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Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
We are brought back into the world of lores and epic quests and the epic love of Erubu and Sorin. In this installment, they are faced up with traveling to a time of demi gods, magic and a most unusual pairing that neither of them will expect or be fully ready for because it might cost Erubu and Sorin just about everything to risk it for this quest and a love story that will test their resolves. Song of Dragons is a story I put off, I think because the blurb sounded a bit similar to the first book but I have to say that Song of Dragons is NOTHING like the first book. In fact, I enjoyed it so much more than the first one. And yeah it was the heroine. lol I know many don't enjoy her character, but she wasn't what I was worried about. But thank goodness....Aja James delivered in every way that matters here.

First Line
"I thought we were going to the Celestial Palace?"

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Andros
The Heroine: Divina

Summary
Erebu and Sorin, our epic couple from the Pure Dark Ones, are on their second task from the Jade Emperor and in this one they will need to retrieve the Song of Destiny. And they will be accompanied by a she dragon, Divina, who is a upbeat energetic Marilyn Monroe who loves all animals and sex but is terrified of love but is accompanied by her giant Chinese Tibetan Mastiff and nothing could possible go wrong right? Well the troupe will run into a sexy alpha celibate hero who has only known abuse and captivity and dreams of freedom, they will battle some enemies and along the way there will be a fierce passionate love that will face its greatest test that could cost all of them .....will they succeed or fail in this most important quest?

What I Loved
Song of Dragons was a book I expected to enjoy just as much as the first book in the series so I ekpt my expectations medium. But I was completely BLOWN away by this book because I actually thought I was going to be DNF'ing this story. Was that the case though??? HELL NAW!!! The author pulled through for me. My fear was in some of the reviews mentioning what creature Andros actually was and I was like PLEASE PLEASE ....I am begging you don't let this be a monster pairing, cause I just don't do animals and humans mating lol But I can safely and confidently say that there was no beastiality and Aja James completely delivered in every single way.

So first....can we discuss the beauty of Erebu and Sorin!!! Each time we see them together, I fall back in love with them. I loved the intimacy that we are seeing growing, the little reveals and gifts that this author gives us with them ....and the roman bath scene was kinda epic!!! But seeing how they get tested in the third act was brilliant. We really see their conviction and connection to each other.

Now lets get to the really good part.....the romance between Andros and Davina. I fell so deep for these two. Now I know some struggled with the heroine....but I am scratching my scalp at "why???" LOL Cause I found her so refreshing and fun and a breath of fresh air and brightness. I could see how sometimes she could come off being closed off and flighty, but she isn't really like that. She has these layers to her character. For many years she hasn't been afraid of giving her body but she keeps her heart tightly latched. She is terrified in love because at the center of it....she wants to be loved and is scared that she won't be and unfortunately that means she hurts the one man with whom she can trust her heart. But no worries....what I appreciated was how she learns her lesson. She realizes her mistake, and works to redeem herself. I would have liked a bit of a longer grovel to be honest but there was one so BRAVO to this author. And when she needs to....she will fight for those she loves the most and sacrifice everything for the one who has her heart and soul.

Then we have Andros. Andros is delectable, sweet and deliciously alpha you want to to soak him up like a sponge. Andros is a hero that has never truly known kindness or being cherished. He is like a soaring eagle....powerful and full of class and royalty and needs his freedom but dreams of so much more in his life than the cards he has been dealt. Then comes in this gorgeous woman who gives him so much in her soft touches and sweet assuring words. But Andros is sensitive in some ways especially when it comes to the emotions of the heart. You see how he wants Divina forever but he won't force her to love him. But he aches to have someone truly love him and put him as a priority and being willing to RISK everything for him. Seeing these two hearts that ache for love in different ways and find a way to compliment each other's needs just right? Was truly magical in only the ways that Aja James can deliver. The moments that these two made me swoon with their declarations of love, seeing them let go of their reservations and fear, and learn the value in fighting for each other when it truly matters....is what made this book glow with epic love moments. Its a story where we see such honest portrayals of the human condition and sacrificing for your mate truly means and the beautiful rewards that come towards you in that sacrifice and giving all you have. And the ending was MAGNIFICENT!! Honestly I was sobbing buckets because it had me in all my feels and made me want to dance in joy in seeing these two find their HEA in all the ways that they deserved!!!

I was also intrigued by Hades!!! I adored his character and I am trying not to get my hopes up but I kinda would love to see him more in the series in upcoming books. *crossing fingers*

What I Struggled With
I would have liked to see more groveling from the heroine, she does hurt the hero pretty deeply and would have liked to see something more from her on that.

Overall View
Song of Dragons was a enthralling adventure that takes the reader through the paces of beautiful sacrifice, tender hearts and a poignant love that spans time and space.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Mythological Fantasy, Time Travel, Paranormal Romance
Character Types: Demi Gods, Shape Shifter, Dragons, Unique Shifter
Themes: Heart/Emotionally Touching, Tear Jerker, Love of Animals, Spicy
Tropes: Forced Proximity, Fated Love, Epic Love

Book Perspective
Multi POV's

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Some Relationship....more Plot Conflict Focus

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Kerrilyn Sparks
Larissa Ione

Song(s) This Book Inspires
Ghost by Badflower
Unsteady by X Ambassadors
Silhouette by Aquilo
Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes

Steam/Spice Explanations

Simmering cup of tea---soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.