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Dragon Bound (Elder Races, #1)

Thea Harrison

Start date: January 16, 2012

Finish date: February 16, 2012

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Jun 28, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing

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First read of paperback, July 22, 2011. See below for audiobook comment.

★★★★★ Yes, five full stars! One of the best paranormal/fantasy books I’ve read this year! I wanted to read it faster, but real life got in the way. As it was, I had it planned for a future “buddy read” and peeked at the first few pages. Three chapters later I was e-mailing my GR friend to hint around about moving this one up in our queue; luckily, she agreed. Ha! Indeed, she finished the book before I did. This is the fi ...more

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Aug 11, 2017 Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, romance-contemporary-nonhc, 4-star, shapeshifters, magic-powers, first-in-series, paranormal-romance, ebook

“I’ve got to give myself one thing. Mom never did tell me not to steal from a dragon. No doubt she thought it was too flaming obvious to mention.”

I'm not a huge Paranormal Romance fan, but this one had such a popular rep I couldn't resist - plus, dragons. Pia Giovanni, a half-breed (Half-human and Half-Wyr) has to deal with the consequences after being caught stealing from a powerful pure-bred Elder Dragon. Hilarity, romance, and fun times ensue.

First, Pia. She's a fun heroine with spice and s “I’ve got to give myself one thing. Mom never did tell me not to steal from a dragon. No doubt she thought it was too flaming obvious to mention.”

I'm not a huge Paranormal Romance fan, but this one had such a popular rep I couldn't resist - plus, dragons. Pia Giovanni, a half-breed (Half-human and Half-Wyr) has to deal with the consequences after being caught stealing from a powerful pure-bred Elder Dragon. Hilarity, romance, and fun times ensue.

First, Pia. She's a fun heroine with spice and spunk but also compassionate. She was a fun person to stay in the head of, although the author did sometimes switch to the domineering and even spicier Drago's POV. Both points of view rocked since both worked. I like when authors build up a relationship with humor instead of insta-love lightning strikes. Hello, Ilona Andrews? Prime example of making it work and making readers care while the characters are developing their feels.

So, both are strong as individual characters and I could be glued to any scene where they act on their own, but their relationship absolutely sizzled. Funny when it was needed, hot when it was needed, they never grew stale. In fact sometimes PNR or romance stays at its best in the beginning, exciting stages when they are just flirting with taking the plunge...happy to say in this case their relationship just kept keeping better. Yes, it was hot, but yes it also felt deep and true and sweet. Romantic bliss.

Throwing in the dragon lore of Dragos being addicted to his treasure until he finds something even more valuable kept the nods of dragon up. I loved what Pia ended up being - was trying to guess, but it was a surprise. And the little "white dragon" - be still my heart. Throw in fun side characters of his team and the a creative enough villain and you have a full casted book of great characterization who keep the plot flying by. I have to say that while I dug Trick's relationship with Pia, I'm not a big fan of hers compared to the others and couldn't get into the second book with her story though.

The writing style isn't shabby either -

“You took a 1962 penny,” Dragos said. His teeth were gritted. “You left a 1975 penny. It’s no replacement.”

She stared at him. “Oh my God, it’s scary you noticed that.”

Yes we have the typical stuff like domineering and stalkerish males (which are still fun, I don't care), and the wealthy and powerful elite (hey, it just WORKS still with a lot of romance, okay?), and we have little element of surprise because as romance readers we know that if the author doesn't give us a happy ending a pitchfork or two may come out and they wouldn't dare, but the point was the journey worked so well with everything, stereotypical or not, that it was a great ride and one of the best PNR out there. ...more

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Jul 10, 2014 ☘KathyD☘ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This book has been recommended to me numerous times...well, I finally got around to it and am sorry I didn't read it sooner. What an awesome book...from start to finish! I loved the grouchy Drago and the feisty Pia! This is an amazing new world I've stumbled on and I can't wait to get more immersed! ...more

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Apr 16, 2017 Wealie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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A nice start to a paranormal romance series - 'Elder Races'. The book introduced a diverse interspecies universe, with lots of potential for extending the series.

I enjoyed the character of Dragos and his energy was nicely balanced by Pia. The development of their attraction into deeper feelings felt natural and you wanted them to get their happy ever after. The dark fey character of 'Trick' was well written and fun, a nice counterbalance to the testosterone fuelled sentinels.

Nicely paced, belie ...more

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Sep 19, 2025 Connie N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, paranormal-shapeshifters, dragons, dragon-on-cover, audio-rec, narr-sophie-eastlake, audio-audible-w, meet-greet-71-picked

#1 in the Elder Races paranormal series

This was a good start to a new-to-me series. Both main characters appealing, but I especially like Pia. She's a latent shapeshifter/half human, hiding among humans to stay under the radar. She really doesn't understand why, but her mother had kept her safe and insisted upon it. When she is blackmailed into stealing something from a dragon's hoard, she comes to his attention, which is both good news and bad news. Bad because he's ready to rend her limb from ...more

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Apr 18, 2015 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, 1st-in-series, erotic, audio, series-trilogies-i-started, novel-adventure

Great read.
Pia is my type of heroine: independent and kick-ass, no shrinking violent or damsel in distress.

Dragos is alpha to the core and my first, if I recall correctly, dragon shifter.

These two or total opposites in most ways, except where it counts. They are both fiercely loyal and honor bound.

Thea Harrison does a great job building this fantastic world filled with these wonderful supernatural creatures.

I was on the edge the entire time trying to figure out where Pia fit in within this com ...more

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Jul 11, 2011 ~Jennifer~ rated it it was amazing

Amazing! Make sure you have time to read it in one sitting ...you won't want to put it down! ...more

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Apr 08, 2012 Jade aka MrsTosh rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dragons, romance, paranormal, on-kindle, shifters

This is the first installment of the Elder Races series and follows half-Wyr Pia, who has been blackmailed into stealing from a dragon by her ex boyfriend, who by the way it a total ass! When Dragos realises that someone has gotten the better of him he is determined to find out who it was and how they managed to find his lair. Pia, meanwhile just wants to disappear and stay out of trouble from now on - the worst possible thing is for Dragos to find her. But when Dragos does just that she finds o ...more

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