The Mate by Abigail Owens

Maddie Thompson’s life just fell down a rabbit hole. Finding out she's a dragon shifter was one thing — she never quite fit into the human world, and this new reality feels… strangely right. However, discovering the next step is to choose a mate, and if she chooses wrong she'll die, is the other side of crazy. Especially when she already left a piece of her heart with someone who didn't want it.

To say dragon enforcer Fallon Conleth was shocked when the Mating Council summoned him as a potential mate for a newly found dragon doesn’t quite cover it. A mate is rare and precious and many dragons never find theirs. Fallon isn’t sure he’s worthy of the honor, not when so many deserve it more. He’ll just go through the motions and return home alone… until he sees Maddie. The human woman he reluctantly let walk away.

Series: Fire's Edge #0.5  | Publisher: Amara (Entangled) | Genre: Paranormal Romance | Source: Freebie | Rating: 2 Cups

Challenges Read For:  Literary Pickers  - Picnic Food 

 

Fallon already broke Maddie's heart once, but if he can't convince her that they're meant to be, she'll die... and he won't be far behind.

 

Review: This was the next book on my Kindle cleanout and while it was a quick read, it was lacking.

 

Maddie just discovered that she’s a dragon shifter, now she must choose a mate. There’s only one catch, if she chooses wrong, she’ll die. Enter Fallon, he’s been summoned by the Mating Council but little does he know that his potential mate is the woman he’s had the hots for in the human world. The only thing left to do is make her see that he’s the mate for her.

 

I finished this one with more questions than answers. This one didn’t have that prequel feel, it felt more like a novella that would be between book one and two. There was no world building, which would have come in handy seeing as there’s a war brewing and coup taking place. There was also no backstory for Fallon and Maddie, who knew each other before the book started.

 

Overall, this one seemed like an odd dragon version of the Bachelorette with a side of danger and no knowledge about what led up to any of this. There was no growth, no development. After reading the novella, I just don’t have any desire to dive into the full-length books.