by Donna Grant

I’ve read and loved Donna Grant’s books since the Warriors and Highlanders series. Her worldbuilding and characters are so multidimensional (see what I did there?!).
Marcus is the King of Lavenders, and has been sensing something or someone calling to him deep inside Iron Hall on Zora. Fedra has been in stasis for centuries waiting to awaken and fulfill her purpose. Their purposes are diametrically opposed to each other, and for this reason, their romance was a very, very slow burn. (Really, almost at the very end of the book.) New dangers to the Dragon Kings and their allies are revealed. Much danger and intrigue to get through before these characters can become a couple. Someone coming into the series at this point can easily catch on because the author provides detailed author’s note in the beginning sharing backgrounds, and there is much contextual references to build the story.
I loved being back on Zora with the Dragon Kings and their mates. I was disappointed that we really didn’t get to see much of Marcus and Fedra as a romantic couple, but hopefully we can see their story develop in the remaining books of the series. We’re definitely working through to a climactic ending to this series, and I think that Brandyr (Con and Rhi’s son) will have the culminating story. And it will probably be as explosive and riveting as his parents. Something for this bookworm to look forward to!

by Tricia O’Malley

What a wonderfully magical ending (OCH!) to a fabulous series. This series, and the characters, setting and the Magic have been such a wonderful place for me to escape to. We’ve waiting (not so patiently) for Agnes & Graham’s story, and this one blew it out of the water. (Haha, see what I did there?!)
We all knew that there was something there for these two, but what was it that was keeping them apart? I won’t share details, but it was a doozy, made more difficult by the fact that our heroine believed she had to work it all out on her own.
I LOVED that all of the previous characters showed up for this epic ending (SOB!), including the Familiars.
Well done, I’d give it 10 stars of I could. And those that are grieving the end of a beloved series as I am, all is not lost. There is another magical series on its way (BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPRING…AGAIN, OCH!) which ties in. We can only hope that these characters, who we’ve come to love, get to put in an appearance somehow, if only by reference.
A recommendation, if you love audio books, absolutely listen to this one. I both read and listened depending on what I was doing at the moment, and Will Watt and Amy Landon did a perfect job bringing all of these characters to life. Now excuse me while I wander around my house aimlessly until I can find another magical series to get lost in.
Thank you Tricia O’Malley for this magical journey and that beautiful author’s note! Sláinte!

A Bookish Story by Heatherly Bell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As a lifelong reader AND a librarian, how could I not love a book about two “bookish” characters? I usually don’t enjoy a slow-burn romance (and this one was slooooow), nor a story with a power dynamic issue (boss/employee), but this MMC (Ryan) was so noble that he handled that problem himself. FMC Luci, whose family read more like main characters rather than side characters, hated Ryan’s book that he wrote under a pseudonym, but ended up having to represent it for him. As these two work through their issues and begin to know themselves and each other better, falling in love is inevitable. Although sometimes it seems that a happily-ever-after for themselves is as unattainable as the characters in “that book”, they finally figure it out.
The book supports and represents the romance genre better than any I’ve read in a while. Luci and I both snuck books out of an older relative’s collections and then fell in love with love. How could I not love her?
Well done, I so want an extended epilogue to see how these two do down the road!



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Skye Druids Book 6

by Donna Grant

This is the sixth book in Grant’s Sky Druid series and like the others is packed with action, danger, twists and eventually a HEA. Devon is the London Druid’s henchwoman and has known nothing else for most of her life. Carlyle is a part of the Knights and this is a VERY slow burn enemies to allies to friends to lovers story.
I enjoyed seeing appearances from some of my favorite characters from the previous stories and crossover series. Both Devon (Song) and Carlyle go through some serious character development and both have some heavy baggage to work through before they can come together. (Did I mention that this is a VERY slow burn book?)
Does Carlyle find his missing father? Do we find out all of the identities of the evil doers? So many plot twists and this couple has to face some major betrayals before they can have their HEA. There is a major cliffhanger at the end (something I do not enjoy) but we don’t have to wait too terribly long to get (hopefully!) the resolution we are craving.

The audiobook, narrated by Ruth Urquhart, was wonderfully done and I highly recommend it to audiobook lovers.