Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: The Loneliest Dragon at Christmas
SERIES: An MM Monsters Christmas
AUTHOR: Gigi Rivers
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 225 pages
RELEASE DATE: November 22, 2024
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Will a lonely dragon find love this Christmas? Or is he destined to spend another year on his own?
Avery is a wealthy dragon from a powerful bloodline with a hoard of books. Despite this, he lives a solitary life and spends every Christmas alone. Still, he dreams of one day finding a mate with whom he could share the holiday (and his books).
As a hearth witch working in the poor part of town, Jack is often looked down upon. When Avery walks into his bakery, Jack mistakes him for an upper-class servant. Captivated by Avery’s stunning golden eyes and brilliant coppery hair, Jack invites Avery to the Christmas markets.
Avery is beyond thrilled. Maybe he won’t be alone this Christmas! But when Jack realises that Avery is no mere servant, he starts to have doubts. Could a wealthy dragon and a poor baker really build a life together?
Will Jack and Avery overcome their differences? Or will Avery once again be the loneliest dragon at Christmas?
The Loneliest Dragon at Christmas is a cosy fantasy romance with plenty of spice. It features cosy Christmas vibes, a witch baker snowed in with a dragon, lots of cuddling surrounded by a hoard of books, and a guaranteed HEA. Whilst this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone.
REVIEW:
These two! I really like this series and each new couple adds another dimension to this family of hearth witches and their desire to find their mates. Avery is so lonely. He’s lost his mother and let’s just say the relationship with his father isn’t good. He’s mostly around his two servants. When he goes looking for the cookies his mother used to make, he comes up on the bakery run by Jack’s family on the “wrong side of town” as it were.
Jack and his siblings have run the family bakery since their parents’ death and they work as we a team. Lots of Jack’s sibling seem to be finding their mates and he’d like to find his too. But he has no illusions about who he is and where he belongs. He never in a million years has an idea of who Avery really is at their first meeting. He assumes he’s a servant – otherwise why would he even be on that side of town?
Both MCs make assumptions about the other and that leads to some miscommunication and hiccups in their relationship. Luckily they have nosy and interested family who help them wake up to reality and start to recognize their misguided suppositions so that they can discover what they can really be to each other 🙂 They each have trauma that they are dealing with from the past and that also has to be overcome for them to get out of their own way and make a path forward.
I really adore this series. Who knew? Monsters at Christmas? Doesn’t sound that “holidayish” but this author does a beautiful job of world building and describing all the beings in this series. I like that the stories overlap on the same timeline actually so that we kind of see all of these couples grappling with the some of the same issues and overcoming dark and sometimes violent pasts to get their HEAs. Now I’m sad that there is only one left 🙁 Fans of this series will really enjoy this installment. I loved the book hoard and Avery and Jack together. There is plenty of heart, spice and romance to keep the reader engaged. Recommended.
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