While it was a very typical YA, the audiobook was fun nonetheless until around 4 hours 45 minutes.
Then the author needs to start some sort of climax and what better way of doing that than a huge pile of bullshit tstl as well as completely unbelievable friendship is magic bullshit all of which completely contradicts everything the book has built up to that point.
Very disappointing.
I actually didn't mind her running away. Made total sense to me even though the implied stance of her "pack" on druids is extremely heavy-handed but so is everything else up to that point. The story doesn't live from surprise revelations at all so seeing them all from a mile away is unfortunate but tolerable.
What got me is the whole BS around the evil witch. Not in a thousand years would the MC be that stupid. Everything after entering that strip club was just a complete bs pile of plot conveniences. Not one or two but dozens of conveniences in a row none of which even have any kind of justification either. And after any kind of coherence or logic is out the window the author stopped even trying at all. She just keeps heaping on the bs until I couldn't take anymore and DNFed. And don't even get me started on all the hypocrisy about discrimination, bigotry, and extreme supremacist views. If you do blatant and naive virtue signaling like that, at least try to actually communicate a message beyond "we are better than the others". The casual arrogance is astonishing.
All that is just unacceptably lazy.
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The worst book I have ever read. The MC is supposedly 21 but acts like an immature high schooler. She whines and complains about ridiculous things, and has no sense of the situation. I have never huffed in frustration this many times within few hours.

Such a disappointment, the blurb seemed so interesting. ( )

Lots of sci-fi and fantasy being produced these days in large quantity, often in many volumes, Some are worth reading only because you need to fill time. Others have at least one odd plot or a personality quirk that make them worth reading to find out what happens too. This is a step above the usual. Looking forward to future volumes. ( )

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Uneven read for me. I may or may not read another in the series. I think this is one where there's an interesting premise and story arc that was possibly more interesting in concept than execution -- tried a little hard to engage reader interest in places and was sometimes jarring in the romantic elements. For a random Kindle Unlimited borrow, it's very good (clearly was ready to publish, edited, etc.).

The premise is a young woman alone and on the run after accidentally transforming into a dragon. Sounded right up my alley (although she is not alone for very long with cleaner elements of joining what in other genres might be a milita or biker gang except no assault weapons or bikes and had werewolves and other shifters).

Generally, I liked he main character. She had a TSTL moment from panic but otherwise thought through things (other than the unrelenting lust). Alone in the world, on the run from Hunter's after unexpectedly shifting into supernatural creature (dragon), with single parent mom dying of cancer when a preteen so unable to explain. Of course, the author also put in a lot of elements to ensure readers were sure to almost immediately like the good guys and hate the bad guys. Missed with me on one trope -- bully gets befriended so now all forgiven. A bit much that for centuries the hero had single handed ly been keeping humanity alive and safe from bad guys. Author's voice sounded young but author's note talked of husband and kids so maybe not.

By jarring in the romantic elements -- well, nothing horrible like lack of consent or abusive behavior with fated mate stuff. Actually, no sex on or off page in this one and not really explicit (PG13?). I actually liked these two together; no one stupid or being an inconsiderate douchebag. No, we-can/no-we-can't illogically back and forth. No sudden resolution because someone finally said something after endless chapters of silence. But, sheesh, the unrelenting lust on nearly every page. Okay, we get it. Lust and fated mate and presumably last two of their kind in the world. Leave some room for rest of story or go for it or even rewrite as erotica. Almost made me DNF except was a quick short read for the Bookshelf BINGO Immortals shelf (which was full of mostly things I already read or didn't want to).

Examples of the lust stuff that was a miss with me:

"I needed a hysterectomy or something.My dragon lady parts were malfunctioning and I was stuck in heat."

"Having a half-naked sexy dragon shifter with his arm around me … while he made plans to save his pet kitten … made my ovaries ache for his babies."

Okay, so not real fond of any of the places that actually said "lady parts" but that's a personal pet peeve.

I wanted to like this much more. I do like the main characters. It has elements that could lead to a great series. That's why I'm just not sure how I felt about it or if I liked enough to try the next in series. Despite being on the run, hunted by bad guys, and throwing in with strangers, it kind of lacked suspense -- I think because the bad guys lost too easily and someone with right powers or knowledge showed up or was conveniently ran into.

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Ratings scale used:

★★★★★ = All Time Favorite
★★★★½ = Extraordinary Book. Really Loved It.
★★★★☆ = Loved It.
★★★½☆ = Really Liked.
★★★☆☆ = Liked.
★★½☆☆ = Liked parts; parts only okay. Would read more by author.
★★☆☆☆ = Average. Okay.
★½☆☆☆ = Disliked or meh? but kept reading in hopes would improve.
★☆☆☆☆ = Loathed It. Possibly DNF and a torturous read.
½☆☆☆☆ = So vile was a DNF or should have been. Cannot imagine anyone liking. (Might also be just an "uploaded" word spew or collection that should not be dignified by calling itself a "published book." If author is going batshit crazy in the blogosphere over reviews -- I now know why they are getting bad reviews. Or maybe author should take remedial classes for language written in until basic concepts like using sentences sink in. Is author even old enough to sign a publishing contract or do they need a legal guardian to sign for them?) ( )