Blood of Dragons - Review

 This book was heavy. Just as heavy as the first one was in terms of darkness and trauma. We are reunited with Calista as she tries to find somewhere to essentially hide from Talon. But it's finally learning more about Talons backstory that is truly the kick in the gut here. What he went threw was truly terrible and no one should have to endure that. I can understand why he has gone on a rampage but again when you allow such darkness to be your fuel you end up being as dark as the people who made you. He comes face to face with that in this book. Calista still has some demons that she too needs to reconcile with. She does get to finally grieve all of the terrible things that have been done to her. The one thing that I really dislike though, is how weak she is. She definitely has the strong will but not the power to make the ones that wrong her pay. For that I am sorry because it makes me want to shake her. Other than that, I enjoyed this book and the story that is slowly being revealed. It will be interesting to see how things go in the next book. A deal has been struck and now we have to see it through to the end.

The spice in this book is minimal since our MCs spend the majority of the time apart. When they do finally get back together, it's a smolder and not an inferno like how they had in the first book. I want to give the spice a 2 because it's literally one scene that's not super descriptive but since it was still open door, it gets a 3 out of 5. Overall, I was satisfied with how things unfolded in this book and it really made you care more for Talon. I almost am upset that he gets with Calista after we see what happened in his past. I'm still kind of conflicted with that. Then there is the ending, even though it told of what happened in the past, it definitely paints a story of the future. A dire one. Would recommend to anyone who finished book one and liked it as well as dark fantasy lovers in general.