Blood is the 4th in the series (there is a 2.5) and it was a fun read. As with the others in this series, characters, world, and conflict are all developed enough to make it a satisfying meal if not a banquet.
Sherwood has deftly used foreshadowing in this book starting with a delicate hand and slowly dropping broader hints. If you catch the mention of Ice Dragon tears you can follow the trail of breadcrumbs to find what is lost. There - that sounds mystic and mage-like. The dragon of this tail is Ravi and the overall tone of the story matches the dragon - fun, light-hearted, and joyful. Again a comfy read. ( )

oh man. i've loved this series, and i loved ravi. but this book is so disappointing. lots of stuff is rushed and doesn't make sense. there is zero description of what anyone looks like so hundreds of pages in when ravi is lusting after sora's hair, i'm like what hair?? i have no idea wtf this man looks like.

and i DO NOT feel their chemistry. we get a rushed meeting and then kind of insta love, but no slow burn, no build up, no chemisty.

ravi is so 2-dimensional in this book. his 'inner monologue' is just him being bored. no thoughts, nothing deeper. just 'i'm bored'.

god it dragged on and on, and then i looked and i was only 28% in! wtf?!

listen, i read hundreds of MM romance each year, and again this series has been great up until this book. i'm so pissed. i have waited so long for this and i've tried 5 times to read it and i have to either dnf at 30% or just skip through to glean enough details about the plot so i can read the next book.

here's the other thing. I only read these because there are 2 authors. I cannot stand AJ, i think their books are terrible. so only because it's tempered with an actual writer who knows how to tell good stories that this series is even worth reading, but now it seems like the inconsistency is back. ( )