This installment was more exciting than the previous ones. Also the sex was more tolerable in this one - maybe because there was less of it or perhaps because I’ve gotten more used to it. 

I dont normally have a problem with spicy scenes, what makes them unbearable in this series is that they are also coupled with intense “this is the ONLY person I will ever love” vibes. Maybe for some folks it’s a nice fantasy but it feels cringey to me

maybe because I have been there and it’s not true.

There’s even more world exploration and I feel Violet finally has more opportunities to prove that she’s actually worth the hype (I had been skeptical before).

Spoilers ahead in this summary for my own reference:

Violet’s ex  Halden (not sure how it’s spelled since I listened to the audiobook) aka the Prince, comes to town and Xaiden is weirdly jealous - maybe because he’s bad with talking about feelings and doesn’t think he needs to because he can fight. Red flag.

The council or whatever decide that they need to travel around, gathering allies for the upcoming war against the Venim so they send out Halden, Violet and some other riff raff that they choose. On their first diplomatic mission Halden royally fucks up (get it? Royally?) and ends up getting his guard and fuck buddy beheaded and served up for dinner by the king or whomever they try negotiating with. Violet has to save his ass with Andarna and Taryn threatening his white jaguars. 

Once they return, it is decided that Halden will not lead these missions and instead, his younger brother will take over and violet will lead his safety entourage. Violet agrees but ONLY if she can choose the squad because she needs people she trusts so she bring. Xaiden and Mira among others. 

As a side quest they are also searching for the clan or dragons that would be Andarna’s family. So they go from aisle to home to aisle again looking for allies and the 7th breed of dragon.

Along the way they also find the place that Xaiden’s mom is from. She wants to have a relationship but he doesn’t want anything to do with her. At dinner she has had the cook make chocolate cake- his favorite - but it turns out it was poisoned by her husband. What they didn’t know is that Violet also poisoned them before dinner by serving a tea. So they have a standoff where they threaten each other but in the end Violet wins, because obviously she would. 

On another aisle they do find Andarna’s kin. They don’t normally bond with humans and deem Andarna unfit because she bonded with a humans and Violet let her do that as a hatchling into adolescence. Also took her out into dangerous scenarios. Andarna is very sad

In the end there’s a big fight with Wyvern and the silver haired Theophenes? who tries to get Violet to convert to the dark side. 


Violet, Xaiden, and their dragons end up going missing for awhile. At the end Violet returns to the keep where people are celebrating their victory.  She doesn’t have any memory how  she got an engagement ring on her finger. She asks Rhi about it and Rhi says she’s just doing what Violet told her to do.