Book Blurb
Ten years ago, Audrey MacLaren chose to marry her human lover, making her an exile from the Dragon Kings, an ancient race of demons once worshiped as earthly gods. Audrey and her husband managed to conceive, and their son is the first natural-born Dragon King in a generation—which makes him irresistible to the sadistic scientist whose mafia-funded technology allows demon procreation. In the year since her husband was murdered, Audrey and her little boy have endured hideous experiments.
Shackled with a collar and bound for life, Leto Garnis is a Cage warrior. Only through combat can Dragon Kings earn the privilege of conceiving children. Leto uses his superhuman speed and reflexes to secure the right for his two sisters to start families. After torture reveals Audrey’s astonishing pyrokenesis, she is sent to fight in the Cages. If she survives a year, she will be reunited with her son. Leto is charged with her training. Initially, he has no sympathy for her plight. But if natural conception is possible, what has he been fighting for? As enemies, sparring partners, lovers, and eventual allies, Leto and Audrey learn that in a violent underground world, love is the only prize worth winning.
Toot's Book Review by Stacy Sabala
Then Audrey wakes to find herself is a cell and separated from her son. She has been given to Leto. Leto is to train her to fight in the cages. Leto is also from a dragon tribe, working for the Asters to keep his family safe. He trains warriors to fight in the cages in order to earn protection for his sisters.
Audrey has decided that she will learn what Leto has to teach her and save her son, then burn the place down. She would live for vengeance. Leto will use that drive to make her into a powerful warrior. As her powers develop, she is to become Leto’s partner in the cage battles. They battle each other every step of the way but grow to trust each other. Leto’s desire to have her wars with his duty to train her. Helping her against the Asters could destroy everything he has accomplished, but he knows what is being done is wrong. The decision he makes will change everything.
I had a really hard time getting into this book. It was not one of my favorite storylines. The main character, Audrey, was strong and willing to fight. I really liked the fire she had, but not wanting to do everything to access her powers was not something I expected. She was willing to do other dangerous things to free her son, but refused to do that. I was confused to why, as a mother she didn’t do everything possible. When she decided to, I found out why. I almost stopped reading after that. I hated the turn of events and was disgusted with the way the story went from there.
The relationship between Leto and Audrey grew and changed as the story evolved. That was my favorite part and had me continue in spite how the story progressed. They had to learn to trust each other in order to succeed. Then midway through the story I lost complete respect for Leto. He seemed to go along with the Asters concerning Audrey. I quit reading the story for awhile. In fact I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read the rest. However, I kept going and the ending didn’t disappoint. It was definitely nail biting. With the full journey and the story, I would probably only give it a 3 out of 5 rating. In other works it was ok in my opinion.
3 out of 5
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