Synopsis
When Saphira opened up her café for baby dragons and their humans, she wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult to keep the fires burning. It turns out, young dragons are not the best magical animals to keep in a café, and replacing all that burnt furniture is costing Saphira more than she can afford from selling dragon-roasted coffee.
Aiden is a local gardener, and local heart-throb, more interested in his plants than actually spending time with his disobedient baby dragon. When Aiden walks into Saphira’s café, he has a genius idea – he’ll ask Saphira to train his baby dragon, and he’ll pay her enough to keep the café afloat.
Saphira’s happy-go-lucky attitude doesn’t seem to do anything but irritate the grumpy-but-gorgeous Aiden, except that everywhere she goes, she finds him there. But can this dragon café owner turn her fortunes around, and maybe find love along the way?
Review
This was pretty cute. I listened to it on audio, which overall was a good experience. The male narrator did have some long pauses in weird spots sometimes but other than that, they both felt like a really good fit for their characters and I’m hoping to listen to the rest of the series as well (though I now realize as I’m typing this that those might have different narrators since they’ll have different characters).
I really enjoyed both MCs and their stories and personalities. They felt like a really good fit for each other and I like how they slowly danced around each other before finally getting together. Their communication especially was a nice surprise because there were things that many books would’ve dragged out until the end but that were resolved so nicely for them as they got to know each other. I appreciate couples that can communicate.
The plot is where I think this book was a little weak sometimes. While the romance was cute and I enjoyed the ups and downs of owning the cafe and training a baby dragon, there were some aspects that just seemed more dramatic than necessary. There would be a big build-up but actually reaching the goal wouldn’t match that same energy. I did like how the feelings of the fMC changed once she reached the final one because it fit in well with her maturity, but overall they would make a big deal about things that weren’t actually that hard to fix.
The world building was cute and fun, but I hope we get to hear a bit more about the other mythical creatures eventually too. It also felt like there were a lot of things squeezed into what sounded a rather small area of the world (a valley) that made me feel like they should all be on top of each other more rather than the way they seemed so cleanly separated.
Overall, this was a cute romance with some funny and some serious moments that were well-placed. The cozy feeling worked well for the story and the characters were fun to cheer for. While it wasn’t Oh My God Amazing and could need some more development, I did enjoy listening to this during my road trip and it had a good mix of fun things that I’m happy to return to for round two once the next book releases.
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