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Of Dragons and Fae #1
Promised in Fire
New York Times bestseller Jasmine Walt returns with this first book in a brand-new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Raven Kennedy, and Elise Kova.
A fae with impossible magic
Adara has been an outsider for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in the earth fae realm, she’s a water fae who can’t control her magic, making her not just useless, but downright dangerous at times.
When a training mishap accidentally unleashes a hidden magic inside her, Adara suddenly finds herself on the run. The king wants to use her powers for nefarious reasons, and he’ll stop at nothing to obtain her—including kidnapping and torturing Adara’s own mother.
A dragon awoken from slumber
As the last of his kind, Einar wants nothing to do with the kingdom of Ediria or its problems. The fae hunted his kind to extinction, and he harbors only hatred for them in his heart.
But when a beautiful fae female awakens him from an enchanted slumber, Einar is reluctantly ensnared. And while he would rather die than submit to any fae, every fiber of his body screams to claim her as his own.
A kingdom corrupted by darkness
The last thing Adara and Einar want to do is join forces, no matter how scorching the passion between them is. But a dark magic is sweeping through the land, rotting the kingdom from the inside out. And if the two cannot put aside the centuries-old feud between their races, they will lose everything they hold dear...
If you like steamy, slow-burn romance, heart-pounding elemental duels, and unmatched world-building, then you’ll love this series. Scroll up to grab your copy today!
A fae with impossible magic
Adara has been an outsider for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in the earth fae realm, she’s a water fae who can’t control her magic, making her not just useless, but downright dangerous at times.
When a training mishap accidentally unleashes a hidden magic inside her, Adara suddenly finds herself on the run. The king wants to use her powers for nefarious reasons, and he’ll stop at nothing to obtain her—including kidnapping and torturing Adara’s own mother.
A dragon awoken from slumber
As the last of his kind, Einar wants nothing to do with the kingdom of Ediria or its problems. The fae hunted his kind to extinction, and he harbors only hatred for them in his heart.
But when a beautiful fae female awakens him from an enchanted slumber, Einar is reluctantly ensnared. And while he would rather die than submit to any fae, every fiber of his body screams to claim her as his own.
A kingdom corrupted by darkness
The last thing Adara and Einar want to do is join forces, no matter how scorching the passion between them is. But a dark magic is sweeping through the land, rotting the kingdom from the inside out. And if the two cannot put aside the centuries-old feud between their races, they will lose everything they hold dear...
If you like steamy, slow-burn romance, heart-pounding elemental duels, and unmatched world-building, then you’ll love this series. Scroll up to grab your copy today!
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First published January 4, 2022
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July 20, 2023
kinda spoilery read at ur own risk
Well this was definitely…something™. I originally wanted to read Forged in Frost because I thought this book would be more focused on the dragons (spoiler: it was not). And I think I was right in that assumption due to the series quite literally being called Of Dragons and Fae. But more spoiler the only dragon in here was actually just the love interest who was only a dragon shifter anyways so…I’m basically saying I got absolutely nothing. I was starved.
Besides the lack of dragons—which was annoying and the main reason I wanted to read this story—I was pretty astounded by how young Forged in Frost read. Everything about this story is juvenile; down to:
* The characters: who are 19+ but act 13 at most. The 13 yr old character was more mature than the adults…
* The plot and twists: which read exactly like every YA fantasy ever
* The underdeveloped world and magic system: the world was SUPER interesting, and all the Fae races and factions could have ended up being really cool but everything felt very 1D (young YA…)
* And the very young style of writing.
Like, this book was just as corny as it gets. We literally had characters saying (these are actually direct quotes):
”And you think a scrawny hatchling like yourself can stop me?”
”You won’t get away with this, you know. My friends will come for me.”
and
”If you want to get to my friends, you’ll have to go through me first.”
Author, this is supposed to be a NA book. This dialogue literally reads like Scooby Doo type of shit. And no shade to Mystery Incorporated, I frl grew up with those characters and I still sit down to watch that show when it’s on TV to this day, but when I’m reading an adult fantasy romance I don’t want this type of corny ass dialogue in the book I’m reading. I literally starting laughing out loud when the FMC started spewing these cheesy ass lines. Girl no villain is going to be scared of your corny ass.
So anyways…I think my main problem was this book is that it read so young. This was literally just younger YA with “aged up” characters and (allusions to) smut. I think this story could have been a really cool take on the prophecy trope and the fated/chosen one + adding dragons into it?! The way this could have been a new favorite for me was so high. But our FMC literally had a grasp of her powers that she knew nothing about four days prior. It was just so YA and absolutely hilarious to me. I genuinely couldn’t take her serious, or any of these characters, for that matter.
The romance was also so cringe. These two characters are supposed to be fated mates and they, first of all, have absolutely no chemistry, but they also read like middle schoolers that have a crush on each other. The amount of blushing and corny ass banter between these two was insane. I genuinely didn’t know if I wanted to laugh or cry. There was one scene in here where the FMC was trying to beat the villain and the villain said something like
”She’s mine!”
And the MMC was like
”She belongs to no one but herself😡”
Wow guys what a man who believes in basic human decency and rights, he’s so dreamy. Speaking of the MMC/love interest, this man was such a fucking edge lord I was literally crying laughing at how goofy he was acting. The entire book he’s like ”I hate the Fae so much because they killed my kind😡” and ”Faeries suck so bad, I wish I could have just died out with my race😤” but we’re literally informed his race was also responsible for mass killing and genocide against the Fae race. Like he was such a biased sad boi😣 I literally wanted to punch him after awhile. His POV was absolutely aggravating to read. I guarantee you this man watches sad Bart Simpson edits in his free time and has a Morissey shrine…
And you’re probably like, why did you keep reading if you hated it so much? And this story was really fucking entertaining in the first 40%, I can’t even lie. I thought I would give this a solid 3 stars despite the occasional cringe moments. I was genuinely having a good time; I saw this for what it was but it was enjoyable and easy. But the last 60% of this book was a literal nightmare, I honestly skimmed the last 20% because I could not take actually reading this book for any longer and I was too far into this to DNF. I’m really disappointed about this one. I honestly thought I’d have a new favorite, but I really didn’t enjoy most of this book whatsoever.
Well this was definitely…something™. I originally wanted to read Forged in Frost because I thought this book would be more focused on the dragons (spoiler: it was not). And I think I was right in that assumption due to the series quite literally being called Of Dragons and Fae. But more spoiler the only dragon in here was actually just the love interest who was only a dragon shifter anyways so…I’m basically saying I got absolutely nothing. I was starved.
Besides the lack of dragons—which was annoying and the main reason I wanted to read this story—I was pretty astounded by how young Forged in Frost read. Everything about this story is juvenile; down to:
* The characters: who are 19+ but act 13 at most. The 13 yr old character was more mature than the adults…
* The plot and twists: which read exactly like every YA fantasy ever
* The underdeveloped world and magic system: the world was SUPER interesting, and all the Fae races and factions could have ended up being really cool but everything felt very 1D (young YA…)
* And the very young style of writing.
Like, this book was just as corny as it gets. We literally had characters saying (these are actually direct quotes):
”And you think a scrawny hatchling like yourself can stop me?”
”You won’t get away with this, you know. My friends will come for me.”
and
”If you want to get to my friends, you’ll have to go through me first.”
Author, this is supposed to be a NA book. This dialogue literally reads like Scooby Doo type of shit. And no shade to Mystery Incorporated, I frl grew up with those characters and I still sit down to watch that show when it’s on TV to this day, but when I’m reading an adult fantasy romance I don’t want this type of corny ass dialogue in the book I’m reading. I literally starting laughing out loud when the FMC started spewing these cheesy ass lines. Girl no villain is going to be scared of your corny ass.
So anyways…I think my main problem was this book is that it read so young. This was literally just younger YA with “aged up” characters and (allusions to) smut. I think this story could have been a really cool take on the prophecy trope and the fated/chosen one + adding dragons into it?! The way this could have been a new favorite for me was so high. But our FMC literally had a grasp of her powers that she knew nothing about four days prior. It was just so YA and absolutely hilarious to me. I genuinely couldn’t take her serious, or any of these characters, for that matter.
The romance was also so cringe. These two characters are supposed to be fated mates and they, first of all, have absolutely no chemistry, but they also read like middle schoolers that have a crush on each other. The amount of blushing and corny ass banter between these two was insane. I genuinely didn’t know if I wanted to laugh or cry. There was one scene in here where the FMC was trying to beat the villain and the villain said something like
”She’s mine!”
And the MMC was like
”She belongs to no one but herself😡”
Wow guys what a man who believes in basic human decency and rights, he’s so dreamy. Speaking of the MMC/love interest, this man was such a fucking edge lord I was literally crying laughing at how goofy he was acting. The entire book he’s like ”I hate the Fae so much because they killed my kind😡” and ”Faeries suck so bad, I wish I could have just died out with my race😤” but we’re literally informed his race was also responsible for mass killing and genocide against the Fae race. Like he was such a biased sad boi😣 I literally wanted to punch him after awhile. His POV was absolutely aggravating to read. I guarantee you this man watches sad Bart Simpson edits in his free time and has a Morissey shrine…
And you’re probably like, why did you keep reading if you hated it so much? And this story was really fucking entertaining in the first 40%, I can’t even lie. I thought I would give this a solid 3 stars despite the occasional cringe moments. I was genuinely having a good time; I saw this for what it was but it was enjoyable and easy. But the last 60% of this book was a literal nightmare, I honestly skimmed the last 20% because I could not take actually reading this book for any longer and I was too far into this to DNF. I’m really disappointed about this one. I honestly thought I’d have a new favorite, but I really didn’t enjoy most of this book whatsoever.
February 8, 2025
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
(4.5 rounded up)
before i begin ~ this is my 500th book shelved on goodreads, so congrats to me 👏🎊🎉
THIS BOOK. there were dragon shifters, and morally grey men, and badass fmcs, and I👏ATE👏IT👏UPP👏👏 yes, the plot kind of had that like girl has lost magic and finds out she’s a lost heir too vibe, BUT it somehow still felt very… original.
♬⋆.˚ now playing - you’re on your own kid 🥹 - taylor swift
✦ “you’re on your own kid / yeah, you can face this” ✦
features -
⚔︎ dragon shifters
⚔︎ lost magic
⚔︎ prophecies
⚔︎ political plot
⚔︎ morally grey mmc
⚔︎ badass fmc
⚔︎ enemies to lovers
⚔︎ fated mates
⊹₊⟡⋆ relationships - eiran needs to get his shit together. seriously. he’s missing out. also, there’s no as much chemistry between the two of them as i would’ve hoped for, but there’s also no spice so 🤷♀️🤷♀️
⊹₊⟡⋆ plot - i couldn’t predict the whole plot for one. i read it in one sitting and didn’t finish any of my work, but i can’t bring myself to regret it. it was just 🤌🤌
~~~~~~~~~
✧₊⁺ preread ~
DRAGONS??!?
i’m sold.
(4.5 rounded up)
before i begin ~ this is my 500th book shelved on goodreads, so congrats to me 👏🎊🎉
THIS BOOK. there were dragon shifters, and morally grey men, and badass fmcs, and I👏ATE👏IT👏UPP👏👏 yes, the plot kind of had that like girl has lost magic and finds out she’s a lost heir too vibe, BUT it somehow still felt very… original.
♬⋆.˚ now playing - you’re on your own kid 🥹 - taylor swift
✦ “you’re on your own kid / yeah, you can face this” ✦
features -
⚔︎ dragon shifters
⚔︎ lost magic
⚔︎ prophecies
⚔︎ political plot
⚔︎ morally grey mmc
⚔︎ badass fmc
⚔︎ enemies to lovers
⚔︎ fated mates
⊹₊⟡⋆ relationships - eiran needs to get his shit together. seriously. he’s missing out. also, there’s no as much chemistry between the two of them as i would’ve hoped for, but there’s also no spice so 🤷♀️🤷♀️
⊹₊⟡⋆ plot - i couldn’t predict the whole plot for one. i read it in one sitting and didn’t finish any of my work, but i can’t bring myself to regret it. it was just 🤌🤌
~~~~~~~~~
✧₊⁺ preread ~
DRAGONS??!?
i’m sold.
January 30, 2022
Okay… I’m INVESTED! I really enjoyed the first book in this new series. It has elemental Fae, Dragons, mates, romance, and hidden powers!
This book is in duel POV, which I loved. The balance between world building and plot was perfect!
I’m can’t wait to see what Jasmine has planned for the rest of this story.
I received and ARC for an honest review.
This book is in duel POV, which I loved. The balance between world building and plot was perfect!
I’m can’t wait to see what Jasmine has planned for the rest of this story.
I received and ARC for an honest review.
June 3, 2023
3⭐️
Promised in Fire is a fantasy story, filled with magic and adventure. The world building was pretty good. And while I consider this book enjoyable, I don't think like the writing very much.
Adara is introduced as a water fae that has problems with her magic. And because of that, she put her focus on her physical skills, which is a smart idea. While she is determined to become a bad ass bitch, she's also undeniably naive. She repeatedly choose the ignore warning signs that blaring right in front of her.
You should definitely care, girl.
Einar is the last dragon of the realm and has been sleeping for almost twenty years. He's awakened when Adara touched his skin, mistaking him for a statue. In no time, Einar knows that she's his mate — which is sucks because fae had committed genocide against dragons in the past. But like every other love stories between soulmates, their attraction towards each other is undeniable.
This book is full of adventure and action with a little bit politics and romance — the kind of book that I love. However, the writing is just not doing it for me. It lacks of depth and the last few chapters feel a little bit rushed. I also think that the author made a poor choice to reveal the betrayal through the villain's POV. A betrayal is supposed to make readers feel angry, sad, shock, and... betrayed. By choosing to reveal the villain's plan from head on just made the scene feel flat.
So yeah, it's a decent book to read. But, don't expect it blow your mind.
I might be magically incompetent, but I knew I had what it took to be a warrior.
Promised in Fire is a fantasy story, filled with magic and adventure. The world building was pretty good. And while I consider this book enjoyable, I don't think like the writing very much.
Adara is introduced as a water fae that has problems with her magic. And because of that, she put her focus on her physical skills, which is a smart idea. While she is determined to become a bad ass bitch, she's also undeniably naive. She repeatedly choose the ignore warning signs that blaring right in front of her.
“It might be better to keep a low profile right now, especially if this Dune person is trying to get rid of you.”
“I don’t care about that right now.”
You should definitely care, girl.
Einar is the last dragon of the realm and has been sleeping for almost twenty years. He's awakened when Adara touched his skin, mistaking him for a statue. In no time, Einar knows that she's his mate — which is sucks because fae had committed genocide against dragons in the past. But like every other love stories between soulmates, their attraction towards each other is undeniable.
I’d never seen anything so beautiful, or so deadly, in my life.
This book is full of adventure and action with a little bit politics and romance — the kind of book that I love. However, the writing is just not doing it for me. It lacks of depth and the last few chapters feel a little bit rushed. I also think that the author made a poor choice to reveal the betrayal through the villain's POV. A betrayal is supposed to make readers feel angry, sad, shock, and... betrayed. By choosing to reveal the villain's plan from head on just made the scene feel flat.
So yeah, it's a decent book to read. But, don't expect it blow your mind.
March 5, 2023
Least Creative YA Fantasy Novel
The book reads like a basic first draft. Let me first start with the negatives summed up in three major categories:
Timeline
Emotional detachment
Overuse of Fantasy Tropes
Timeline: everything happens too fast with little to know understanding of time or distances traveled between realms. Time builds emotions, situations. The book happened in the span of 4 days. It just wasn't a good choice.
Emotional Detachment: The characters have no time to develop or deal with complex emotions. It's written to say how the reader should feel without any situations to give the reader reason to feel. If you rush these critical elements in a book, the characters are flat and emotionally stunted. Stop telling us how the character feel. Give us reason to feel with them.
Overuse of Fantasy Tropes: This book read like the author was grabbing all the basic fantasy tropes available then spun them weakly into a poorly developed web of story. The pacing doesn't help establish anything unique or interesting about her world. It's written like a matter of fact kind of book and convenient elements exists just because they exist without any consequence. In other words, things just exist because, "fantasy".
That leads me to my greatest and final complaint: the stakes are poorly contrived. The main character is motivated to save her mother but fails to make an emotional connection to the world around her. Her companions are hastily constructed and do little to support her growth as everything they do just happens to work without any conflict or tension. Her male dragon companion faces a life of being the last of his species with mild tantrums here and there but his character is weak and two-dimensional.
Perspective: I've read a lot of YA books over the years and seen authors succeed and fail depending on the quality of their story construction and creativity. This has the potential to develop, but as it is, it's a weak world, amateur story and a good first start.
Final positive thoughts?
It was the fastest I've ever read a YA novel. If we take things for just things in the world, it has potential. It reads like a jaunt through the world of Avatar, the Last Airbender, and mirrors a lot of other YA fantasy authors out there. It's a simple, quick read.
The book reads like a basic first draft. Let me first start with the negatives summed up in three major categories:
Timeline
Emotional detachment
Overuse of Fantasy Tropes
Timeline: everything happens too fast with little to know understanding of time or distances traveled between realms. Time builds emotions, situations. The book happened in the span of 4 days. It just wasn't a good choice.
Emotional Detachment: The characters have no time to develop or deal with complex emotions. It's written to say how the reader should feel without any situations to give the reader reason to feel. If you rush these critical elements in a book, the characters are flat and emotionally stunted. Stop telling us how the character feel. Give us reason to feel with them.
Overuse of Fantasy Tropes: This book read like the author was grabbing all the basic fantasy tropes available then spun them weakly into a poorly developed web of story. The pacing doesn't help establish anything unique or interesting about her world. It's written like a matter of fact kind of book and convenient elements exists just because they exist without any consequence. In other words, things just exist because, "fantasy".
That leads me to my greatest and final complaint: the stakes are poorly contrived. The main character is motivated to save her mother but fails to make an emotional connection to the world around her. Her companions are hastily constructed and do little to support her growth as everything they do just happens to work without any conflict or tension. Her male dragon companion faces a life of being the last of his species with mild tantrums here and there but his character is weak and two-dimensional.
Perspective: I've read a lot of YA books over the years and seen authors succeed and fail depending on the quality of their story construction and creativity. This has the potential to develop, but as it is, it's a weak world, amateur story and a good first start.
Final positive thoughts?
It was the fastest I've ever read a YA novel. If we take things for just things in the world, it has potential. It reads like a jaunt through the world of Avatar, the Last Airbender, and mirrors a lot of other YA fantasy authors out there. It's a simple, quick read.
January 17, 2023
I’m sorry but this was bad. And it had so much potential!! Dragons, romance, mates, Fae, magic and everything. However, it sucked. First of it read like a ya novel but then suddenly the main guy talks about his cock?? Pick an age group please. The plot was all over the place. The whole book just felt like a really long prologue for the final few chapters and a set up for the next books in the series.
Also all the characters were so hard to take seriously.
Some moments that pulled me out of the story:
- The rivalry in the beginning between Dune and Adara?? Adara didn’t want to sleep with him and now he hates her so much that he wants to imprison her and her mother??? I get that he sucks, but you can make him suck and make him make sense at the same time. You’re telling me that they hated and insulted each other their entire childhood and nothing ever happened. But now that they hate and insult each other again, he wants to pretty much murder her and her mom? Dune makes no sense character wise. He was only there as a plot device to take of Adara’s necklace.
- Dragon guy: “I have to go away and make her reject the bond! Oh no but she smells kind of nice now I have an erection okay then let’s boink.”
- “Oh no we’re gonna be eaten by terrifying flesh eating harpies! Never mind a child just yelled at them and now they’re sort of nice even though they just tried to murder us and we should for sure go with them.”
- “Let me just use this priceless life-saving apple on someone that just tried to murder me because it’s the right thing to do even though my companion just broke his wing and needs to heal it. Oh never mind the broken wing is never spoken of again and it’s fine”
- “Hot take, being royalty might not always be nice because people are mean.”
- “Oh no the bad guy has bad magic, never mind he died.”
- “Oh no who is this new bad guy? No worries she just told us who she is and what she’s gonna do now. Also, she just told you that your mother is still alive inside of her and always will be so no worries you can still save her! Why would the villain give us that vital piece of information? Because we have to have something to do in the sequel!”
Love it when you introduce a new villain in the last chapter of a book and they just explain everything you have to do to beat them at the first possible opportunity.
Like bro.
I really wanted to like it but could not for the life of me be invested in the story and characters. I did finish the book so I guess two stars for that because even though I did not care, I still wanted to know what would happen.
Also all the characters were so hard to take seriously.
Some moments that pulled me out of the story:
- The rivalry in the beginning between Dune and Adara?? Adara didn’t want to sleep with him and now he hates her so much that he wants to imprison her and her mother??? I get that he sucks, but you can make him suck and make him make sense at the same time. You’re telling me that they hated and insulted each other their entire childhood and nothing ever happened. But now that they hate and insult each other again, he wants to pretty much murder her and her mom? Dune makes no sense character wise. He was only there as a plot device to take of Adara’s necklace.
- Dragon guy: “I have to go away and make her reject the bond! Oh no but she smells kind of nice now I have an erection okay then let’s boink.”
- “Oh no we’re gonna be eaten by terrifying flesh eating harpies! Never mind a child just yelled at them and now they’re sort of nice even though they just tried to murder us and we should for sure go with them.”
- “Let me just use this priceless life-saving apple on someone that just tried to murder me because it’s the right thing to do even though my companion just broke his wing and needs to heal it. Oh never mind the broken wing is never spoken of again and it’s fine”
- “Hot take, being royalty might not always be nice because people are mean.”
- “Oh no the bad guy has bad magic, never mind he died.”
- “Oh no who is this new bad guy? No worries she just told us who she is and what she’s gonna do now. Also, she just told you that your mother is still alive inside of her and always will be so no worries you can still save her! Why would the villain give us that vital piece of information? Because we have to have something to do in the sequel!”
Love it when you introduce a new villain in the last chapter of a book and they just explain everything you have to do to beat them at the first possible opportunity.
Like bro.
I really wanted to like it but could not for the life of me be invested in the story and characters. I did finish the book so I guess two stars for that because even though I did not care, I still wanted to know what would happen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 31, 2024
I’m sorry, I can’t do it. DNF @ pg97.
🚨MINOR SPOILERS🚨
This is such a cool concept. Dragons and Fae together in one world WHO DOESNT LOVE THAT!? We meet our dragon shifter on page 71 and on page 72 he knows they’re mates. I’m sorry HUH? The first thoughts he has about her are so sexual, it really gave me the ick honestly.
It also reads extremely young. The way our 19 year old FMC talks and thinks reminds me of a 13 year old. The way things are explained to the reader just doesn’t vibe with me either. I understand being skilled in fighting abilities, but to completely deliver a “killing blow” to a General who has never had that happen in all of his years, is insane to me. One minute she has zero ability and is a level 1 Fae with barely any ability to use water magic, but now she can use fire! She’s able to use it perfectly well!
🚨MINOR SPOILERS🚨
This is such a cool concept. Dragons and Fae together in one world WHO DOESNT LOVE THAT!? We meet our dragon shifter on page 71 and on page 72 he knows they’re mates. I’m sorry HUH? The first thoughts he has about her are so sexual, it really gave me the ick honestly.
It also reads extremely young. The way our 19 year old FMC talks and thinks reminds me of a 13 year old. The way things are explained to the reader just doesn’t vibe with me either. I understand being skilled in fighting abilities, but to completely deliver a “killing blow” to a General who has never had that happen in all of his years, is insane to me. One minute she has zero ability and is a level 1 Fae with barely any ability to use water magic, but now she can use fire! She’s able to use it perfectly well!
December 12, 2022
dnf at 86%
i just cannot bring myself to finish this. i feel like this whole time i've been waiting for the book to get engaging but it never did. this seemed like a watered down version of every YA fantasy novel to ever exist. mc has special powers and is so special just because. she's mated to the last dragon to exist just because. shes also the main star of a big prophecy just because.
anyways, this was really boring and i didn't like it :)
i just cannot bring myself to finish this. i feel like this whole time i've been waiting for the book to get engaging but it never did. this seemed like a watered down version of every YA fantasy novel to ever exist. mc has special powers and is so special just because. she's mated to the last dragon to exist just because. shes also the main star of a big prophecy just because.
anyways, this was really boring and i didn't like it :)
Want to read
January 24, 2025The author made a video about this series saying if Violet from Fourth Wing and Rhysand from Acotar had a book baby....sign me up! Another series for my neverending TBR. 🖤✨
April 6, 2022
So much potential but it was the way it was written that didn't work for me. I mean, I certainly want to know what happens next but it's not going to be a priority to read.
July 27, 2025
2.5🌟 since i was feeling generous. This read like an elementary school novella mixed with insta lust. Very fast paced which was good for me because i don't think i could finish this otherwise but stupid nontheless.
Want to read
February 21, 2022well I do like fire, dragons, and fae
May 17, 2025
Quick pace, likable characters, interesting plot. My only gripe is it was a bit predictable plot wise, regardless definitely continuing.
February 4, 2022
Good start
Ok, the story captivates from the get go. I just hope the female lead grows more as the plot unfolds. The ending felt a bit rushed after picking up allies in the way.
Ok, the story captivates from the get go. I just hope the female lead grows more as the plot unfolds. The ending felt a bit rushed after picking up allies in the way.
January 11, 2022
This is an exciting first book in a new series by Jasmine Walt. It’s a slow burn romantic fantasy with a sexy male dragon and dangerous female fae. Ms. Walt’s world building and character development are outstanding, surpassing even The Baine Chronicles, which are some of her finest writings. The main characters Einar and Adara have great seductive enemies-to-friends chemistry. It builds, leading the reader eager to want more. Ms. Walt creates wonderfully evil villains. Enjoy this sensational new world from the pen of Jasmine Walt.
I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.
I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.
December 18, 2023
A very quick read, fast paced, lots of adventure and plot twists. It’s an easy to love story with enemies to lovers, dragon shifters, fae, political intrigue, fated mates, hidden identities.. all the good stuff!
I feel like the writing and prose could be stronger, but other than that it’s a really fun new adult fantasy read.
I feel like the writing and prose could be stronger, but other than that it’s a really fun new adult fantasy read.
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January 31, 2025I read this last year and DNF about 40% in. I really didn’t like the random POV chapters from characters we had just meet that just got thrown in. I’m a single or dual POV reader so I think that’s why this bugged me so much.
The plot and storyline did seem interesting I just couldn’t get past this.
The plot and storyline did seem interesting I just couldn’t get past this.
March 12, 2022
Good, but needs work
The storyline is good. I liked the world the author created and the characters (mostly). The biggest problem I have with this book is the lack of depth. There was a perfect opportunity at one point in the book for the author to give the H and h time to get to know one another better but the author completely skipped it. I wanted to be invested in their relationship, but it was more tell than show, which is what really separates decents books from great books. Also, the book reads more like a second draft. It needs a good editor to work out the grammatical errors, plot holes, inconsistencies, stunted dialog, etc.
The storyline is good. I liked the world the author created and the characters (mostly). The biggest problem I have with this book is the lack of depth. There was a perfect opportunity at one point in the book for the author to give the H and h time to get to know one another better but the author completely skipped it. I wanted to be invested in their relationship, but it was more tell than show, which is what really separates decents books from great books. Also, the book reads more like a second draft. It needs a good editor to work out the grammatical errors, plot holes, inconsistencies, stunted dialog, etc.
October 14, 2024
If Avatar: The Last Airbender had a baby w SJM plus dragon shifters. Some writing flaws but a good story.
July 3, 2023
I was loving this book. And tbh this would have been one of my favorite books. I was hooked right from the beginning (yes my review has small spoilers but I think people should know this before wasting their time on this book). Until Adara and Einar meet. I was so excited to see them finally meet. But literally the first thing he notices is her boobs. Her body is the only thing he cares about. Occasionally he’ll throw in a nice compliment about her hair🙄. I can’t stand books that objectify women right off the bat. He knew right away that they were mates. Einar basically acts the same way modern males do in the real world. He’s a horny male with no impulse control and needs🙄. He also can’t handle rejection. She rejected him twice and the first time he got pissed and walked off. And the second he almost SAed her. She said no and he wouldn’t stop and said “your mine” as if she’s his property. She had to push him off of him to get him to stop. And ya I get it he wasn’t aware of what happened he had zero recollection to what happened. But regardless when she called him out on it he stormed off. He reminds me of everything I hate with modern males. Like honestly during their first fight he lands on her and the first thing he thinks about is screwing her. Then they run into this things called harpies I think. And they are freaking R&pists. They are women who R&pe men over and over until they get impregnated and then they kill them. And literally one of them was talking about how big of a c0ck one of the males had that they r$ped and how good it felt. Absolutely disgusting. Not to mention the editing was horrible. It was hard to get through. I only enjoyed the start of the book. The action was good and then randomly throughout the book the author got horny and wrote some weird shit that made no sense at all. Einar was a creep idgaf what anybody says. I have read a few books with dragon shifters none of which have problems with consent!! This book was creepy and made me remember why I despise males. I did like adara and this book would have been great had the author just wrote a cute love story. They could have definitely hated eachother and fought a bit. But making Einar a creep who only cared about her body is what ruined it for me. There was no chemistry between Adara and Einar. This book was gross. I think I DNFed at 60% I was trying so hard to keep going because I was interested in what would happen next but I kept getting triggered by the creep. Anyways I’ll be adding this author to my DNR list cuz her book was triggering. Book would have been so amazing had she made him a decent man rather then a disgusting creep who can’t handle rejection. That’s all 💗
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2022
How long will I have to wait to get book 2?????
August 10, 2024
✰✰✰✰✰/5 -I LOVE THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK NOW!
🌶.5/5
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ Tropes ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
☁︎Age Gap☁︎
☁︎Enemies to Lovers☁︎
☁︎Secret Identies☁︎
☁︎Fated Mates☁︎
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Thoughts ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
☁︎ To start this book has everything I adore in a book: fantasy, romance, magic, alternating POVs, and DRAGONS. Now hear me out, the beginning is captivating but can feel a tad long at times but once Adara and Einar you won't want to pull away from the book. It is a slow burn but the lust and pull to each other is constant. This book is filled with magic, adventure, betrayal, friendship, love, comedy, and battle.
˖⁺‧₊˚☁️˚₊‧⁺˖Recommended for ppl who…˖⁺‧₊˚☁️˚₊‧⁺˖
☁︎Dragon shifter lovers☁︎
☁︎Forbidden love enthusiats☁︎
☁︎Needs a quick paced, action packed book☁︎
☁︎LOVE SIDE CHARACTERS☁︎
🌶.5/5
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ Tropes ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
☁︎Age Gap☁︎
☁︎Enemies to Lovers☁︎
☁︎Secret Identies☁︎
☁︎Fated Mates☁︎
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Thoughts ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
☁︎ To start this book has everything I adore in a book: fantasy, romance, magic, alternating POVs, and DRAGONS. Now hear me out, the beginning is captivating but can feel a tad long at times but once Adara and Einar you won't want to pull away from the book. It is a slow burn but the lust and pull to each other is constant. This book is filled with magic, adventure, betrayal, friendship, love, comedy, and battle.
˖⁺‧₊˚☁️˚₊‧⁺˖Recommended for ppl who…˖⁺‧₊˚☁️˚₊‧⁺˖
☁︎Dragon shifter lovers☁︎
☁︎Forbidden love enthusiats☁︎
☁︎Needs a quick paced, action packed book☁︎
☁︎LOVE SIDE CHARACTERS☁︎
September 12, 2023
A very enjoyable and easy read. The characters are likeable and the plot is interesting. Love the little heists and quests. Then lastly that slow burn and tension between Adara and Einar is painful but great 🤣. 3.5⭐ because some of the quests felt like fillers and didn't contribute as much to the overall plot progression and I got very confused with the politics and the point of it. 🙈
April 17, 2025
solid fantasy romance and I loved all the side characters as well. Will continue!
May 30, 2025
It's giving Zodiac Academy vibes and I love it! Hooked, gonna go straight into book two!
March 12, 2024
I very much enjoyed this and can't wait to continue with the series!
This is not a groundbreaking story by any means - there is a lot of inspiration from Avatar The Last Airbender and maybe ACOTAR, though I think comparing Einar to Rhysand is a bit of a stretch and the only thing similar to Fourth Wing is the fact that there is a dragon, BUT I still enjoyed the hell out of this book.
Adara is a badass heroine and Einar is very swoony. This is a very slow burn fated mates story and I need to read more about this couple. I also love Leap and Mavlyn and am obsessed with the sentient clouds that carry air fae.
Much of the plot was easily detectable, so if that bothers you I would pass on this, but it definitely didn't deter me from enjoying this!
This is not a groundbreaking story by any means - there is a lot of inspiration from Avatar The Last Airbender and maybe ACOTAR, though I think comparing Einar to Rhysand is a bit of a stretch and the only thing similar to Fourth Wing is the fact that there is a dragon, BUT I still enjoyed the hell out of this book.
Adara is a badass heroine and Einar is very swoony. This is a very slow burn fated mates story and I need to read more about this couple. I also love Leap and Mavlyn and am obsessed with the sentient clouds that carry air fae.
Much of the plot was easily detectable, so if that bothers you I would pass on this, but it definitely didn't deter me from enjoying this!
December 27, 2024
I tried. I really wanted to like this one. So much potential, but too much was revealed too fast and the mystery was non-existent.
I got to 30% and by then I was forcing myself to read it cause I'd convinced myself I had to get through it. But then a friend reminded me we don't have time to waste on average books that don't make us happy.
If I struggled to get to 30% in book 1, when there's 3 books, it would have been a hate read and I would have resented wasting precious holiday time on it 🤣
I got to 30% and by then I was forcing myself to read it cause I'd convinced myself I had to get through it. But then a friend reminded me we don't have time to waste on average books that don't make us happy.
If I struggled to get to 30% in book 1, when there's 3 books, it would have been a hate read and I would have resented wasting precious holiday time on it 🤣
July 21, 2024
When will the opportunity to ride a dragon come along??
Cause I have been waiting for some time, and I am not very patient by nature.
And I am jealous of Adara. I don’t like being jealous of anyone.
Was this book fantastic? No, not really.
Was it still good? Yes, I would say it was.
The problem is that it felt more like an early draft rather than the finishing product.
We have the plot scenes down - mostly - but it lacks a lot of scenes around it that lets us connect with the characters, and see emotional relationships form and evolve.
I didn’t feel like Adara and Einar actually hated each other.
I didn’t feel like Einar really hated the fae even though he kept saying it.
Adara couldn’t keep her mouth shut to save her life.
She was on the run, and he was the last dragon shifter in existence, and no one knew about him.
Yet everywhere they went everyone found out about both of them, about her magic, they gave their real names to everyone they came across, along with their whole story of being on the run.
It was just so easy to track them that even I could have done it.
And yes, she was inexperienced, but Einar had been to war. One would think he could strategise better, and had sharper senses that didn’t allow for them to be ambushed at every turn.
It also seemed way to easy for the Fae to take down dragons.
It still has potential. I am hoping it will get better, because things were interesting in the end.
As was the true identity of Adara.
And now I need Einar to get his shit together and realise he wants her.
Cause I have been waiting for some time, and I am not very patient by nature.
And I am jealous of Adara. I don’t like being jealous of anyone.
Was this book fantastic? No, not really.
Was it still good? Yes, I would say it was.
The problem is that it felt more like an early draft rather than the finishing product.
We have the plot scenes down - mostly - but it lacks a lot of scenes around it that lets us connect with the characters, and see emotional relationships form and evolve.
I didn’t feel like Adara and Einar actually hated each other.
I didn’t feel like Einar really hated the fae even though he kept saying it.
Adara couldn’t keep her mouth shut to save her life.
She was on the run, and he was the last dragon shifter in existence, and no one knew about him.
Yet everywhere they went everyone found out about both of them, about her magic, they gave their real names to everyone they came across, along with their whole story of being on the run.
It was just so easy to track them that even I could have done it.
And yes, she was inexperienced, but Einar had been to war. One would think he could strategise better, and had sharper senses that didn’t allow for them to be ambushed at every turn.
It also seemed way to easy for the Fae to take down dragons.
It still has potential. I am hoping it will get better, because things were interesting in the end.
As was the true identity of Adara.
And now I need Einar to get his shit together and realise he wants her.
August 25, 2024
Meh.
I’ll continue reading because I rarely don’t finish books (These bones are not my child I’m looking at you) but this was underwhelming. The writing is poor and the amount of exposition you get is actually mind boggling. It IS actually okay for readers to work out a few things for themselves without being spoon-fed information at every turn.
I’ll continue reading because I rarely don’t finish books (These bones are not my child I’m looking at you) but this was underwhelming. The writing is poor and the amount of exposition you get is actually mind boggling. It IS actually okay for readers to work out a few things for themselves without being spoon-fed information at every turn.
January 30, 2025
I did enjoy the book. It was the first dragon shifter book i’ve ever read and i do like it. However there’s nothing particular about the storyline so far that makes it stand out compared to other romantasy books.
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