Sword of the King (Dance with the Devil, #5) in Read with Pride Northwest

Sep 16, 2015 Shelby rated it it was amazing

Shelves: alpha-males, angst, established-couples, fantasy, action-adventure, urban-fantasy, bad-boys-to-steal-your-heart, paranormal, deserve-additional-reads, eminently-rereadable

First Read: Nov 15, 2015

So this just might be my favorite book in this series so far! I just plain love dragons, and the dragon shifters in this are just kick ass. I really enjoyed this take on dragons as even in their human forms they still have the draconian nature. I adored how the idea of dragons hoarding "treasure" was incorporated into this tale. There is such a Chinese triad/yakuza feel to the syndicates here and that made for a really interesting vibe as well.

I really loved all the char First Read: Nov 15, 2015

So this just might be my favorite book in this series so far! I just plain love dragons, and the dragon shifters in this are just kick ass. I really enjoyed this take on dragons as even in their human forms they still have the draconian nature. I adored how the idea of dragons hoarding "treasure" was incorporated into this tale. There is such a Chinese triad/yakuza feel to the syndicates here and that made for a really interesting vibe as well.

I really loved all the characters in this story. The way they call came together could have been cause for even more distrust between them, but their love for their dragons gave them a bond the most of of the people the dealt with in their normal world just didn't have. This is a brutal world of pit fighting and dragons being considered little more than a weapon for sport, so for someone like Blaze who grew up in the pits and has seen little else, Ken is a shocking breath of fresh air. He's finally able to relax a little and allow someone else to see how he really is with his dragon.

In this book we get a good long look at the twisted nature of the syndicates and their pit dragons. They've created quite a network for themselves pitting their fighters against each other for prestige and money. Each syndicate has their strengths and rules their little section of the world. But Blaze, Ken, Raphael and Amr are determined to do something about it. The dragons deserve better and the kidnap discovery of a Pendragon brings everything to a head.

This book is heavy on the polyamory which may disturb some people but felt very natural with the way the relationship between the men and their dragons is described. The bond with the dragons is necessary for the dragon and the love between them is real, but it isn't the same bond you would form with another human. This requires allowing for poly relationships to be the norm. Altogether it worked well for me, but definitely upped the ante on the sexual content than in a lot of other Megan Derr books.

My favorite of the series so far, and I really loved this look at the world. ...more

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Apr 10, 2013 Crissy Morris rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, paranormal, dragons, on-the-paperwhite, definite-re-read

As with the rest of this series, I seem to love each installment more than the last...and I really love this one. If there were more than five stars to give, I would. I have a thing for dragons -- be it shifters or dragons in their natural form. And this book is going in my top ten favorite dragon stories.

I'm no longer surprised by how much I adore each character that Megan Derr creates. They are strong and beautifully written. In this book, Blaze, Erie, Ken, Nev, Rafael, Conway, Amr, and Cam e ...more

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Aug 09, 2013 Talya Andor rated it it was amazing

This book starts out Blaze and Erie, but ends up totally Ken and Amr for me. There was a particular scene near the end that turned me into a sodden mess. (No spoilers.) This is the second book in the Dance series I've read (oh dear, I'm doing it all out of order) and I had to go back and re-read bits of Dance Only for Me to revisit the Ken and Amr cameos, which had a great deal more meaning for me! As usual, once I picked up one of Megan's books, I was hard-pressed to put it down until I'd consu ...more

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