This was such a great book full of adventure, drama, excitement, and of course…dragons! Jenna did a phenomenal job of world building to create this epic story about a dragon slayer and a dragon rider from two countries separated by hundreds of miles of desert with a shaky peace agreement and very opposite views on dragons.

Kella is one of the greatest dragon slayers from Jeenobi. And what is a dragon slayer going to do? Slay dragons. But now dragon slaying is outlawed under the new peace agreement. That won’t stop Kella though. Not when justice calls. Except this time she didn’t get a free pass. So what does the king (and her ex) do? Sends her with the dragon rider to Aelshia to be dealt with.

Litz is an Aelshian princess, niece of the king (who’s a woman, which is awesome), and a dragon rider - bonded to a dragon named Loren. Needless to say, neither Litz nor Loren are very fond of the cocky dragon slayer.

Their journey is full of escape attempts, sand terrors, kidnapping, and of course…a budding romance between the unlikely pair. It's mostly flirty banter and kissing (eventually) between Litz and Kella, but you can see them beginning to truly care for the other and feel the connection between them growing. It's low spice, but not low on chemistry!

And there’s also Kella’s brother Ker who sets out to save her. Both Litz and Ker are also magic users. And one thing these two countries have in common is their disdain for magic and those who use it.

It did take me a bit to really get into the story between figuring out who all the people were, the use of last names and nicknames, and just getting a sense of the world and switching POVs. But once I got into the flow, I was hooked! It ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, so I’m hoping that means there is more to come! I really enjoyed this book. There was also lots of representation in this book - queer, non-binary, ace, deaf, and more.

Also…I want to bond with a dragon now.