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Last Dragon Standing (The Dragon Kin #4)

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"Sexy and outrageous humor." --"Romantic Times"I know what they see when they look at me. The charming, soft-spoken dragoness bred from the most powerful of royal bloodlines. A disguise stronger than any battle shield that allows me to keep all suitors at tail's length. A technique that's worked until him. Until Ragnar the Cunning, handsome barbarian warlord and warrior ma...more

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Published September 1st 2010 by Zebra Books

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May 22, 2011 Shannon C. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, humorous, magic-special-powers, shapeshifters

3 stars: entertaining PNR but not as great as earlier books

The fourth book in the Dragonkin series, the 'Last Dragon Standing' picks up immediately following What a Dragon Should Know. We previously met Ragnar the Cunning, a Northland lightning dragon, and Keita the Viper, a royal Southland fire dragon. Keita was captured by Ragnar's father and Ragnar released her. Her antics get on his nerves and he wants nothing more to do with her. When he is called by the Queen by their alliance to escort he...more

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May 20, 2013 Merve Özcan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, immortal, paranormal, romance, godish, mythology, more-than-one-narrrator, centaur

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Kitap Ragnar ve Keita'nın hikayesini ele alıyor.

Bu kitabın başını pek sevdiğimi söyleyemeyeceğim; çok sönük kalmıştı ama kitabın sonlarına doğru işin içine çeşitli yaratıklar girmeye başlayınca ve aksiyon artınca daha bir hoşuma gitti.

Kadın karakterlerin birbirine çok benzediğini düşünüyorum, tabi belirgin özellkleri var ama gene de verdiği tepkiler çoğunlukla benzer oluyor. Ragnar'ın Dagmar'a aşık olduğunu düşünmüştüm, belki ilk zamanlarda öyleydi de ama...more

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Jan 31, 2011 Hbeebti rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: used

True this was not as great as the last. But I did really enjoy it. Keita was not like I thought she would be. Ragnar was great. Loved it. This story for me was fast paced and has me laughing . OMG I want more of Blue and Izzy. Cant get enough of those too.

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Jan 08, 2011 Sandra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dragons, shifters, shelly-laurenston, pnr-uf, own

Another great dragon kin book. Lots seem to happen and yet there were no big battles, or wars. Just preparation for the big one coming.

It has been about 2 years, in storyland, since we last saw Annwyl the Bloody and she has since had the demon twins. Talaith has also had her second daughter, though Izzy didn't even know she was pregnant as she has been out on patrol for 2 years learning to be a soldier.

The unlikely heroine of this episode is Keita, who has been assuming a guise of stupidity and...more

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Sep 11, 2010 Catherine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comedy, fluffy, gods, dragons, historical, read-2010, series, crazy-family, romance, fantasy-paranormal-sci-fi, kindle

This was my least favorite of all the Dragon Kin books. I admit, I wasn't looking forward to reading about Keita in the first place. The appearances she made in the previous books didn't really endear her to me. She came off more like the female characters in the Mangus Pack books - extremely bitchy. Also, that girl got around a lot. Gwenvael got around a lot too, but he came off as sweeter and funnier, and less crass. That made all the difference for me.

But, I was still extremely excited to rea...more This was my least favorite of all the Dragon Kin books. I admit, I wasn't looking forward to reading about Keita in the first place. The appearances she made in the previous books didn't really endear her to me. She came off more like the female characters in the Mangus Pack books - extremely bitchy. Also, that girl got around a lot. Gwenvael got around a lot too, but he came off as sweeter and funnier, and less crass. That made all the difference for me.

But, I was still extremely excited to read this book. I love this author's blend of hilarity, action, romance, and sex. She is the only author I've read with a style like this, and I love her campy books that don't take themselves seriously. Her characters are always over the top and you can't help but love them for those qualities.

This book was considerably longer than most of the previous books in the series, and there was a lot less focus on the relationship in it. I think that was the problem with the book. This one spent so much time on other events that we never really got any alone time with Keita and Ragnar. Their relationship and interactions seemed to be sprinkled in between interactions with the other characters. We also spent a lot more time in other people's pov's. That's not usually a problem, but it felt intrusive because the main romance was so underdeveloped.

When the book ended it felt like their relationship wasn't complete. I wonder if the author has plans to continue their relationship in another book. It really felt more "happy for now" as opposed to "happily ever after." There was no claiming or relationship resolution like in the other books. Keita's resistance to any sort of permanence precluded that. I just felt unsatisfied with it. I can't help but fear she'll one day dump him because everything got too heavy for her.

But, if you ignore the relationship this is still classic Aiken/Laurenston. That's why I gave it three stars instead of a lower grade. The humor still pops and the family antics are hilarious. I loved getting to see more of the previous characters. I was very amused by Gwenvael's jealousy over Ragnar. It was cute! I also loved how touchy Briec was about his daughter smiling. Little things like that made this whole book worth it!

There was a lot of new developments on the Izzy/Eibhear front. I loved all those scenes! I can't wait until we get to see them in their own book. I was really glad the whole thing developed like that. He needed a reality check that she's not a little girl and she's not waiting around forever. I also hope we get to see more of Ren in the future. I find him very interesting.

I can't wait to get my hands on the next one! (less)

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Nov 13, 2010 Felicia (Ferishia) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pr-shifter, pr-dragon, series, fav-author, ebook, 02-mrs-sauhcy-minhx, pr-witch-or-wizard-or-warlock, kindle-ebook, favorites, 2010-amz-purchases

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Feb 21, 2013 Mindy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

These books are just fun reading. The returning characters have such sarcastic humor and the family dynamics are a riot. We get to know Keita the Viper and returning in this book is Ragnar the Royal Lightning Dragon from the North. I love that each book continues on plots from previous books in the series so that none of the storyline have to be completed in just one book. Aiken has such a great writing style and her plot twists always are unpredictable. Keita is the mirror of her brother Gwenva...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Last Dragon Standing is the fourth book in the Dragon Kin series aka the sexy dragon books. The couple in this book is Ragnar the Cunning and Keita the Red Viper Dragon of Despair and Death. Have I mentioned how much I love the names in these books? These books follow in pretty quick succession and they really build on the events of previous books. I’m going to try and review the book without talking too much or spoiling anything.

Ragnar the Cunning is the current leader of the Northern Lightin...more Last Dragon Standing is the fourth book in the Dragon Kin series aka the sexy dragon books. The couple in this book is Ragnar the Cunning and Keita the Red Viper Dragon of Despair and Death. Have I mentioned how much I love the names in these books? These books follow in pretty quick succession and they really build on the events of previous books. I’m going to try and review the book without talking too much or spoiling anything.

Ragnar the Cunning is the current leader of the Northern Lighting Dragons. He likes to dress himself as a monk and fancies himself quite the scholar. Last time he tangled with Keita she seduced most of his cousins and gave him a nasty chest wound. Keita is the youngest girl-dragon of the Royal Dragon family and is definitely treated as the baby. She has a very tempestuous relationship with her mother (honestly it’s because they are so similar). Keita is also a huge slut. And I’m not trying to shame her. She is very sexual, and uses her sexuality to trick men into either giving her what she wants or causing trouble. The dragon queen summons Ragnar and along the way he runs into Keita who is then manipulated into coming along. Soon they learn that all is not well in the Kingdom. Keita’s aunt has gone missing and there are more assignation attempts on the human queen Annwyl than usual. Ragnar is really attracted to Keita but he thinks she’s a silly pampered royal. We (along with Ragnar) eventually learn that not only is Keita much more than that, but she is very very clever.

I didn’t expect to like Keita as much as I did. She comes off as really bitchy and mean in the other books. I was pleasantly surprised to learn about her talents in this book. She is kind of a BAMF. She’s not the huge warrior that many of the other women are in the book, but she is capable of handling herself and the troubles she tends to create. I also wasn’t really expecting to like Ragnar as much as I did. Aiken sometimes writes her heroes as way too Alpha male, and while Ragnar is not beta, he loves Keita for who she is. He never tries to make her change or bend her to his will. I really loved the way they got together in the end because it’s not something you see too often in romance novels.

And just to illustrate why you need to read these books in the opening scene Keita has been flirting with a noble in the country. She sneaks into his room to kill him but finds that a girl has already gotten to it first. The guards rush in a just that moment to find her poised over the body with a vial of poison. Despite her pleas that she didn’t do it (how could he be dead if her vial was still full of poison?) she gets thrown into prison. Well, she never had breakfast and manages to scare the whole castle by eating a fucking dog in prison!! What?! This is why I love these books. I said it in my previous review, but these books are total crackfic for me. They are so fun, and so silly.

I give this one 4 out of 5 tasty puppies.

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Nov 12, 2012 May Mostly Romance rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Last Dragon Standing ของจีเอ ไอเก้น

เรื่องนี้เป็นเล่มที่สี่ในชุด Dragon Kin ซึ่งเป็นเรื่องราวที่เกิดขึ้นในโลกที่แตกต่างจากโลกมนุษย์ เราว่าน่าจะเป็นอีกดวงดาวนึงที่มนุษย์อยู่อาศัยร่วมกับมังกร (เพราะพระอาทิตย์ในโลกใบนี้มีสองดวง ดังนั้นเชื่อได้ว่าไม่ได้อยู่ในระบบสุริยะแน่ ๆ) เล่มนี้แตกต่างจากสามเล่มแรกตรงที่ ตัวเอกทั้งสองล้วนเป็นมังกรทั้งคู่ ดังนั้นเรื่องราวส่วนใหญ่เกิดขึ้นในขณะที่ทั้งคู่อยู่ในร่างมังกร ซึ่งถือเป็นร่างหลักของพวกเขา ทำให้ได้ความรู้สึกอีกอย่างนึงนะคะ เหมือนอ่านโรแมนซ์ของมังกร เวลาจะชมว...more Last Dragon Standing ของจีเอ ไอเก้น

เรื่องนี้เป็นเล่มที่สี่ในชุด Dragon Kin ซึ่งเป็นเรื่องราวที่เกิดขึ้นในโลกที่แตกต่างจากโลกมนุษย์ เราว่าน่าจะเป็นอีกดวงดาวนึงที่มนุษย์อยู่อาศัยร่วมกับมังกร (เพราะพระอาทิตย์ในโลกใบนี้มีสองดวง ดังนั้นเชื่อได้ว่าไม่ได้อยู่ในระบบสุริยะแน่ ๆ) เล่มนี้แตกต่างจากสามเล่มแรกตรงที่ ตัวเอกทั้งสองล้วนเป็นมังกรทั้งคู่ ดังนั้นเรื่องราวส่วนใหญ่เกิดขึ้นในขณะที่ทั้งคู่อยู่ในร่างมังกร ซึ่งถือเป็นร่างหลักของพวกเขา ทำให้ได้ความรู้สึกอีกอย่างนึงนะคะ เหมือนอ่านโรแมนซ์ของมังกร เวลาจะชมว่านางเอกสวย ก็บอกว่า หางของเธอเป็นพวงน่ารัก

เร็คนาร์ที่เป็นผู้นำของมังกรสายฟ้าซึ่งมีถิ่นอาศัยอยู่ทางเหนือ ซึ่งบัดนี้เป็นพันธมิตรกับมังกรไฟจากทางใต้ (ซึ่งเป็นกลุ่มของพระนางในเรื่องชุดนี้) ได้รับคำขอร้อง (แกมคำสั่ง) จากราชินีเรียนนอน (มังกรทางใต้) ให้พาตัวอายแบร์ลูกชายของเธอซึ่งถูกส่งมาฝึกกับเร็คนาร์ยังดินแดนทางเหนือกลับบ้าน ซึ่งระหว่างเดินทางเขาก็ได้พบกับเคต้า ลูกสาวตัวแสบของราชินี (และพี่สาวของอายแบร์)

นี่ไม่ใช่ครั้งแรกที่เร็คนาร์และเคต้าเคยพบกัน เมื่อสองปีก่อนเธอถูกบิดาของเขาจับเป็นตัวประกันเพื่อใช้ในการต่อรองกับราชินีเรียนนอน เมื่อครั้งที่มังกรสายฟ้า และมังกรไฟเคยทำสงครามระหว่างกัน แต่ราชินีซึ่งแสดงออกอย่างชัดเจนว่าไม่แคร์ลูกสาวคนนี้แม้แต่นิดเดียวไม่สนใจที่จะต่อรอง และยินดีที่จะปล่อยให้เคต้าอยู่ในการจับกุมต่อไป จนกระทั่งเร็คนาร์ซึ่งไม่ได้เห็นด้วยกับการกระทำของบิดา และมีแผนการเป็นของตัวเอง เขาปล่อยเธอออกมา ซึ่งนั่นก็ไม่ได้ทำให้เขากลายเป็นฮีโร่ในสายตาของเคต้าหรอกนะ เพราะเธอเองก็มีแผนการส่วนตัวเช่นกัน

เราไม่ค่อยชอบนางเอกจากบทบาทของเธอที่มีในสามเล่มแรกมากนัก เคต้าถูกแสดงออกมาในฐานะของลูกสาวของพ่อที่เอาแต่ใจ เห็นแก่ตัว ตัวตนของเธอดูไม่มีแก่นสารหรือสาระอะไรเลย และนั่นก็คือสิ่งที่เร็คนาร์เห็นในตอนแรก แต่การเดินทางร่วมกัน และได้พบเจอเหตุการณ์ต่าง ๆ มากมาย เคต้าได้แสดงด้านที่เก็บซ่อนเอาไว้ออกมา และเร็คนาร์ รวมทั้งคนอ่าน (อย่างเรา) ด้วยได้รู้จักตัวตนที่แท้จริงของเธอ และเราขอบอกว่า ชอบเคต้าอย่างมาก

คนแต่งเขียนในส่วนนี้ได้ดีมาก ๆ การเปลื่ยนความคิดของเราไม่ใช่เรื่องง่าย เราตั้งท่าจะไม่ชอบเธออยู่แล้ว และไม่คิดว่า คาแร็คเตอร์อย่างเคต้าจะเป็นอะไรมากกว่าที่ตาเห็นได้ แต่เล่มนี้แสดงให้เห็นอย่างชัดเจนว่า มีหลายอย่างที่เรามองไม่เห็น ในขณะเดียวกันคนแต่งก็ยังคงรักษาคาแร็คเตอร์เอาแต่ใจและเห็นแก่ตัวของเคต้าเอาไว้ได้เช่นกัน

กรอบของเรื่องในเล่มนี้ค่อนข้างใหญ่เกินกว่าคาแร็คเตอร์ เห็นได้ชัดว่าเร็กนาร์และเคต้าเป็นเพียงเบี้ยตัวเล็ก ๆ ในเรื่องที่ยิ่งใหญ่ สงครามระหว่างมังกรสายฟ้า และมังกรไฟอาจจะสงบลงแล้ว (จากเหตุการณ์ในเล่มสาม) แต่สงครามยังไม่สงบ ศัตรูรายใหม่กำลังโผล่หัวขึ้นมา และ (สปอยล์) เคต้าในฐานะของผู้คุ้มครองราชบัลลังค์ก็อยู่ตรงกลางพอดี

เอกลักษณ์ในงานเขียนของคนแต่งก็ยังมีอยู่ครบ ตัวละครที่นิสัยอาจจะไม่ค่อยน่ารัก แต่พอถ่ายทอดมาเป็นตัวหนังสือกลับทำให้เราสนุกไปกับการกระทำของพวกเขา เรื่องในชุดดราก้อนคินนี้ค่อนข้างเลือดสาดมากกว่างานที่เธอเขียนในนามปากกาแชลลี ลอว์เรนสตัน ทำให้มีฉากแอ็คชั่นสนุก ๆให้อ่านกัน

ส่วนที่ทำให้เราประหลาดใจ และเพิ่งมาสังเกตเห็นในเล่มนี้ก็คือ งานชุดนี้มีความเป็นชุดชัดเจนมาก ขนาดที่เราไม่แน่ใจว่า คนที่ไม่อ่านเล่มก่อนหน้าจะทำความเข้าใจเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดในเล่มนี้ได้ครบถ้วนหรือไม่ ความต่อเนื่องของพล็อตจากเล่มนึงไปยังเล่มต่อไปก็มีสูง กระทั่งเล่มนี้เองตอนจบก็ดูเหมือนเป็นแค่จุดเริ่มต้นของเหตุการณ์ในตอนต่อไป เราอ่านเล่มนี้แล้วรู้สึกนับถือความสามารถในการวางพล็อตเรื่องของคนแต่งค่ะ ซึ่งนี่ไม่ใช่สิ่งที่เราคิดมาก่อนตอนที่หยิบงานของเธอขึ้นมาอ่าน เราชอบงานเขียนของจีเอ/แชลลี่ เพราะภาษา มุขตลก อารมณ์ขันในเรื่อง แต่มาเล่มนี้เราเห็นฝีมือการวางพล็อตในภาพใหญ่อีกต่างหาก นับถือค่ะ

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Oct 18, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal, romance

Fourth in the Dragon Kin hysterically funny paranormal romance series revolving around a large family of dragonshifters. The couple focus is on Ragnar the Cunning and Keita the Vile.

It takes up shortly before the end of What a Dragon Should Know .

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Pee before you read. It is such a snark-fest. Aiken will make you laugh and wish you knew these characters as she stands society and manners on their heads.

Wait, just wait until you get to the part where Keita is in jail with the worst scum of th...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Merissa Sheppard rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Book 4 in the series and not my favourite although it is still very good. Previous leading ladies in this series have included a human warrior queen, a Nolwenn witch and a warlord's human daughter. In "Last Dragon Standing" it is a dragoness, specifically the youngest daughter of the royal line who takes a lead role. Keita the Viper is at first (and second) glance a vapid, flirtatious and rather stupid princess.

Her love interest Ragnar the Cunning certainly lives up to his name. Any signs of wan...more

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Dec 10, 2011 Lynda Tatad rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the 4th book in the Dragon Kin series by GA Aiken. Each story centers on a different sibling in this dragon shifter Royal family.

This one centers on the Dragon Princess Keita, younger sister to Morfyd, Gwenvael, Breic and Fearghus, and elder sister to Eibhear the Blue. Traveling with her longtime friend Ren, a foreign dragon who has some magic of his own, Keita manages to get in a spot of trouble, and just as she's about to be publicly executed - the lightning dragon Ragnar the Cunning...more This is the 4th book in the Dragon Kin series by GA Aiken. Each story centers on a different sibling in this dragon shifter Royal family.

This one centers on the Dragon Princess Keita, younger sister to Morfyd, Gwenvael, Breic and Fearghus, and elder sister to Eibhear the Blue. Traveling with her longtime friend Ren, a foreign dragon who has some magic of his own, Keita manages to get in a spot of trouble, and just as she's about to be publicly executed - the lightning dragon Ragnar the Cunning comes by with his cousin and brother, as well as her baby brother Eibhear.

Ragnar had 'rescued' Keita as she was escaping his father a couple of years earlier. There's some sparks that fly between these 2, and Ragnar slowly learns that the spoiled, vapid, southern princess who seems to be only concerned with herself (and is bored easily, which is how she manages to get in trouble so easily), is actually more than she seems. The relationship between Keita and her mother, the Dragon Queen Rhiannon, is also more than what is seen on the serface... and a task is given to them that is quite dangerous Meanwhile, the human Queen Annwyl (mated to the dragon Fearghus) is training excessively to protect their offspring, as many want to see them dead. Dreams of what's to come haunt her, and she wants to be prepared to defend her family and kingdom!

What I love about this series is that we still get to see what's happening with the characters from the other books. Ragnar was a friend to Dagmar Reinholdt, only daughter to the Northern Ruler the Reinholdt, who is now mated to Gwenvael the Handsome, and is also Chief Warlord to Queen Annwyl. Keita and her elder sister Morfyd annoy each other to no end, and are constantly fighting each other. When push comes to shove, though, one sister comes to the aid of the other at a crucial time!

As with the other stories in this series, there are definitely moments that make me laugh out loud, and I loved the developing relationship between Ragnar and Keita, who refuses to be tied down! I love the relationships amongst all the characters, and we still have to await the outcome with what may happen between Eibhear and Izzy, daughter of Talaith and Briec. It's pretty dicey right now between them! There is an amazing fight scene in this one, and it has a surprise twist to the outcome. I also love the new nanny that comes to finally take care of the dragon/human children!(less)

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Sep 14, 2011 ✿ℎazℯℓ✿ rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I admit.. i have mixed feelings when it comes to this book. I am of course, amazed at how the author gave the traits of each character.. they're very distinct and true til the end. Keita's character came out really strong, sexy and determined while Ragnar's character came out serious and quite powerful. I can't say they're the best couple but they do have their moments. I like it that the series continues to make me laugh out loud. The fight scene in this book? greaaat! i don't know where the au...more

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Jun 24, 2011 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-scifi, romance-paranormal, kindle

A really enjoyed the previous 3 novels, so I had to pick this one up. Read a little more like an urban fantasy novel and less like a predictable romance. Keita is not a typical romance heroine; I hesitate to say, but she reminded me more of a modern "chick lit" heroine, like the "Sex in the City" girls. Ragnar kind of took the "feminine" role in the relationship, being more reserved and introverted while Keita is brash and outgoing. (The book seems to be primarily written from Ragnar's perspecti...more

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May 22, 2011 Rebecca rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, reviewed, dragons

G.A. Aiken’s Last Dragon Standing is far and away one of my favorite shapeshifter books. G. A. Aiken is actually the pseudonym used by Shelly Laurenston when writing her Dragon Kin series, and I love to read her books because they are so very, very funny. This particular novel features the beautiful and spoiled dragon princess Keita, and how the author can take a stunningly beautiful spoiled brat and make her so very appealing is proof of the author’s skill. Keita is unabashedly self-centered, b...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Anna (Bobs Her Hair) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Last Dragon Standing is a very good book, but of the Dragon Kin series it has the least romance. This book seems to be building the overall series storyline and preparing the readers for some grand finale. It's filled with humor, intrigue, and a fleshed out dragon world. If I could I would give this story 3 1/2 stars.

Keita and Ragnar's relationship is credible as Keita has serious committment issues. The author remained true to the characters to the end, but some may feel their HEA didn't give c...more

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Dec 27, 2010 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

All along Keita had been biding her time. She was the youngest daughter, the femme fatale, the one everyone protected. She was the assassin.

She was also very annoyed with her current captor, Ragnar, a Northern dragon and mage. Ragnar saved her from his father - who's going to save Ragnar from Keita? The trek home has never seemed so long with their bickering (hilarious), their private thoughts (scandalous!)and Ragnar's cousins drooling after Keita's every step.

In the fourth book of Aiken's drag...more

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Sep 19, 2010 Sharon rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This is book four in the excellent Dragon series following up from What a Dragon Should Know. Its set one year later .I thought nothing could beat the last book, I absolutely love the character Dagmar the Beast, & we continue to see her machinisations & quiet power in action, in this volume. On a personal note I would never have mated her with Gwenvael.Though we do see a different side of him when he tries to protect his siblings from what he sees as unsuitable mates & jealous streak...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Smokinhotbooks K.C. rated it 3 of 5 stars

I’ve been a fan of this series since I discovered Shelly Laurentson also writes as G.A. Aiken that being said I was a bit disappointed in Last Dragon Standing. The main character Keita displays herself as a carefree loose moral royal with serious Mommy issues. Ragnar the Cunning saves her from being kidnapped by his father to try and ransom her with the queen. Only the queen decides her troubled daughter is really not worth the headache and decides Ragnar can keep Keita. Fast forward a few years...more

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Sep 06, 2010 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: shapeshifters, fantasy-romance, friendable, dragons

Wow there was a lot going on Last Dragon Standing which was less romance-y than the rest of the books in this series but which still had plenty of the laugh out loud moments (and a bit of the crass language) you'd expect from this Shelley Laurenston alter ego.

In the spotlight this time is Lightning Dragon Ragnar the Cunning leader of the Northern 'barbarians' who is charged with bringing Fire Dragon Keita the Viper - youngest daughter of Queen Rhiannon and sister to all the former leading drago...more Wow there was a lot going on Last Dragon Standing which was less romance-y than the rest of the books in this series but which still had plenty of the laugh out loud moments (and a bit of the crass language) you'd expect from this Shelley Laurenston alter ego.

In the spotlight this time is Lightning Dragon Ragnar the Cunning leader of the Northern 'barbarians' who is charged with bringing Fire Dragon Keita the Viper - youngest daughter of Queen Rhiannon and sister to all the former leading dragons - back to her 'lazy southland' family. We also get to see lots of former Southland dragons and their mates as `something wicked this way comes'.

Although I love the way that not-as-flighty-as-she-seems Keita and the oh-so-controlled Ragnar's get under each other's skin once the `game' is on, their romance wasn't as well developed as the ones in the previous books. And even though there is some pay off - the sealing of Keita and Ragnar's `deal' was pretty darn steamy - I didn't think that Ragnar and Keita's story seemed finished. (I am hoping their story will continue as a side thread in the future books the way that Brastias and Morfyd's has been.)

Still there was so much good stuff going on in Last Dragon Standing that I didn't mind that Ragnar and Keita had to share their screen time with everyone else. I still loved all of interactions between Keita's dysfunctional family - parents, siblings, aunts and cousins - and perversely quite often I found the twisted relationships between the often borderline psychotic females (often accompanied by screaming and hair pulling) to be hilarious.

I also enjoyed watching as Aiken threw a bit more fuel on the fire which smolders between Éibhear and Izzy - she's no longer sixteen but Éibhear is still in denial. Oh and I thought that Keita's mysterious eastern dragon buddy Ren, was really intriguing, as was the mention of his eastern kin and of sand and water dragons.

Now I am dying to know, what happens next - big things loom on the series arc. And I can't wait to find out who will be Aiken's next starring pair - probably not Éibhear and Izzy they still have some growing up to do, hmmm, maybe Ren and Anwyl's twins' new Nanny or maybe Aiken will bring in one of the sand dragons or one of the zany dragon aunts or cousins. There are so many intriguing possibilities that Aiken should be able to keep the series going for a long time.
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Feb 29, 2012 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The thing I love about this series is the arrogance of the dragons and the extreme attitudes the humans in their lives must have in order to deal with them. They are all vindictive, cruel and fierce but it's so entertaining to watch them go at it. The sarcasm alone had me laughing out loud more than once.

In this book we get to know Keita a little bit better. Up until this point she has been described as the slutty absent sister. That's true but there is a lot more to her than meets the eye. She...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Jodie Riverina Romantics rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: on-kindle

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Apr 24, 2012 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Last Dragon Standing: Dragon Kin #4

G. A. Aiken

The White Dragon Queen, Rhiannon, requested that DragonLord Ragnar of the Nothlands Hordes bring her son, Eibhear, home for a family feast. Okay it wasn’t really a request, with their alliance an order it was, oh, and along the way he was supposed to pick up her sister, Esyld; the traitorous one hiding from her in the Outlands. Not really having a choice, Ragnar starts the journey with his brother Vigholf and his cousin Meinhard. Along the way they ‘...more Last Dragon Standing: Dragon Kin #4

G. A. Aiken

The White Dragon Queen, Rhiannon, requested that DragonLord Ragnar of the Nothlands Hordes bring her son, Eibhear, home for a family feast. Okay it wasn’t really a request, with their alliance an order it was, oh, and along the way he was supposed to pick up her sister, Esyld; the traitorous one hiding from her in the Outlands. Not really having a choice, Ragnar starts the journey with his brother Vigholf and his cousin Meinhard. Along the way they ‘rescue’ Princess Kieta from a hanging. Of course, she could have gotten out at time, but in her way she was trying not to kill the innocent humans. Her friend and traveling companion, Ren – a dragon from the Eastlands, comes along with them, and when the two of them get bored… Ragnar’s life gets interesting.

Following them whenever they go away from the group, he thinks she is finding any male she can to sleep with; whenever she walks into a building he knows that she is having sex with every male in there. Once, in a vicious argument with her over her ways he manages to hurt her. Kieta is willing to forgive and forget, if he would just apologize, with no explanations, it takes him two days to do so. And he is completely surprised by her willingness to let bygones be bygones once it happens. This happens once they reach her mother’s palace, and he gets more surprised by the queen when he finds out that her daughter is not what she seems at all. A fact he had been learning, but to find out the full details sets him back on his tail, his dragon tail. Queen Rhiannon was not happy when they showed up without Esyld, she was not at her place when they got there, had been gone for a while. Part of their next mission was to find Eysld.

They are given a mission to find the traitors to the thrown that want to unseat Rhiannon and put her vapid daughter on it so the Sovereigns from, the Iron Dragons from the Westlands, can start their war. Ragnar pledges to Kieta to protect her during this mission, and not to fall in love with her, but to be her lover and let her go. Can he do so with this faceted dragoness? Does he even have a chance?

Izzy has spent the last two years in the infantry of Queen Annwyl’s army. On one mission to a destroyed town, she finds a piece of leather that gets her sent back to the Queen Annwyl’s palace early. Before her aunt and uncle send her back, they tell her about her mother and step-father having a new baby, six months ago. She arrives in a temper, screaming and yelling at the whole family because nobody had wrote and told her. She wouldn’t even take Rhiawen, he sister, until Kieta intervened by starting another argument with her bother.

Then Eibhear embarrass her in front of the whole family by calling out and almost beating to death Celyn, the cousin she has decided to take as a lover. While Annwyl is trying to talk to her down from that temper the nightmare all the women in the family had been having, road up on them. Annwyl met them the way she met any threat, sword raised, limbs flying.

Can this family of Dragons meet the challenges to come? Can Annwyl defend her children against those that are coming to take them for they were never supposed to be? Can this war with the Sovereigns be adverted? Or will they be met on the battlefield? Can Annwyl find a way to leave her children to protect her lands?

This was a great book with a lot more insight into the family dynamics, especially from Queen Rhiannon’s perspective. The love between Kieta and Ragnar is a wonderfully growing thing. He goes from believing her to be a vapid, dimwitted royal with no thought than to the next dress she will wear, barefoot, and the next piece of jewelry she will get, to knowing the woman she is underneath. Knowing that woman, he knows the fastest way to lose her to give in the dragon urge to claim her and mark that beautiful skin she is so proud of and refuses to have marked up. A great inclusion in the Dragon Kin series. I love how these characters interact and keep growing. Five stars with bells. A must read for fans of G. A. Aiken, or for people that love shifters and dragons.(less)

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Sep 09, 2010 Shelita Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While I'll admit that the other books in the Dragon Kin series are my favs, I enjoyed this one. I love this family. They're so crazy! I love it! The cat fights between the dragon sisters are hilarious! But you know they love each other. They just hate each other too.
While the romantic elements aren't as strong as in the previous books, Keita and Ragnar are fun, well suited for each other and hot! He gets her, where many people, specifically her own family, don't.
Loved catching up on Eibhear &...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Sally rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011

Last Dragon Standing is set two years later from where the third book finishes and I would definitely say that you have to read the first three books before starting this one because there are many sub plots and references to the previous books that could easily confuse any reader who has not followed the Dragon Kin story so far.

Yet again G A Aiken has not faltered on the standard of writing and the ability to mix blood, war, sibling fighting and romance with a touch of comedy, passion and viole...more

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May 06, 2011 Erika Badass rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, funny-books, dragons

There were some parts that I really enjoyed and were a 4 star read for me, then there were other parts that were only two stars.

This book was different than the others in form. The main "couple" Keita the Viper and Ragnar from the Lightnings seemed to take a back seat to everything and everyone else. Plus their relationship isn't complete. It wasn't a HEA, it was more a Happy right this second...maybe. Part of me suspected that Keita would be the one to mark Ragnar, but no such luck.

The other s...more

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Dec 06, 2010 Alma (aka Mrs. Rhaw) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-in-2010, kindle

Whose book was it? Don't know but the two characters who might claim it was theirs were actually a side story. Keita and Ragnar are nice addition to the whole book although I'm tiny bit disappointed because haven't felt a tiny spark coming from them. At the beginning I thought it was going to be a typical story: "she's full of life and he has a stick up his (dragon) ass with her seducing him and us reading plenty of steamy sex" but this book made me crave reading more fantasy books. There are no...more

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Jan 13, 2012 Anne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, humor, nook, read-in-2012, trashy-romance-novel

Ehhhhhhhh.
If this had been the first of Aiken's Dragon Kin books, then I wouldn't be going back for more. It's getting 3 stars from me only because I was entertained by all of the side stories that were going on in the background. 'Cause let me tell you, the romance in this was pretty awkward. And the way it ended was really less than romantic. I got the feeling Aiken was just looking for a Filler Couple so she could write about this impending battle that's going to happen in the next novel (I'm...more

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Jan 26, 2011 Wai rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The fourth book in G.A. Aiken's wonderful Dragon Kin series and in my opinion, the best yet.

Ostensibly, this is about Keita's and Ragnar's relationship and how it forms and indeed, that's what the first part of the book is about. Typically, as has come to be expected, when the two meet, saying that they don't get on would be something of an understatement.

The thing is with Keita is that she's a very complex character, with more layers to her than Ragnar, her family and everyone else realises. As...more

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Apr 15, 2013 Stevie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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

I absolutely love this series.
Love.
It.
And I really liked LDS, but so far this was my least favorite. Only because I never felt the relationship between Keita and Ragnar solidify. I am the old fashion romantic type. Need that strong character finally crumbling in wake of realize love. Or at least a full out admission. But that's just me. The rest of the story was great. The climatic battle scene so well written I could visualize each sword swing and sweep easily and I love the turn it took. Ai...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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“She started it,” Briec stated before holding his “perfect” daughter out to Talaith and announcing, “She
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“Annwyl?” Ragnar repeated, suddenly remembering that Keita had said the same name before they’d
burst out of the woods. “This is Annwyl?” Ragnar looked the woman over, from her absurdly large feet
to the top of her unkempt head. “This?”
This human who had more muscles than seemed necessary for any royal and watched him and his kin
with what he could only term as the mad eyes of a diseased animal.” — 6 people liked it

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