Heat #4)
by Lolita Lopez
Blurb:
When
her best friend goes missing during Spring Break, bio-engineering student Eris
Jones refuses to believe Ivy is dead and follows the trail of clues to a
mysterious, secluded estate.
Locked
away in the lair beneath his home, dragon shifter Niko Drakon suffers terribly
from a massive overdose of a synthetic drug that forces his body into the
mating heat. When her sweet, alluring scent hits him, Niko's dragon overtakes
him and he breaks free from his bonds.
Captured
by the snarling, winged creature, Eris thinks she must be hallucinating when
her touch transforms him into a human male-a dangerously sexy and highly
seductive male. After one taste of Eris, Niko realizes a single week will never
be enough. He wants her forever by his side and in his bed. But convincing the
human to take a chance on a dragon won't be easy and suddenly Niko is faced
with the hardest choice in his centuries of life.
Themes: dragon shifter,
paranormal
Rating: 3.75 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
This
series has been surprisingly interesting and well written for a set of
short-ish novellas all about sexy dragon shifters and their mates. I admit I have a bit of a weakness for
Dragons, with several series currently on my plate, but Ms. Lopez’s work has
been intriguing and has a special angle. My biggest issue is there is way too much going on in such a short
story. If they were a bit longer it
wouldn’t seem quite so farfetched that her characters were going through all of
this together. We met Nico in previous stories and it was great to see his and
Eris’s story pick up right where the previous one left off. Eris was the type of character that keeps you
on your toes at the same type she does Nico.
I enjoyed seeing her standing up for herself and ultimately kicking
serious ass, but she was a little quick to make rash decisions. Nico was intense in every definition of the
world, falling for Eris quickly and making her his mate with very little
forethought. The two of them together
made the story fun to read, but there lacked the depth I would love from a
longer story. I will say I loved the
irony of Nico’s gods-given task and the name of the woman he falls in love
with, bringing in just enough Greek mythology to make my little classicist
heart beat harder. I am looking forward
to whoever’s story is next in this series, but Nico and Eris’s story was a nice
way to spend an afternoon in another world.
I enjoy Ms. Lopez’s work and hope that future stories might be a little
bit longer to allow for more character development and relationship.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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