Like a good 80% of the book is just day to day bullshit with nothing happening. So, what's my problem? It was incredibly slow.

There are also a ton of side characters who have promise for future books. Just, like, all of the angst bottled from the shoppers at Hot Topic when they ran out of Nightmare Before Christmas t-shirts during the holiday season. The dragon king and his mage mate are both very likable characters, but unfortunately they have the emotional maturity of 13 year old emo kids. He ends up dating the dragon king before he learns anything about dragons or magic. The mates have to be a mage, and our hero is one but doesn't know it. This book has a lot of dragon shifters looking for their true mates. At this point it looks like I'm reading everything this author has written just to give crappy reviews. You would think I would learn my lesson, but honestly I just saw the title and 'gay magic dragon shifters' and clicked the KU button without noticing the author. I have tried several of their books and never loved them. I can't believe I'm giving another lukewarm review to this author. Not-so-extinct, Shifter dragons, mages, fated mates, secret clans, epic libraries, hurt/comfort, age gap, not that Alric cares, magical heritage, mechanical engineers being BAMF, grumpy dragon kings being protective of their cute mates, really the cuteness is downright criminal, we might need a firehose for these two, or not, sass, so much sass, Ravi and Cameron are no longer allowed to be alone together, for reasons, dragons hoarding, when you live long enough statistics will get you, bats named Cheryl, beheadings, no damsels in distress here, just very unhappy mages, with trigger fingers, anyone have life hacks on how to get rid of kidnappers, Cameron is open to suggestions Turns out coming to Germany wasn’t an escape but his awakening. It may take a hot second, but as Cameron learns more about the scarred Alric and the life he’s landed in, Cameron realizes that perhaps this is where he’s meant to be, magic and mates and kidnapping and all. Because of course he is, and mates are meant to take the blame, right? So how does he end up discovering his lost magic heritage, running from bad guys with a secret agenda, and being adopted by the not-so-extinct Fire Dragon clan?Ĭameron blames tall, dark, and sexy Alric, king of the Fire dragons.

With a new mechanical engineering degree, a new job looming, and a whole life planned out that isn’t his, Germany seems like the best place to find himself. Cameron wants to make it clear that he did not go into the festival to find a dragon mate.

Origin by A.J. Sherwood