In the first in a new series Juliette Cross, Where Dragon rule Rome and they are always looking for more power, more treasure, more riches:
This is the first book that I have read by Cross and I will 100% admit that I picked this book up due to the cover and then after reading the premise I thought it might be a good fit. This book was really hit and a partial miss for me.
I'm a big fan of Dragons, though I will say I haven't read many Dragon Shifter books in the past, but I like that they had both their Human side and Dragon side to them. I enjoyed that there was different classes of Dragons, with each having a different ability and then there was just the humans who were seen as the lower class. I wish that there was more use of the Dragons within the book and that the battle scenes were drawn out more to create that action aspect.
I personally loved that this book took place during the Roman Empire and that those in charge are Dragons and the corruption that has occurred due to it. The political intrigue within this book had me. I wanted to know more about the rebellion that was being planned, how would it play out and would it resemble what happened in real like. I think that Cross did a good job of melding the harsher side of the Roman Empire and the fantasy aspect of the Dragons.
Now where I struggled with this book was the relationship between Malina and Julian. First i don't see this as a true enemies to loves book, more like slight hate to lovers and I just didn't feel the spark between them. It really just felt more like something of convenience than a full blown romance/relationship. The only time I think the Spark was felt was when Julian was in his dragon form.
I looking forward to seeing where Cross takes this series as it seem like the next book has a new FMC. I want to see how Cross is going to bring it all together, but so far I am totally here for the political intrigue more that the relationship.
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