Rating: 4.5
Steam: 2
PoV: multiple, 3rd person
Series: Irresistible Dragons #6
Genre: paranormal romance, omegaverse, MMM
Main tropes: suspense, fated mates, past trauma
Whoever had coined the phrase “love hurts” had sure as fuck known what they were talking about.
Nora Phoenix kept me up until 5 in the morning with this suspenseful, slow burn romance – I just couldn’t put it down!
There was a lot going on in this book; Rhene and Erwan at the Dragon Council, some of the clan / pack planning for a rescue mission and the slow, slow burn romance between Adar, Oliver and Delton. The story went back and forth between the couples and their situations, and even if there was a lot happening, the story felt very coherent and easy to follow.
I loved how things slowly built between Adar, Oliver and Delton though, as they’ve been kind of circling around each other for a long time. I’ve loved to see how Adar’s been protecting and guarding Oliver since his arrival, always so respectful of the omegas boundaries. The pining from afar, the heartbreak of seeing your fated mate fall in love with someone else… it was so easy to feel the pain and hope from all three of them, but especially Delton.
While there wasn’t a lot of intimacy on page between the couples in this story, the love between the already established couples was palpable. Adar and Oliver were mostly talking, with Delton present, about what a relationship between them might look like, and I’m looking forward to see the continuation of their relationship development in the next book. With Oliver’s traumatic past, Adar’s need for impact play, and Delton not really knowing if he even fits in with them… these three definitely have a lot of things to work through together.
Dragon’s Surprise managed to keep me on my toes all throughout the story, and I loved to learn new things about the dragon clans and traditions. I really didn’t want the book to end – and that cliffhanger… let’s just say the next book can’t come soon enough!
“What do you know? He does like aftercare when you’re doing it,” Isam said. His voice held a strange edge Adar couldn’t place, as if he was saying something else, something more.
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