A review by bethanyangharads
Given by Nandi Taylor

Did not finish book.
The premise of this book is a dream to romance fantasy readers. The blurb promises a story of a fierce princess from another realm (Yenni) going on a quest to foreign lands and meeting a mysterious dragonkind man (Weysh) with the whispered promise of a relationship. Well, it definitely delivers exactly that. Yenni is a fiery princess who can use magic, however, as her father's health continues to decline she is guided by her gods to seek magical help from another realm. This she does, and as soon as she arrives at her new home, Weysh arrives to mix things up a little.

My favourite part about this book is how vibrant both the characters and physical setting come across. The images painted in my head were extremely vivid and clear, which helped when visualising the story. I also think that the plot is unique enough that it had me intrigued; I had read classic quest books before however not including a dragonkind man, which sets it apart from other books a little. Also, I have to mention the diversity in this book, it is really great to see such colourful characters included in main roles!

Something that stops me fully enjoying this book is the writing style. This is just my personal taste, but I found the style quite jarring at times with the dialogue between characters feeling forced. The pace of the plot also felt a but off due to the 'this happened then this happened' feel of the story. Nandi Taylor is primarily a Wattpad author and this clearly comes through in this novel for me as the chapters feel as though they could have been written on a chapter by chapter basis. If you are familiar with Wattpad this will probably not hinder your enjoyment in reading this book. Unfortunately for me (as someone who does not read much Wattpad/similar stories) it impacted my reading experience enough that I didn't quite finish the book.