Her Dragon Protector by Roxie Ray

3 Stars

The writing and editing of this novel was pretty clean, with few if any typos that I noticed in the ARC version of this manuscript. I will admit that I enjoy this author's sci-fi romances more than her paranormal romances so far. The world building is minimal, as this novel is set in contemporary Colorado. It was fun to read a novel set in my home state! The characterization was a little flat, but both the hero and especially the heroine were sympathetic individuals. The development of the romantic relationship was natural and organic, as there wasn't a whole lot happening plot wise until about 70% through this novel. The plot and pacing was a little uneven in this novel, with the middle of the novel having a slower pace and little external plot, and a ton of plot and fast pacing happening near the last 30% of the novel. This novel had a fair amount of angst on the heroine's part which was perfectly understandable after her repeated relationship trauma, but made her a little bit an unsympathetic character because it came across more as xenophobia. The stakes were really high in the last 30% of this novel. This novel uses the Fated Mates trope and the paranormal version of the Mars Needs Women trope, since the dragon shifters are all born male and need human wives. I was a little unsure if the dragon shifters can only sire sons or if they can sire human daughters? That was not addressed clearly in this novel. The plot, pacing, and world building were three stars. The characterization and development of the romantic relationship were three stars. Therefore, the combined score of this novel was three stars. This novel ends on a Happy Ever After ending instead of a cliffhanger, so that is a big plus for this story. I recommend this novel to readers who enjoy romance novels featuring dragon shifters or fans of this author's other works. I do not plan to buy myself a keeper copy of this novel. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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