The Dragon Who Loved Me (Dragon Kin, #5)

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The Dragon Who Loved Me (The Dragon Kin #5)

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I was raised for battle. And as the first daughter of a warrior family, I've earned my reputation the hard way. Yet now I fight alongside uncivilized male Northland dragons who think a female is only good for breeding and waiting back home in the cave. But it's the foolish and foolhardy who would try to stop me, Rhona the Fearless, from doing what I do best-destroying the...more

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Published September 6th 2011 by Zebra Books (first published September 1st 2011)

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Sep 03, 2011 Shannon C. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fantasy romance fans, paranormal romance fans

Shelves: humorous, magic-special-powers, shapeshifters

4.5 stars: one of the best in the series and one of my favorite new releases this year

I couldn't put this book down--great mix of action, humor, romance and suspense. I liked the main characters and how their relationship developed over the first half of the book. They didn't immediately jump into bed together. It was good seeing the characters from the earlier books--the way the author brought them back into this book was very well handled. (Except for Keita, who continues to get on my nerves....more

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Jan 01, 2013 Merve Özcan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, immortal, paranormal, romance, assassin, centaur, dragon, erotica, funny, godish, mythology, witch

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Serinin çıkmış son kitabı. Çok muhteşem olmasa da beni merakta bıraktığını söyleyebilirim.

4. kitapta başlayan savaş 5 yıldır sürmekte ve Annwyl delirmiş durumda. Tanrılar o büyük burunlarını her yere sokuyor ve bizimkilerin hayatlarını mahvediyor.

Açık konuşmak gerekirse bu kitapta diğerlerinde olan tadı alamadım. Tabii bu kesinlikle kitap kötü demek değil. Sadece ikili ilişki biraz zayıf geldi. O ilk kitaptan beri hayranı olduğumuz, kardeşler arası çatışma...more http://kitabisevda.blogspot.com/2012/...

Serinin çıkmış son kitabı. Çok muhteşem olmasa da beni merakta bıraktığını söyleyebilirim.

4. kitapta başlayan savaş 5 yıldır sürmekte ve Annwyl delirmiş durumda. Tanrılar o büyük burunlarını her yere sokuyor ve bizimkilerin hayatlarını mahvediyor.

Açık konuşmak gerekirse bu kitapta diğerlerinde olan tadı alamadım. Tabii bu kesinlikle kitap kötü demek değil. Sadece ikili ilişki biraz zayıf geldi. O ilk kitaptan beri hayranı olduğumuz, kardeşler arası çatışmalar, komik ve ateşli sahneler bol bol mevcut. Ayrıca İkizlerin ve Briec'in kızının büyüyüp anne babalarını korumak için adam öldürme yaşına geldiğini sevinçle size duyurmak isterim.

"Dürüst olmamı mı istiyorsun?" Vigholf aniden söyledi. "Neden -senin demene göre -yüzümün aç olduğunu sana söylememi mi istiyorsun? Senin yüzünden. Sana açım. Eğer yemek istediğim bir şey varsa oda sensin."Rhona geriye bir adım attı, ellerini kalçalarına koydu ve onu " Yamyam pislik" diye suçladı.

Belki de romantik anların biraz zayıf olması daha iyiydi, çünkü bu kitapta çok fazla kan ve savaş vardı. Yüregim gögsümden çıkacakmış gibi hissettim. Özellikle bir sahnede Briec'in yaralanması ve ölüme çok yaklaşması beni fena yaraladı. Tabi sevgili kızı onu bu durumdan kurtardı.

Kitabın sonundaki eşlerin buluşma anları öyle güzeldi ki. Feargous ve Annywl, çok duygusal.

Kitap gene esprilerle dolu, anlatımda değişme gözüme çarpmadı. Sanırım bu konuda içimizi rahat tutabiliriz.

Bu kitapta çift olarak Rhona ve Vigholf'u okuyoruz. Bu ikisi Annwly'ın çılgınca planları peşi sıra sürüklenir, çeşitli badireler atlatır ve kendi mutlu sonlarına ulaşırlar. Savaş biter ve bizimkiler evlerine döner. Kitabın sonunda ise Eibhear en sonunda çocukluktan çıkar. Tabi bizim Izzy ona hemen atlamayacaktır. İyi de yapar.
bu ikisinin ilişkisi beni gerçekten çok meraklandırıyor. Ama içten içe en çok Eibhear'a kızmaktayım. Çünkü kızı sevdiğini bile bile hala saçma sapan yollara baş vuruyor..

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Apr 07, 2012 The Window Seat rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For any audiobook fans -this is now available on audio at Audible.com. I just downloaded it and I am sooooo excited to listen to it!

This book, The Dragon Who Loved Me, really surprised me. Rather than focusing on who I would've expected it to, like Eibhear and Izzy or Ren and a match, this book focuses on Vigholf and Rhona. Vigholf is Ragnar's brother and Rhona is one of the Dragon Kin cousins. The two are paired together to attempt a rescue mission. Apparently, in the midst of a five year war,...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, arcs, romance, urban, available-for-swap

As bawdy, crass, and hilarious as anything I could have hoped for, THE DRAGON WHO LOVED ME is a chest thumping, mead-hall rocking, enemy slaying brawl of a good book. I had a hard time catching up with the politics and world, but that was my own fault for starting with book number five in the series. Once Rhona and Vigholf were off alone on their mission, however, I was able to just relax and enjoy the wit, the slap-stick, and the romance.

The number of different battles and factions involved in...more

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Sep 06, 2011 All Things Urban Fantasy added it · review of another edition

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As bawdy, crass, and hilarious as anything I could have hoped for, THE DRAGON WHO LOVED ME is a chest thumping, mead-hall rocking, enemy slaying brawl of a good book. I had a hard time catching up with the politics and world, but that was my own fault for starting with book number five of the Dragon Kin series. Once Rhona and Vigholf were off alone on their mission, however, I was able to just relax and enjoy the wit, the slap-stick, and the romance.

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Sep 07, 2011 MandyM rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, kindle-lendables

A lusty, testosterone-filled and laugh-out-loud funny romance guaranteed to make you fall in love. I'm a huge fan of G.A. Aiken's (aka Shelly Laurenston) dragons. This is the fifth book in what has been a fantastic series. Like with many other PNR series, the world building and cast of characters gets bigger with each book but G.A. doesn't let that detract from the main romance.

Vigholf the Abhorrent is a Northland dragon, a race who are renowned for treating their females like they are only cap...more A lusty, testosterone-filled and laugh-out-loud funny romance guaranteed to make you fall in love. I'm a huge fan of G.A. Aiken's (aka Shelly Laurenston) dragons. This is the fifth book in what has been a fantastic series. Like with many other PNR series, the world building and cast of characters gets bigger with each book but G.A. doesn't let that detract from the main romance.

Vigholf the Abhorrent is a Northland dragon, a race who are renowned for treating their females like they are only capable of staying home and having babies. Rhona the Fearless is from the mighty Cadwaladr clan whose females are champion warriors and love to put big-headed male dragons in their place. A secret mission throws the two of them together in a race to win the war their tribes are fighting against an evil king.

Apart from the great romance and edge-of-your-seat action, anyone who is familiar with the series will love revisiting past characters. The constant sibling rivalry, massive egos and sexy antics of the crew will keep you laughing and the introduction of new characters and future storylines will grab hold of your imagination. I can't wait to see what happens with Ren, with Eibhar and Izzy, with Rhianwen and the twins and so many others.

One thing I really appreciate about this book is that Rhona's character is so natural and sensible. It seems that in some PNR series the female characters are becoming more crazy and outlandish as each book tries to be better than the last. But here G.A. has given us a regular woman (albeit a dragon shifter), who has raised her own siblings, is not averse to true love and has ambitions to be something other than the greatest warrior in the world (although she is a kick-ass fighter). She feels like a fully rounded character. Like a normal girl who has found her prince. I really connected with that.

Whatever you do don't start reading the series with this book. You'll never keep up with the names or places. In fact I want to suggest to the author that she take a leaf from Fantasy genre writers and include a map and a family tree at the beginning of each book. It would really help. Even for those of us who follow the series closely. Highly recommended for PNR fans.(less)

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Sep 05, 2011 farmwifetwo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: aiken-laurenston

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Jan 17, 2013 Rainbow rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In order to read this book you first have to read the other books in the series.

This is another in the "Dragon" series by G.A. Aiken. This time, while the protagonist is a dragon named Rhona, a cousin of Fearghus, Briec, Gwenvael, et. al, the book spends more time on the rest of the family instead of focusing exclusively on Rhona and her would-be suitor, Vigholf.

The book is not great literature, but it's loads of fun to read. Unlike the earlier books it's not excessively porny and not completely...more

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Nov 12, 2012 May Mostly Romance rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Dragon who Loved Me ของจีเอ ไอเก้น

เรื่องนี้เป็นเล่มที่ห้าในชุด Dragon Kin เรื่องราวของเหล่ามังกรบนดวงดาวอีกดวงที่ไม่ใช่โลก เหตุการณ์ในเล่มนี้ต่อเนื่องจากตอนจบของเล่มสี่ในชุด (Last Dragon Standing) เมื่อสงครามเกิดขึ้น มังกรไฟจากทางใต้ และมังกรสายฟ้าจากทางเหนือร่วมมือกัน เปิดศึกกับมังกรไฟทางตะวันตกซึ่งมีพันธมิตรเป็นมนุษย์ ทำให้กองทัพต้องแยกออกเป็นสองส่วน ทัพนึงนำโดยเร็คนาร์นำทัพมังกร ส่วนอีกทางนำทัพโดยแอนวีล ราชินีแห่งอาณาจักรมนุษย์ (และนางเอกเล่มหนึ่ง)

วิกอลฟ์ซึ่งเป็นน้องชายของเร็คนาร์ได้รับค...more The Dragon who Loved Me ของจีเอ ไอเก้น

เรื่องนี้เป็นเล่มที่ห้าในชุด Dragon Kin เรื่องราวของเหล่ามังกรบนดวงดาวอีกดวงที่ไม่ใช่โลก เหตุการณ์ในเล่มนี้ต่อเนื่องจากตอนจบของเล่มสี่ในชุด (Last Dragon Standing) เมื่อสงครามเกิดขึ้น มังกรไฟจากทางใต้ และมังกรสายฟ้าจากทางเหนือร่วมมือกัน เปิดศึกกับมังกรไฟทางตะวันตกซึ่งมีพันธมิตรเป็นมนุษย์ ทำให้กองทัพต้องแยกออกเป็นสองส่วน ทัพนึงนำโดยเร็คนาร์นำทัพมังกร ส่วนอีกทางนำทัพโดยแอนวีล ราชินีแห่งอาณาจักรมนุษย์ (และนางเอกเล่มหนึ่ง)

วิกอลฟ์ซึ่งเป็นน้องชายของเร็คนาร์ได้รับคำสั่งจากพี่ชายให้คุ้มครองพาเคต้า และเรนเดินทางออกจากสนามรบกลับไปสู่ฐานที่มั่นทางใต้ โดยในภารกิจนี้ก็ยังมีโรนา มังกรสาวซึ่งเป็นญาติของเคต้าร่วมเดินทางไปเพื่อคุ้มครองเพิ่มขึ้นอีกหนึ่งคน แต่เมื่อการเดินทางเริ่มขึ้น เคต้าก็เล่าถึงภารกิจที่แท้จริง

ข่าวกรองที่ได้รับทำให้เคต้าทราบว่า มีแผนการที่จะทำอันตรายบรรดาเด็ก ๆ ที่เป็นลูกของเหล่าแม่ทัพมังกร (ก็บรรดาพระเอกในเล่มก่อนหน้า) ซึ่งเป็นแผนที่จะดึงความสนใจจากมังกรเหล่านี้ เพื่อให้พวกเขาหนีทัพเดินทางกลับบ้านไปเพื่อคุ้มครองลูก ๆ ซึ่งเคต้ายอมให้เกิดเหตุการณ์เช่นนั้นไม่ได้ เพราะแนวรบทางด้านนี้ต้องการมังกรเหล่านี้เป็นกำลังสำคัญ แต่ในขณะเดียวกันเธอก็รู้ว่า จำเป็นจะต้องปกป้องพวกเด็ก ๆ จากอันตราย ดังนั้นเธอจึงวางแผนเดินทางกลับบ้าน แต่ไม่ให้ใครสงสัย (นอกจากเร็คนาร์ที่รู้เรื่อง) และเตรียมที่จะย้ายเด็ก ๆ ไปซ่อนยังที่ปลอดภัย

แต่เมื่อไปถึงจุดหมาย อะไร ๆ ก็ไม่เป็นไปอย่างที่คิด แทนที่หน้าที่ของวิกอลฟ์และโรนาจะสิ้นสุด และพวกเขากลับไปยังกองทัพที่ประจำการ ทั้งคู่กลับต้องเริ่มต้นออกเดินทางไปเพื่อตามหาแอนวีล ซึ่งตอนนี้หายตัวไปอย่างลึกลับ โดยบุกเข้าไปในดินแดนของศัตรู

เรื่องนี้แปลกกว่าเล่มอื่น ๆ ในชุดค่ะ ตรงที่ตัวเอกไม่ใช่ศูนย์กลางของเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น ทั้งวิกอลฟ์ และโรนาดูเหมือนคนนอกที่มองเหตุการณ์เข้ามา พวกเขาไม่ถึงกับมีส่วนได้เสียสำคัญในสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้น ดังนั้นในแง่นึงเรื่องก็ดูแปลกไปสักหน่อย เพราะโฟกัสของเรื่องกลับอยู่ที่คาแร็คเตอร์ของแอนวีล และเหล่าลูก ๆ ของมังกรมากกว่า แต่ด้วยฝีมือการเขียนของคนแต่งก็ไม่ได้ทำให้อรรถรสในการอ่านเสียไปนะคะ เพียงแต่ตัวพระนางไม่โดดเด่นเท่านั้นเอง

และนี่อาจจะเป็นเหตุผลที่ทำให้เรื่องรักระหว่างวิกอลฟ์และโรนาดูแตกต่างไปจากคู่อื่น ๆ ในชุดนี้ ค่อนข้างเป็นสวีทโรแมนซ์ด้วยซ้ำ เมื่อวิกอลฟ์สารภาพว่าแอบปิ๊งโรนาตั้งแต่เห็นหางของเธอเป็นครั้งแรก (ทั้งคู่เป็นมังกรค่ะ อย่าลืม ดังนั้นการจีบกันก็เป็นแบบมังกร ชมหาง ชมจมูกของกันและกัน) ตั้งแต่เมื่อห้าปีก่อน แต่ก็ไม่กล้าจะสารภาพรัก เพราะเธอสืบเชื้อสายมาจากมังกรไฟ แถมเป็นตระกูลนักรบสุดโหด ส่วนโรนาก็คิดว่า ไม่มีใครมองมังกรสาวอย่างเธอ ในฐานะของพี่สาวคนโต ที่ต้องทำหน้าที่เลี้ยงน้อง ๆ หลายต่อหลายคน (เพราะแม่ชอบออกรบมากกว่าเลี้ยงลูก) โรนาไม่ได้มีความใฝ่ฝันจะเป็นนักรบ แต่ก็หลีกเลี่ยงแรงกดดันของมารดาที่ใฝ่ฝันจะเห็นลูกสาวเป็นนักรบผู้เก่งกาจไม่ได้ โรนาจึงทำทุกอย่างตามหน้าที่ และไม่คาดหวังอะไรที่มากหรือน้อยไปกว่านั้น การที่ได้รู้ว่า วิกอลฟ์แอบชอบเธออยู่ จึงทำให้สาวเจ้าปลาบปลื้มไม่น้อย

อย่างที่บอกไปแล้วนะคะ โฟกัสของเรื่องไม่ได้อยู่ตัวเอก แต่เป็นเหตุการณ์ที่รายล้อมตัวของพวกเขามากกว่า เล่มนี้เป็นเรื่องของสงคราม ซึ่งทำให้การอ่านสนุกไม่น้อย เพราะมีการวางแผนซ้อนกันไปซ้อนกันมา และทำให้ต้องคิดว่า เรื่องราวจะลงเอยยังไง

(สปอยล์) เราชอบนะคะที่ สงครามจบลงในเล่มนี้ ไม่ได้ยืดเยื้อไปต่ออีก เพราะอ่านแล้วก็รู้สึกไม่น้อยว่า การแยกจากกันของตัวละครหลักในเล่มก่อนหน้า ที่ต้องจากลากันนานถึงห้าปี (ในบางคู่) ก็ดูน่าทรมานสำหรับพวกเขาเหลือเกิน ถ้าสงครามยังยืดยาวไปกว่านี้อีก การจากก็คงจะนานกว่านี้เป็นแน่

อ่านเล่มนี้จบ ตอนแรกเราตั้งใจจะหยิบเล่มต่อไปมาอ่านทันทีเลยนะคะ แต่การอ่านงานเขียนของจีเอ ไอเก้นต้องใช้สมาธิและความใฝ่ใจอย่างมาก (เพราะภาษาและมุขตลก) เราก็เลยไปหยิบอย่างอื่นมาอ่านแทน เหตุที่ทำได้แบบนี้ เพราะพล็อตหลักที่เริ่มต้นมาตั้งแต่ในเล่มก่อนหน้าจบลงไปแล้วพอสมควร

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Oct 30, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fifth in the Dragon Kin hysterically funny paranormal romance fantasy series revolving around a family of shapeshifting dragons and their friends. The couple focus is on Vigholf, Ragnar's brother, and Rhoan, the Sergeant of the Cadwaladrs.

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I love the sarcastic comments that Aiken throws in about the Northland dragons and how it only takes five years of battling alongside the Southland female dragons for the Lightnings to learn to hold their tongues. They still can't resist stepping in to "...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-stars, fiction, paranormal-and-supernatural

I read this book first. Yes, the fifth book in the series. IN MY DEFENSE, I bought the ebook bundle and for some reason, this is the first book in said bundle (of books 3, 4, and 5 in the series), and there's no indication in the bundle that this is, you know, the one that should be read AFTER the others, and I was charmed enough by the prologue (three women--one an insane queen, one a girl squire, and one a hungover dragon--sneak off on a secret suicide mission and armed with a sense of humor?...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Cindy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, keepers

I love Shelly Laurenston, even when she's being G.A. Aiken. Maybe especially when she's being Aiken since that is pen name she writes her Dragon Kin books under. As always, these books are full of quirky characters, lots of action, fun [and frequently snarky] dialog set in a complex world full of dragons, mages, humans and witches. And the gods, LOTS of gods, each with their own agendas. The living embodiment of the Chinese curse: 'May you live in interesting times...'
The hero is Vigholf, brot...more I love Shelly Laurenston, even when she's being G.A. Aiken. Maybe especially when she's being Aiken since that is pen name she writes her Dragon Kin books under. As always, these books are full of quirky characters, lots of action, fun [and frequently snarky] dialog set in a complex world full of dragons, mages, humans and witches. And the gods, LOTS of gods, each with their own agendas. The living embodiment of the Chinese curse: 'May you live in interesting times...'
The hero is Vigholf, brother to Ragnar [hero of the last book], and seemed a somewhat typical Northerner in the last book. In this one you become aware of his intelligence, and the fact that his people skills are at least as strong as his warrior skills.
The heroine is Rona, one of the many Cadwaladr cousins. Despite the fact that all her siblings [and her mother the general] are Dragonwarriors or are soon to be so, Rona is a sergeant. She likes being a sergeant. Sergeants do what they're told; they don't make policy, or decisions, or disobey orders because they think their way is better. It leaves her more time to do the important things: like taking care of her siblings, her cousins, and fighting with her mother.
The story starts five years after the end of the last book. The dragon war against the Iron dragons and the human war against the Quintilian Provinces are both stalemated, Garbhán Isle is under attack and the Gods have decided to stir things up.
Queen Annwyl deserts her troops and heads deep into the Quintilian Provinces [accompanied by Izzy and a young dragon] to foment rebellion...
Kieta and Ren [with Rona and Viegholf] head back to Garbhán Isle to rescue the twins...
The Dragon Queen orders Rona to retrieve Annwyl so she and Vigholf march off to the Quintilian Provinces to repossess the obviously insane queen...
And then things start to get intense!
Warning these books are VERY connected, reading them out of order is NOT recommended.

Dragon Kin
0.5 Grandfather Ailean's story 'Can't Get Enough' appears in Everlasting Bad Boys (with Cynthia Eden and Noelle Mack)
1. Dragon Actually which contains the short story Chains and Flames - chronologically this appears between 'Can't Get Enough' and Dragon Actually
2. About A Dragon
3. What A Dragon Should Know
4. Last Dragon Standing
4.5 "Dragon on Top" in Supernatural
5. The Dragon Who Loved Me

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Sep 10, 2011 Tracy Burley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At the end of this book I felt very torn almost cheated out of some story lines. The H/hh, Vigholf the Abhorrent and Rhona the Fearless were actually a normal couple in a sense which was nice but in some sense I felt like they could have been more of a novella couple. Vigholf really came across as somene who cared about his mate and her happiness. He didn't try to push Rhona but at the same time he kindof had to because Rhona doesn't understand what the word subtle means, lol. Throughout the boo...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-paranormal-romance, paranormal-romance, loaned

Like the previous book, the romance in The Dragon Who Loved doesn't get to hog the spotlight. In this latest Dragon Kin story there's sort of a three pronged attack with the starring pair being the focus as they move between the other main threads with: the dragon brothers (Briec, Feargus, Gwenvael, and Eibhear), their Cadwaladr kin and the Northern Dragons in one battling group; Annwyl and Izzy sneaking off from Annwyl's army for a secret mission in another; and Dagmar, and Talaith minding the...more Like the previous book, the romance in The Dragon Who Loved doesn't get to hog the spotlight. In this latest Dragon Kin story there's sort of a three pronged attack with the starring pair being the focus as they move between the other main threads with: the dragon brothers (Briec, Feargus, Gwenvael, and Eibhear), their Cadwaladr kin and the Northern Dragons in one battling group; Annwyl and Izzy sneaking off from Annwyl's army for a secret mission in another; and Dagmar, and Talaith minding the kids and holding down the home front in the third - all of which allows us to catch up with pretty much everyone from all of the past books. It was fun to see past characters, though some of them don't quite 'pop' like they did in their own stories.

The leading pair this time is a Cadwaladr cousin Rhona, and while she is every bit as deadly as her kin, Rhona is, gasp, a nurturer so much different than our past leading ladies and Vigholf who has seemed a bit cloddish in the past book is amazing patient in waiting for his chance with the dragoness he has decided is his and ends up a pretty decent leading man - um, dragon. There are weapons and wounds along the way for Rhona and Vigholf but for a dragon dragon pairing, their courtship is amazingly smooth but still steamy and satisfying and wrapped up in a happily ever after - unlike previous pair Keita and Ragna who are here briefly and who are still working on theirs.

There is plenty of action with a fair number of skirmishes on the way as this story eventually brings almost everyone together for an epic battle, but I didn't find The Dragon Who Loved Me to be as nonstop hilarious as my favorite in the series, What A Dragon Should Know - which is probably going to continue to be a hard act to follow, it was just that funny - but there still are enough laugh out loud moments to give it that Aiken flavor.

I have to mention Izzy and Eibhear. Eibhear who started out endearing in the earlier books, is not at his best in this story. It's time for him to grow up, but with events that occur that transition is going to be a painful one and I hope that once he comes out the other side, Eibhear is ends up being a character I can root for - I wasn't a fan of Eibhear in this book. And there is no steamy tension between the pair in the one scene that they have together here, so nothing to to move them any closer to a happily ever after or even the hope of one in the near future.

There were, however, some interesting additions to the cast, as the Annwyl picks up some new allies, and I am betting that we'll be seeing one or both with books of their soon and even though series has moved to being more ensemble pieces instead of one-couple-a-book romances, I will definitely be on the look out for more of Aiken's Dragonkin.(less)

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Sep 05, 2011 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

First off, do not start the series with this book. You will be deeply confused. If you haven't read anything in this series yet, the first two in the series are much more in the style of romantic comedy featuring dragons, meddling gods, and other over the top characters. But, starting with book 3, they become much more epic fantasy in style, although still with strong romantic and comedic elements. And by epic fantasy, I mean multiple, huge storylines, an ever-expanding cast of characters, and a...more First off, do not start the series with this book. You will be deeply confused. If you haven't read anything in this series yet, the first two in the series are much more in the style of romantic comedy featuring dragons, meddling gods, and other over the top characters. But, starting with book 3, they become much more epic fantasy in style, although still with strong romantic and comedic elements. And by epic fantasy, I mean multiple, huge storylines, an ever-expanding cast of characters, and a strong desire on my part for both maps and a character index or glossary.

I think I read somewhere online (and of course can't find the citation) that Aiken is now basing the primary story arc for the series on Roman history and, with the fun new Latinate names, you can kind of tell. Still, the center of this empire is Queen Rhiannon of the Southlander dragons and her family. Rhona, her niece, is a soldier in her army. No, she doesn't want to be a general, thank you very much, she's quite happy as a sergeant. And would be even happier as a blacksmith. Vigholf is one of the Northland's Lightning dragons. Their romance was sweet and funny. They're both pretty beta compared to some other characters in the series, and the romance was mostly them realizing, after five years of bickering, that their interest in each other is mutual.

The rest of the focus is on ending the war against the Iron Dragons so everyone can go home. You get cameos from pretty much everyone in the series at one time or another, from the oh, so adorable wolf god Nannulf to a heartbreaking scene at the end with Izzy and Éibhear. (Seriously, I was close to tears, and not from laughter. I don't think that's ever happened to me with an Aiken book before.)

I'm increasingly enjoying this series. It's intricate, with characters who are distinct and consistent across books. It's funny, but also scary and sad when it needs to be. It also seems like the author might have an end-game in mind for this series, which makes me really happy. Because that means (1) I'm less likely to get bored and leave unhappy and (2) the plotting is likely to remain tight, which calls (1) back into play. So, basically, I end this review with a yay! and I can't wait for the next one.
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Jun 22, 2012 Lynda Tatad rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Dragon Kin series by G.A. Aiken (aka Shelley Laurenston) has quickly become one of my favorite series (among many others)! The stories have everything, humor, action and adventure, wars, romance (with that humor involved), family issues, emotional turmoil, and of course, DRAGON Shifters! I discovered this series by a recommendation from the Sizzling Shifters reading group on Shelfari, and after picking up and reading the first book, Dragon Actually, I have been trying to get my hands on all...more The Dragon Kin series by G.A. Aiken (aka Shelley Laurenston) has quickly become one of my favorite series (among many others)! The stories have everything, humor, action and adventure, wars, romance (with that humor involved), family issues, emotional turmoil, and of course, DRAGON Shifters! I discovered this series by a recommendation from the Sizzling Shifters reading group on Shelfari, and after picking up and reading the first book, Dragon Actually, I have been trying to get my hands on all the rest in the series!

This is the 5th book in the series, so if you haven't read any of the previous novels, events mentioned in previous books might be brought up that could contain spoilers.

Rhona is one of the Cadwaladr fighting dragons, and she's the eldest daughter who's been watching over her siblings since they hatched out of their eggs, since their mother was off fighting too much to raise her own children. Rhona and her clan have become a part of the mad human Queen Annwyl's army, and have been helping in the fight against the Iron Dragons from the far north. Fighting alongside them are the Northland Lightning Dragons, former enemies, now allies, thanks to her cousin Gwenvael for making the alliance, among other things. One Lightning annoys her to no end, Vigholf, who insists that she needs his help when she has to go into enemy territory on a secret mission to retrieve the mad queen before she gets herself captured or killed.

What I love about this series is how strong all of the females, human and dragonesses, are in these stories! They still have their vulnerable moments, but for the most part, they are kick-ass ladies who don't put up with anything, and the men in their lives learn to love that about them. Of course, dragons love strong warrior women type, in general, but the Lightning Dragons treasure and protect their females. So, it was quite an education for them in fighting alongside the tough southern Cadwaladr she-dragons, who are prone to "love them and leave them" in relationships with males. So, Vigholf is treading carefully where Rhona is concerned, and of course she likes the direct approach.

I had a smile on my face through most of this book, though there are definitely some serious moments, and I did need a tissue in one particular spot... but there's a war going on, so it wasn't a total surprise. I'm hoping Eibhear's the Blue's story will be told next!

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Jan 24, 2013 July rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: home-library

The Dragon Who Loved Me is the fifth in this series. This book I felt was a little more serious than the others. Don't get me wrong there is some parts to laugh at just not as many as the other four books. All the other characters come back from the other books into this one, because of this huge war that is taking place that is why such serious writing I believe. But the two main characters Vigholf the Abhorrent is trying his best to make an impression on The First daughter of Bradana the Mutil...more

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Sep 23, 2011 Edafe Onerhime rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fantasy fans who don't mind romance

G.A. Aiken has created an entertaining romp set in a fictional fantasy world where dragons can shapeshift into human form, women fight hard and love hard and love blossoms where rivals meet head on.

It would be easy to dismiss her offerings as fantasy-light, a little bit of ye olde worlde fanstasy adventure to bulk out a fluffy romantic piece. You would be wrong. The key to my continued enjoyment of her work lies in the extensive shading in of the fantasy world and the characters therein. The plo...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If we all liked the same thing...every author would be in the top 10. I have been stepping away from my normal buys and trying authors I haven't read before. Different strokes for different folks and saying that, I must honestly say that I was disappointed with this book. It had great premise, but it bounced around so much that I could hardly keep up with it. The story lines longest stay on one subject was 1 1/2 pages, the shortest was a paragraph. I've seen tennis matches that didn't bounce aro...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Stevie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: alpha-male, animosity-to-lovers, fun-read, feisty-heroine, light-and-fun, paranormal, part-of-a-series, shifters, sarcastic-wit-and-humor

Help!!! I am stuck in the Dragon Kin World and I can't get out!! Seriously, I am completely addicted and attached to the ongoing saga and all the characters, and so very entertained. I would have given this one a 3.5, but because I love the series I rounded up. This was not as strong as the first three, but still quite good and easily pulled me along the journey of the overall story. The main story of Vigholf and Rhona lacked the intensity of Annwyl and Feargus, or the playfulness of Talaith and...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Samantha **ParaNormal Romance Party** rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-4-5-stars, fantasy, hot-pnr, pnr-romance, shifter-lover, dragon-shifter, reviewed

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1st line in the book---> “She watched them move through the trees.”

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First thing I feel I must mention is that if you haven't read any of the previous books in the series, I Highly recommend it! You will be a little confused and overwhelmed because this book picks up five years after the other one ended. I am a HUGE fan of G.A. Aiken's Dragon Kin series. I was a little worried about this book because it would be the first one to not have one of th...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Aly (Mircea) Basarab rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal

First of, I want to say that I love the 2 horses in this novel =))) they were hilarious.

Keita tugged the sleeve of his chain-mail shirt until he gazed down at her. “You don’t think I’m entitled, do you?”

“Of course not,” Vigholf lied.

“Because if I am, it’s only because I deserve it! I deserve everything I want. Don’t you agree?” Rather than lying even more, Vigholf handed Keita his pack.

“Anyone seen Keita?”

“Should we be looking for her?”

“No.”

“Then why are you asking?” Fearghus wanted to know.

“Be...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is a slight departure from the rest of the books in this series. It follows Vigholf the Abhorrent and Rhona the Fearless. They have been fighting together for 5 years, Vigholf has secretly had a crush on Rhona the entire time. Rhona has been irritated by him for 5 years. They are both linked to the royal family but not part of it.

I was getting a little bored with all the royals and their interactions so at first this was a welcome break from all that craziness. I realized about halfwa...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Hanife rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, e-books, er-romance, favorite-author, medieval, pnr, reading-english, recommendations, series-i-haven-t-finished, made-me-laugh, fantasy, kick-ass-heroine, shifters, made-me-cry

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Son iki kitabı sevemememin günahı senin boynuna Izzy. Dörde nazaran bu kitabı daha çok sevdiğim bir gerçek. Ragnar'ın kardeşi Vigholf abisinden daha eğlenceli biriydi. Keita'nın savaşçı kuzenine beş yıldır yanık olan bu aptal aşığımız gösterme biçiminden baya yoksun bir ejderhamız. Kızı her fırsatta bir erkeğe ihtiyacı olduğu, kadın olduğundan zayıf olduğunu söyleyerek rencide etmesi ise kotkafalılığının göstergesi olsa gerek. Ama kaptırmış iş...more Bu yorum aynı zamanda Romancekolikte yayınlanmıştır.

Son iki kitabı sevemememin günahı senin boynuna Izzy. Dörde nazaran bu kitabı daha çok sevdiğim bir gerçek. Ragnar'ın kardeşi Vigholf abisinden daha eğlenceli biriydi. Keita'nın savaşçı kuzenine beş yıldır yanık olan bu aptal aşığımız gösterme biçiminden baya yoksun bir ejderhamız. Kızı her fırsatta bir erkeğe ihtiyacı olduğu, kadın olduğundan zayıf olduğunu söyleyerek rencide etmesi ise kotkafalılığının göstergesi olsa gerek. Ama kaptırmış işte akıl baştan gitmiş diye mazur gördüm.

Ayrıca yazar artık abarttı bu savaş olayını diye düşünmekteyim. Baygınlık geldi. Pinpon topuna döndüm. Annwlyn başka cephede başka düşmanlarla, Fearghus ve kardeşleri başka cehpede diğer bir düşmanlarla savaşta. Kahramanlarımızda arada gidip gelen piyonlar misali. Ayrıca Eibhear ile kuzeninin beş yıldan sonra bile kavga ediyorlar olması sinirlerimi tepeme topladı. Hele herkes Izzy iyi bir halt etmiş gibi sırtını sıvazlamıyor mu? Çiftem nerede benim intihar edeceğim modundaydım oralarda. Bu sebeplerden dolayı altıncı kitap çıkmış olsaydı bile hemen okumazdım. Sinirlerimin buna yetebileceğini sanmıyorum!

Konumuza gelirsek Rhona - namı değer Viper Keita'nın kuzeni - klanının diğer fertleri gibi beş yıldır savaşmaktadır. Üçüz kardeşleriyle beraber bir saldırıyı daha geri püskürtürken Vigholf ve takımı gelip işi bozmuşlardır. Üstüne üstlük bu dağlı Şimşek ejderhası babasının yaptığı mızrağı kırmıştır. Adama buradan takar. Gel gelelim ki Keita'nın ona verdiği görevde de peşlerine takılmıştır bir kere.Annwlyn ikizleri yine öldürülme tehlikesi altındadır ve Ren - yani Kum Ejderhası - çocukları kendi diyarına teleport edip güvenliklerini sağlayacaktır. Çok az kişi bu görevden haberdardır ve Vigholfde güya çaresiz, zayıf kadını kurtarmak adına peşlerine düşmüştür. Bu sırada ne yapıpta kadını savaş bitince yanında götürebileceğinin planlarını yapmaya çoktan başlamıştır. :) (less)

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Oct 24, 2011 Angie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-romance

Synopsis: "I was raised for battle. And as the first daughter of a warrior family, I've earned my reputation the hard way. Yet now I fight alongside uncivilized male Northland dragons who think a female is only good for breeding and waiting back home in the cave. But it's the foolish and foolhardy who would try to stop me, Rhona the Fearless, from doing what I do best—destroying the enemies of my kind.

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Jul 16, 2012 Nyimah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good Stuff. This was really one of my faves. There was a lot going on. I think Rhona and Vigholf were one of my favorite couples. Neither was extreme in one direction or the other, they reminded of "average joes" ( as much as you can be average in Dragon PNR). I was also glad we got to see so much of the other characters and especially the little ones! It's tuff to watch Izz's and Eibhear's story go along so. It kind of reminds me of Blay and Quins tragic romance from BDB. I am really looking fo...more

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Sep 17, 2011 Sally rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011

The Dragon Who Loved Me is brilliant, it has so much in it that I could not put the book down. I had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next. Every chapter was packed full of everything you expect from the Dragon Kin series, fun, laughter, romance, fighting, passion - the works.

I really enjoyed the romantic story between Vigholf the Abhorrent and Rhona the Fearless, as it is their story which helps to bind the rest of the book together. It was great to read more about the much...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Sarah Couthino rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-paranormal-romance, witches-dragons-nymphs, books-in-series, droolin-favorites, shapeshifters-paranormal

Is it me or has the romance just gotten less and the battles with blood cry upped as each book progresses.....
Would say it was refreshing to see Vigholf and the way his character was portrayed, his whole positive approach was a constant and sometimes made you wonder just like Rhona can he get any more dumber, yet he was not dumb at all, he was simply a happy go lucky kinda dragon who happened to be in love with our soldier dragoness......and who simply had that amazing protective streak without...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Fedora rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am never unhappy with an Aiken story--I think I actually missed the one before this, but didn't have trouble enjoying this story. So much of the classic Aiken style to love--great dialogue, fierce women, the brave heroes (who occasionally need a whack upside the head), the sibling sparring, entertaining interference from the gods... I would imagine I'd appreciate the battles/political intrigues a tiny bit more if I was reading in order and with a better memory for the details, but not doing so...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Martina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm not sure if I should give it 3 or 4 stars. This is the second book of the Dragon Kin I've read and I liked it, but... I skiped 2.-4. book, because I wanted same species couple. I like that you can take this book without reading the others - at least I didn't feel I've missed much.

I feel that in Dragon Kin, the romance is more important than the actuall plot, so that's why I chose to give it *. The romance was great, sex scene's were nice. But the plot around was a bit too messy and I hate De...more

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author G.A. Aiken lives on the West Coast and spends most of her time writing and making sure her rescued Pittie doesn’t love everyone into a coma. When she’s not writing about sexy dragons, she’s writing about sexy wolf, lion, tiger, and other fang-filled predators under the name Shelly Laurenston. Find out more about this New York...more

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“You want me to be honest with you?” Vigholf snapped. “You want me to tell you why I have my hungry face as you call it? Because of you. Because I’m hungry for you. If there’s anything I want to eat—it’s you.”
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