Beau’s Mate by Meg Ripley

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Title: Beau's Mate
Author: Meg Ripley
Series: Daddy Dragon Guardians #3
Published by: Indie
Release Date: July 18th 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 124
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 AtoZ Reading Challenge, Lenoreo's 2019 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER Winter 2018
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My rating:

Blurb:

Autumn is a busy, no-nonsense witch. With the task of expanding her new age shop, the last thing she has time for in her life is a man. But when she gets dragged to a party, she can’t help but notice the burly blonde hunk standing by the bonfire. His adorable toddler only makes him even more irresistible.

As a dragon shifter from another world, Beau knows it’s his responsibility to find his destined mate. He isn’t so sure that he’s ready, but he knows Elliot will only benefit from having a mother figure around. It makes matters much more difficult to know that he must find a human woman, but he’s intrigued by the sexy redheaded Autumn.

Sparks fly at first, but Autumn proves to be just as stubborn as he is. He wants to keep her safe, but the fiercely independent woman won’t let him. The zealots fighting to have Autumn and her twin sister run out of town have threatened their lives, and he knows he must protect her.

With this sassy witch and hard-headed dragon, it all comes down to a battle of will.

Beau's Mate is a 30,000 word standalone novella with steamy shifter scenes meant for readers 18+.

My Review:

2.5 stars — You know, I wasn’t really a fan of Autumn in the previous two books, and this book did not change my opinion of her.  I’m definitely seeing a trend in the heroines in this series, and I will admit that they’re not very relatable and likeable.  It’s almost like they’re reactions are over the top, and so I can’t empathize with what they’re feeling, because their reactions are so strong.  Autumn just might have been the worst of the bunch.  Not only was she a witch, but she was a witch with a b.  You could especially see it in the way she spoke with and saw her sister.

Beau was a mixed bag.  He was definitely more likeable than Autumn, but he could be a bit stubborn and pigheaded as well.  I did love his relationship with his son, and I appreciated his caretaker role in their dragon family unit.  I also appreciated that he and Autumn could relate on some of their own personality traits, and it did make Autumn’s look a bit more reasonable.

The two of them together had potential, and I appreciated that she wasn’t the same kind of resistant as Leah and Summer.  But when they clashed, they really clashed.

The reason this lost an extra half star is because of the action/suspense elements.  Not that they were bad, but they were completely unresolved at the end of the story.  COMPLETELY UNRESOLVED.  Like no resolution.  Can you tell I’m hung up on it?  😛  Some crazy shit went down, and besides not feeling as though the danger had passed (and been RESOLVED), there also should have been some consequences!!  At the very least some community reaction!  It’s like we’re in a bubble in the book.  The last chapter is some happy epilogue, and meanwhile I’m over here like WTF?

So yeah.  Maybe I should round down now that I’ve spent my review ranting somewhat, but honestly it’s just that the things that bugged me REALLY bugged me, you know?  I’m almost afraid to read Julian’s book…if it’s another unrelatable heroine, I’m going to be super bummed.