Ancient Retribution (Ancients Rising #5)

Katie Reus

Blurb:

A dragon princess once lost…

Juniper hunts down the most dangerous criminals on her black ops missions—and she’s good at it. A dragon shifter who was raised by wolves, she doesn’t know her birth clan and gave up trying to find them a hundred years ago. Since The Fall, when rogue dragons razed half the planet, she’s spent her days hunting down supernaturals who think they can escape justice, delivering her own. During a dangerous mission, she falls into the claws of a sexy warrior dragon adjusting to the modern world—and from the start she knows she’s in trouble.

Is now found…

Dragon shifter warrior Zephyr doesn’t fit into this new world. He doesn’t feel like he fits in anywhere—until he meets Juniper and her crew. He knows from the moment he sees the sexy and brave female dragon that they’re destined to be together. Unfortunately, life just got a whole lot more complicated. Not only are they in the fight of their lives against an overwhelming enemy force, but she’s royalty and her long-lost clan has come to bring her home. Even as they fight side by side to save hundreds of humans, he knows that winning her heart will be the hardest and most pivotal battle he’s ever waged. Juniper doesn’t want to get mated, doesn’t trust anyone with her heart—but this is one battle Zephyr will never stop fighting.

Themes: Paranormal, Shifters, Dragons

Rating: 4.25 stars

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Review:

Another new adventure in the amazing Ancients Rising series by Katie Reus leaves readers wondering just where this series could be leading us and how this post-apocalyptic world could change even more. I have followed along with this spin-off series from the beginning and loved every new installment, but as each couple finds adversity, tragedy, and ultimately love everlasting I find myself deeper enthralled with Reus’s imagination and talent. Juniper is a badass dragon shifter that was raised by a pack of wolves after her family was killed and she was orphaned, but it only made her more deadly as she learned not only to control her powers but to move and interact with the world like the wolves do. She lives her life in the world of black-ops soldiers, working behind the scenes to keep the world safe and knows that she will do whatever it takes to protect those in need. When she runs into a crazy sexy dragon on a mission she never imagined how big an impact on her life Zephyr would pose, but she can’t resist her pull. Zephyr knows that Juniper is his mate, and despite not quite fitting in with this new world he’s woken to, he is determined to be the man she needs to be, so he sets out to be her partner. Working side-by-side Zephyr and Juniper quickly find their attraction irresistible, but the enemies they face and the new allies that crawl out of Juniper’s past could pose a serious threat to the love that is quickly forming between them, but only if they allow it. I loved these two and could see from the beginning that their love story was going to be intense and action filled. Zephyr has just recently woken from a long hibernation and is getting used to the new world around him, but he is extremely alpha without be a jerk about it, sweet, and sexy and will do whatever it takes to protect his woman and give her the world. Watching him come to terms with her personality and what he would have to do to make her happy was swoon-worthy. Juniper has lived her life never quite fitting in with her family, and feeling just that little bit incomplete, but she thinks that being with Zephyr will be worth is for as long as he sticks around—which is she can’t believe with be forever. I hurt for her as she worked through all the drama that popped up in her life, but knowing that Zephyr was by her side I knew she’d have the support she needed to face her past, present, and future. The chemistry between them was undeniable and was hot enough to leave me reach for the ice. I am dying to see what comes next in this amazing story-line and where Katie takes us next in her new world.

*ebook provided by publisher (via NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.