Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: The Onyx Dragon’s Accidental Mate

SERIES: The Jeweled King’s Curse #4

AUTHOR: Kiki Burrelli

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 127 pages

RELEASE DATE: July 22, 2018

BLURB:

The one man he wants, is the only man he can’t have.
Azra, known as the Shadow King to both his enemies and his allies, needs a mate. Onyx dragon law dictates that a King with an heir may not be overthrown, important if Azra wants any chance of winning the war against the three neighboring dragon tribes. He knows who he wishes he could mate with, the too young, too sweet, too naive Elby. Azra refuses to listen to his inner dragon’s insistence that Elby is his fated mate. He’ll simply have to choose another. He decides to hold a masquerade ball with the express purpose of finding a mate to make an heir with.
Despite being forbidden from attending the ball, Elby sneaks in, impressed with himself for disobeying the formidable King and for succeeding on getting inside and snagging a mask before anyone spots him. The King has acted as Elby’s guardian for his entire life, saving Elby from the cruel ways of their people, but also sheltering him from the entire world. He’s excited to have a wild night, and over the moon when the King dances with him, singling him out over all the others.
When the lights are out, true love finds a way.
After a passionate night neither of them will forget, the masks are removed and both are shocked. Azra can’t believe after all his attempts to keep Elby at bay, he’d still managed to single out and impregnate the one man who was meant to be off limits. His concern for Elby’s health is nearly shadowed by his fear that Elby may be so much more than he seems.
The onyx dragons live surrounded by darkness, their ways are violent and living among them is a daily battle, but they all fear one thing above all else. The return of the Dark One, a mythical being that is said to return only to wreak havoc, mayhem, and destruction. They say he chooses a vessel, consuming the unlucky creature from the inside. Azra would love to continue to believe that the Dark One is just a fairytale, except, he sees the changes in his sweet mate.
Azra must delve into legends and find out how to save his mate, before the neighboring tribes attack and before Avia, an ancient enemy, unveils her final plan to destroy them all.

REVIEW:

What a way to end a series. The mythical Dark One makes an appearance but it doesn’t turn out the way it was hoped. And this was much better.

Sweet, shy Elby. Sheltered his whole life. He lost his parents young. And Azra has basically been his guardian the whole time. Azra feared for Elby. Not really knowing why. But there’s more to it. Azra feels things toward Elby he’s not supposed to. He wants Elby as a mate. But Elby is engaged to his nephew. But one fateful night at a masked ball, he feels his mate, but doesn’t know it’s Elby. He hopes and wishes, but doesn’t know. Elby knows, however. And his dreams are coming true. He never felt for Crius what he does for Azra, and mating with him feels so right. But the masks come off and confusion and misunderstandings ensue. And it’s going to take time to fix it. In the meantime, Elby’s acting weirder and weirder and it’s time to find out why.

Elby. Damn that poor sweet boy. Being used and manipulated and not even knowing. Things are happening within him that are way off but he’s figuring the pregnancy. He’s been changing and Azra and Crius are scared and worried. I would be too. But having been sheltered most of his life, people don’t really understand that Elby can be tough. He’s smart and strong. Yeah, he may be a little guy but he’s still good. And the sacrifice that happens shows how good he really is.

As big of a hardass as Azra was, I love how gentle he is. His main concern is always Elby. Even as the risk of his own child’s life, he’d rather save Elby. Elby has taught him to look at things so differently. To try peace instead of war. He feels like he owes his life to Elby.

The changes finally being made to make everything better will take time. The problem is Avia is still running amok. In order to make it right, they have to stop her but they have to figure out how. It’s a page turner. Makes you very anxious to see how it’s going to end. Especially when things start really happening. Good book and good series.

RATING:  

BUY LINK: 

amazon