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My Review:Title: Julian's Mate
Author: Meg Ripley
Series: Daddy Dragon Guardians #4
Published by: Indie
Release Date: August 15th 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 125
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 AtoZ Reading Challenge, Lenoreo's 2019 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's 2019 Reading Assignment Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER Winter 2018
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My rating:
Blurb:Julian knows it’s his responsibility to find a mate. After all, he’s the guardian of a young dragon, and she deserves to have a mother figure. But while his fellow dragons from Charok have been able to find their fated partners in this strange new world, Julian knows his is nowhere on Earth.
Naomi had secretly left Charok years ago when she became so ill, the energies of the planet would no longer sustain her failing dragon form. She’d always miss her ancestral home, but the rogue wizard who had assisted her promised that her transition would not only improve her life, but that of several others.
Little does she know the same wizard also helped several other dragons escape during the War of Storms, and years later on Earth, she’s shocked to find the one shifter she knew as her one true mate back on Charok.
Reuniting with Julian is like a dream come true, until the couple discovers a powerful demon has slipped into the living realm from the Otherworld along with Naomi. When they discover what this evil being is capable of, will these fated mates be pulled apart once and for all?
Julian's Mate is a 30,000 word standalone novella with steamy shifter scenes intended for readers 18+.
3 stars — I appreciated that this one was different from the previous 3 in that Naomi is also a dragon. I really enjoyed the prologue and learning why she left Charok. My heart broke for her having to make such an impossible choice, and for Julian not knowing what was going on but wanting the best for Naomi.
But…then we got to the present. And I didn’t quite understand what Julian’s aim was in studying the books. And then when I was hoping to learn more about Naomi now, we instead got Autumn’s POV for a bit. And since Autumn is my least favourite heroine in the series, I was less impressed. I guess I sort of got it, but still… Also of note — we still didn’t get any kind of wrap up from the previous book, though I only held out a little hope for that. And she was still as witchy with a b to her sister Summer.
As for the rest of the book…I feel like we got a lot of action, what with the conflict with Naomi…but I never felt like I got to know Julian OR Naomi, so I couldn’t even tell you what I liked or disliked about them.
I probably could have DNFd this one, but I just really wanted to find out how it was going to wrap up. And I got that…it wasn’t necessarily unsatisfying, but I wouldn’t call it satisfying either. But it’s a short book, so there’s that. 😛
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