The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons (Light Dragons, #2)

The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons (Light Dragons #2)

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Ysolde Bouchier is still coming to terms with the dragon part of her, while at the same time trying to free a friend of Baltic-her Black Dragon lover-from the weyr, get Baltic to meet with the dragons who want him dead, rescue a half-dragon damsel in over her head, raise the shade of the man everyo...more
Mass Market Paperback, 342 pages
Published May 3rd 2011 by Signet (first published March 23rd 2011)
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Kana
So confusing. Sometimes I can overlook it and catch up, sometimes I just let it go and hope I will understand to some degree, later on.

Essentially I got this -
Baltic and mate got kicked out of weir. Ysolde wants back in, even though she really only had a very brief introduction to the club, in which they tried her for murders Baltic had been accused of. But ya know, she bonded with the girls when she was there for five minutes, and now she wuvs them and wants to hang out with them again.
So eve...more
Lynsey (The Demon Librarian)
The beginning of this novel was extremely confusing. It had been around 6 months since I'd read the first one, so naturally I was a bit rusty on the details. But even with the recaps that were provided, there was just so much going on and so many different dragon colours that I couldn't remember which Septs liked each other and which didn't, or why. I very nearly gave up all together. There is quite a large cast and several different subplots, so this only added to my confusion. It took until ar...more
Shay
I loved the continuation of Baltic and Ysolde/Tully's story. The humor is great especially when you add it big bad dragon fighting like school children with Ysolde acting as the mother hen. I love how the wyvern mares stick together and those of us who a Katie Mac's dragons fans still get to see glimpse of what goes on in a characters life once their individual series has ended. I'm a big Aisling fan! I'm interested to see if once she is done with the light dragons she will move on to the black...more
Mistress of the Dark Path
Ysolde Bouchier has returned in Katie Macaliser's second Light Dragons novel (or ninth Dragon novel series)with just as many obstacles to face as ever. In the last book she renewed her relationship with Baltic after centuries of separation. Due to her memory being erased and only coming back in pieces, she still has a lot to catch up on. Baltic is helping her but he is still holding a lot back (as dragons tend to do). Some information she needs is vital, but his desire to protect her makes for s...more
Paradoxical
Bleh. It's not fun to read a petulant male lead who is stubborn to a fault, but it's just as bad to read about a I-always-know-best heroine who feels the need to constantly try to correct said male lead. Not to mention gossipy female circles that try to be funny, but mostly end up kind of sad and annoying because all of their conversations revolve around how difficult their mates are being, and if said mates could just see it their way, the world would be an easier place to live. Which, admitted...more
Julie
I love Katie MacAlister's writing. She never fails to make me laugh.
This is straight fluff reading & it makes my heart feel good. If your not into over-the-top love, hot, manly, arrogant but absolutely devoted to their women, man/dragons, & women who are strong, obvious know better than their stubborn males, & have amazing talents of their own, then this isn't a book for you. Oh! Let's don't forget the smart mouthed, sex obsessed, laugh inducing, low level demon in dog form (well, m...more
WildAboutBones
As usual when MacAlister "puts pen to paper", hilarity ensues.

While not quite as humorous as the first in the Light Dragons series, this second book is quite funny but has much more intrigue and is much sexier (caramel is involved at one point and handcuffs at another - puuuurrrrrrr). Sexy alpha dragons, edicts from a quasi-god, rescues, a kidnapping attempt, a resurrection, a summoning, more visions, betrayal and serious romance - they may be arrogant bull-headed alpha males but they do romanc...more
Janis Hill
This was quite different from the other dragon books so far and, to be honest, I did find myself wondering if it was going to get to the point and get the real story started when I was just over half way through. Still, it's not as if this 'lack of a point' was boring as I didn't stop reading. It just had a lot to say and only one book to squeeze it in to. It was more trying to get some really good story threads weaved together to lead on to greater things (I hope) in the third and final book. I...more
Amelia-Irene
This series is good, but if you haven't been reading from book 1 to book whatever, you can get lost in some of the references.
Ysolde has been raised from the dead with a severe memory loss, that she's slowly recovering. Her husband Baltic has also been raised from the dead. Baltic has also been accused of several acts of violence and murder that he says that he did not commit. Ysolde is bound and determined that she's going to get to the bottom of this no matter what the outcome is. She wants th...more
Vicky
Rawh! (In a sexy kind of purr!) Baltic and Ysolde breath new life in the dragon series by Katie MacAlister. The second book in the Light Dragon series has lots of fun adventures, hilarity and of course dragons being all dragon-y. (Again, rawh!) Only Ysolde can turn a demon into a man and harness the power of a banana all while trying to keep her family safe and fulfilling the request of the first dragon. And none of the dragon books would be the same without Jim, in human or doggie form the demo...more
Yvonne Boag
Ysolde's visions into the past are happening with more frequency. Her magic is still under an induction and instead of bananas appearing whenever she casts a spell, small animals are the result. She still doesn't know what the first dragon wants her to do but it must be resolved soon and to top it all off every time Baltic gets near another dragon it ends in fisticuffs.

Sometimes the humour goes into eye rolling mode and gets quite obvious and tedious. It is also quite difficult to know when she...more
Leslie
This is the second book in the Light Dragons series and it is better than the first. Ysolde and Baltic were kicked out of the Weyr at the end of first book and in this one she is busy trying to get them back in the Weyr, getting her magic back, fixing whatever the First Dragon wants her to fix and solving an issue for her old boss Kostich. It is lighthearted and fun and very sexy. I love the Dragons in these books, they are bossy and sexy and have complicated politics. Baltic is dark and broodin...more
Shay
May 27, 2011 Shay marked it as to-read
May 2011

Chapter One on-line!!!
http://katiemacalister.com/books/the-...
Impy
I'm having a hard time reviewing this books seriously. They're very silly, they aren't particularly good, but they are amusing and fast reads. I don't hate the characters and do, in fact, like several of them. I happened to have the first and second in the Light Dragons series on hand, so I read both of them, but I can't say I'll be going out of my way to find the third book. I just don't care that much what happens.

Brain candy books...have a day at the beach where you don't want to have to pay...more
Mary
Getting tired of caveman dragons, you are my mate, do what I say, I will protect you, blah blah blah. Then there is Ysolde, who is dead, then not, then dead, then not, who can't remember her past life, then some, then not. Tired of Baltic saying "The old Ysolde...." I like strong women characters, but constantly going behind the backs of the guys to do it doesn't mean they are strong, just that they have disfunctional relationships. I did like parts of it, but it had too many problems to really...more
Lynda Tatad
Another fun read in the Light Dragons series! I love how Ysolde (aka Tully) just ignores the chauvinistic demands by iher wyvern mate Baltic. It seems to be a common trait of all the wyvern mates in this series, so far. Ysolde has been given a task by the First Dragon, but since her memory had been messed up before, she's not sure what she needs to do. She also wants to stop a war, rescue her mate's friend, and try and get her magic fixed,.. all while trying to keep her mate happy, too. Definite...more
Crystal
Ms MacAlister has a recurring personality in this series. In the first part - the Aisling Grey series - it was a ghost. In the second part - the silver dragons - it was a demon lord. In this one, it's both our H, and, near the end, a ghost of a former suitor. Essentially, the character is this over the top, drama queen (or is that king) personality who is obsessed with the heroine, and who speaks with butchered english. It was funny in its first incarnation, but it's getting old. Add to that, th...more
Corie
Katie MacAlister is one of my absolute FAVORITE authors, and I have been in love with the Aisling Gray, the Dark Ones and the various Dragon Series. But this one of all of them fell a bit short for me. The first 25% of it was all dialogue.

Ususally in reading, if there is too much thought or narration, I find my self skimming down the page looking for conversation to break it up. But this one was ALL conversation, and some being quite long-winded for the first quarter of the book. So this time i...more
Barbara ★
From other books in the Dragon series, Baltic is always shown as the bad guy. Of course, this series shows Baltic in the best light possible. He is a typical hero: strong and silent, sexy, loves his mate beyond measure and lets his woman get away with murder (well not literally). I really like Baltic and Ysolde together. They were married a couple hundred years ago until someone murdered them both. Baltic was resurrected by his second in command, a very strong necromancer and Ysolde was resurrec...more
Kirsty~Vhixen
i'm not even sure it deserved four stars....but Baltic has always been my favourite dragon....and even though Thala and Mauve seemed to distract alot from the actual dragons...it was still good.

Jim as always...with his whining about demon abuse and food, made me laugh....though im not sure it was as much as he normally does!

Poor Kostya! after Baltic he's my sweetie too. i was never a Cyrene fan....but not i really do hate her. hopefully since she's no a true mate...something can do done for Kost...more
Kasey
I wanted so badly to like this one. I loved the first book in this series. I loved the characters. I loved the humor and found myself constantly laughing out loud. I loved Baltic even though everyone thought he was the bad guy in the beginning. I loved his and Ysoldes love story and flash backs to how they met. I was invested in these characters and I was disappointed.

The most interesting part of this book for me were the last couple of chapters. Everything started to pick up and things actuall...more
Marcia Berg Haskell
"Ysolde Bouchier is still coming to terms with the dragon part of her, while at the same time trying to free a friend of Baltic-her Black Dragon lover-from the weyr, get Baltic to meet with the dragons who want him dead, rescue a half-dragon damsel in over her head, raise the shade of the man everyone says killed her, and once and for all clear Baltic's name of the murder charges that continue to plague him.

For Ysolde, being a dragon is starting to bite."

I enjoyed this book much more than I anti...more
♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡
This is the second book in this series, & because I waited so long to read it, I got confused.

This is the ressurected (sp) from death story of the Black dragon Baltic & his half dragon mate Ysolde who are at war with the other dragon septs (Blue, Red, Green & Silver). Really it's by name only & all the wives are friends.

Baltic Is accused of dkilling a mass of blue dragons & other crimes he didn't commit & Ysolde has 3 things she has to do for 3 different people to restore...more
Carolyn
Funny, sexy but lacks decent plot or 3dimensional characters. male lead's only redeeming quality is the sexy part. otherwise males, any males, in this book are either oversized 5year-olds whose only excuse is that they are "raised in the darkages" and a dragon, or nonsensical scums. And Ysolde is just the mother who repeated pluck the children up and try to make them to "play nice" and gets exasperated when she fails.
Diana
Banished from the weyr, Ysolde/Tully is determined to end the dragon war. As Ysolde makes deals after deals, she also must figure out what the First Dragon wants her to do and work on recovering her memories and her dormant dragon.

Very jam-packed with action, but continues to be fun. More information comes to light, although once again we are left with things unresolved. I hope there's another book in the works!
Khristine Stain
I finished this book feeling better than I did with the cliffhanger if the first one. I kind of figured out who the real bad guy was fairly early, which was a little disappointing. I wish I had waited to read this series (not due to the writing, only due to the waiting) but the last Silver Dragon book was so amazing I couldn't not continue reading. I will have to figure out a way to be patient in waiting until the next release.
Sweeta
I'm getting sad because I know that the next book is the last one and then I will be without my beloved dragons.
You learn more about Baltic's past and Ysolde is thrown into all kinds of crappy situations in this installment. Why won't her dormant dragon give her a break already!
There are all kinds of twists and turns in this book and a revalation at the end that is so sweet and profound it just makes you melt. I loved it and am already on to Sparks Fly.
Mona
And the books get better. I started this book so upset. I felt everyone was being so unfair to Baltic and Ysolde, Ysolde even moer so. Yosolde is so sweet and wants everyone to be happy and I really didn't think anyone could be so mean to her. But as the book continued I was much happier on how things were panning out. Not great by the end but that is what book three will be for.
Janet
Katie is starting to lose me. I really don't want to have to think when I read my "fluff" books and this one is starting to make me think. How cruel! lol. My head has been full of all kinds of things right now so trying to remember who is a blue dragon and who is a green dragon etc (and hey, why aren't there any purple dragons? I'd totally be the wyvern of that sept!). is just a tiny bit too much for me. This book brought in even more characters when I can't even wrap my tiny brain around the ol...more
Bethany Strandbergh
If you liked the first one, you will like this one. I bought the book the first week it came out and read it in one day. I couldn't put it down and I can't wait for the sequel. I was really pleased with some the characters that were reintroduced into the book and all the characters that consistently show up despite not being main characters of this particular series. Loved it!
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