Crystal Dragon's Kiss: Royal Dragon Shifters of Morocco #2: A Red Letter Hotel Paranormal Romance by Ava WardMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
More stunning writing
This series continues in the same way it starts, as a wonderful and captivating story. Above all else this writer tells a tale of a people and a place. Magic is the glue that binds the story together but the different strands, the personalities, the plot and the prose stand alone without the magic. The magic simply enhances the book in the same way a gem is enhanced by it’s polish.
After coming back to the hotel after nearly killing her ex-boyfriend in her grief, lust and loneliness, Layla throws herself back into her work. She becomes closer to Dusk as they work together and their friendships thrives. She also becomes closer to her other colleagues. However, Adrian is nowhere to be found, which leaves Layla feeling abandoned once more. She is surprised when a party introducing her to several new groups of dragons is dropped on her with hours to spare. She is warned by Dusk that her dragon is searching for someone to mate with, as Adrian is not available, which goes against everything in her human upbringing, despite the nature of dragons and other beings in the Twilight Realm which feel little need for monogamy.
This need of her dragon’s to find someone to mate with triggers new drives and desires and new complications with her magic. It also triggers problems with Adrian when he returns.
This author writes about romance, relationships and eroticism with very little actual sex occurring. This series is the ultimate in slow burn Reverse Harems! Though I love heat in my romance books, the thing I love most about RH books is the way relationships are complicated and involve more than a two way bond, the love and affection is tightly woven between all members of the group. All members to the group interact in different ways, especially as new members of the group are added. As such I can enjoy a slow burn RH romance tremendously, when it’s done right and this series is very definitely done right.
There are so many different emotions swirling around this book, sometimes it’s hard to keep track and I imagine the characters feel the same, especially as new characters are added into the mix, not just as potential mates, but as allies, friends and clan. This is not just a book about love and relationships, there is also a massive part of it wrapped up in politics and that is unveiled the longer Layla lives at the hotel.
This is such a mesmerising series, I simply can’t stop reading it!
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