Fire in His Embrace (Fireblood Dragon, #3)
Ruby Dixon
There’s only one way to tame a dragon. Emma Arroyo knows this. She also knows that the big golden dragon captured by her brother’s biker gang is in trouble, and it’s all her fault. He followed her scent, and now his life is in danger. She has to fix this, somehow. If she could talk to the dragon, they could form a plan to escape, both of them. But the dragon’s mind is wild and full of uncontrollable, killing rage. There’s no reasoning with him. There’s certainly no freeing him, not when he’s like this. But Emma can’t leave without him. There’s only one way to solve this problem - a mating. When Emma approaches Zohr to claim him as hers, she realizes just what it means to be a dragon’s mate, and how much she’s in over her head… And she learns how fiercely possessive a drakoni male can be.
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4 stars
OVERALL: Emma has grit and an awesome survival mentality, and I thought this paired really well with the more easy-going Zohr. It was great to have a main male character with some sarcasm and even better character depth over previous books. I liked the plot well enough, am intrigued by the set-up.
Content warnings: sexually explicit scenes, violence, death, blood, fire, hostage/ captive, pain, sacrifice
We again jump straight into the story from the previous book, and I actually loved that our two main characters could communicate with each other from essentially chapter 2. And also that banger of a start to the book introduced a lot of tension and 'actions have consequences' for the rest of the book.
I loved how Emma was so practical and such a survivor--she really had grit! And Zohr is my favorite drakoni yet, he has a lighter personality and a more fun/sarcastic side compared to the first two males. I really enjoyed reading their banter and his characterization as more laid back was easy to sink into. Plus, I think having that communication for a higher percentage of the overall book meant that we had more literal pages to get to know and care about Zohr.
I'm also happy that Zohr's wings didn't magically heal and were right as rain. Though this brings trouble and a 'downside' in his mind, I felt like his sacrifice meant more overall. Because he willingly shredded his wings to protect Emma and he knew they wouldn't heal, and if magic or love had healed him back to normal... I think that would have detracted from that action. And again, actions have consequences, and we see how both of them come to really see his wings and that choice (and the healing after) as symbols of his love for Emma.
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