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Gift of Dragons
by

Aja James (Goodreads Author)

Princess under cover's review

Mar 11, 2023

it was amazing

bookshelves: favorite-series-of-all-time, favorites, arc-from-author, celibate-hero, dragons, drooling-over-cover, erotic-romance, fantasy-paranormal, fantasy, ku, m-f, second-chance, sexy-alpha-male, virgin-alpha-hero, virgin-hero

Read 2 times. Last read July 1, 2023 to July 3, 2023.

I really can't postpone reading this like I was trying to... trying to pore over every word and re-read every paragraph to fully draw out the enjoyment...

All of the shelf descriptions I have for this book scratch my every itch. This book ticks ALL of my love-starved boxes!!

We have the ALPHA hero who is: beautiful, protective, loving unconditionally, deep-voiced and deep-feeling, knows what he wants, proud but not arrogant, confident but not condescending (or somesuch, AJ wrote it better). He's EVERYTHING my dream alpha male husband-lover would be!!!

Our beautiful, magnificent SHAI!!!

We have the wise-beyond-her-years yet emotionally underdeveloped heroine, the most successful pharoah in all of Egyptian history! Who (I believe) loved Shai as soon as he loved her, but just didn't know it.

Heba is BADASS. And I LOVE her possessiveness!!

We have in parallel, the urgent search party of Ben, Ere and Sorin to find the Secret Gift, and in the process help Heba and Shai be together.

ANd y'all! It's set in EGYPT!!! The mysterious, gorgeous, magical place of EGYPT!!!!!

The PASSION! The HOTTTTTTT SEX!!! The pining and wishing and pulling and pushing between the MCs... PERFECTION! And ultimately, the LOVE!

It's visceral! You can feel it! I'm swooning from it!

You have to read it for yourself to understand. Think about it:

A queen and her slave. A pharoah and her captain of the guard. A love that burns between them that can't see the light of day. What will they do? What is their secret? How can they overcome all odds to be together????

You have to read to find out!!!

INFINITE GLORIOUS STARS!!!

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Reading Progress

November 26, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read

November 26, 2022 – Shelved

January 15, 2023 –

0.0% "Why didn't my update save??? Anyway, soooooo excited to see where this is going?? And dare I say it... I feel like Seventh Sister might be marked for YOU KNOW WHO!!!"

January 15, 2023 –

7.0% "Part of Chap 1: ancient Egypt... sexy!

A slave and a princess... YUMMM...."

January 16, 2023 –

9.0% "Whoa nelly... there's so much already going on I don't know where to look first! The intense tension between Eve and Ben... the CLUES strewn all over the place (BOTH MCs names meaning GIFT) and WTF - castration and cock and ball cages???? 😱😱😱😱😱😱🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆"

January 16, 2023 –

10.0% "

January 16, 2023 –

10.0% "I love Ere! Protect your boy, Black Dragon!

January 21, 2023 –

15.0% "Part of chap 3: Ah... so that's how they determined what the quest was and when...

January 21, 2023 –

17.0% "Chap 3... well, we know where THIS is gonna go... 😳😳😳😳😳"

January 21, 2023 –

20.0% "OMG YAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

January 21, 2023 –

20.0% "please describe what happens next between Shai and Heba in GREAT DETAIL, AJ!!!"

January 22, 2023 –

22.0% "Um... I might have to get in on this Shai claiming... bc THAT MAN!!!

January 22, 2023 –

24.0% "I'm dead... DEAD!!!

WhYYYYYYYY?????

January 28, 2023 –

30.0% "He's FREE!!! But... why did it seem to make things WORSE???? 😭😭😭😭😭"

January 28, 2023 –

32.0% "woman! just ASK him! just tell him how you feel! Well, it does appear she still hasn't totally gotten in touch with how she feels. I didn't read any hint toward the L word in her thoughts... but she sure is obsessed!

January 29, 2023 –

35.0% "Our Heba is growing up!

January 29, 2023 –

37.0% "The clock is ticking! This Punt thing doesn't bode well for Heba and Shai's future! Don't let her meet the Punt king, Shai! CARRY YOUR WOMAN OFF AND HAVE UR WAY WITH HER!!!"

February 4, 2023 –

40.0% "Chap 8: and the plot thickens... secret tunnels in mortuary temples... oh my!"

February 5, 2023 –

41.0% "Yeah baby! Get after your man!! Can't WAIT to see how this plays out!!!

February 5, 2023 –

45.0% "Get it out of your system guys, get it all out - and you know how to do it! SO JUST DO IT!!!!

February 6, 2023 –

46.0% "I can't stand it!! KISS KISS KISS!!! SEX SEX SEX!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I will keep chanting til AJ gives me EVERYTHING!!!"

February 6, 2023 –

46.0% "

February 11, 2023 –

48.0% "This is me as I see "part of Chap 10" pop up in my inbox:

February 11, 2023 –

48.0% "OH MY GOD.

See gifs in comments. I can only say here:

February 11, 2023 –

50.0% "Chap 10 complete
OMG these 2!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

February 11, 2023 –

50.0% "

February 12, 2023 –

53.0% "There's another secret tunnel... whoopdeedo.

Let's get back to Heba and Shai, shall we? I'm loving the little glimpses into their past sprinkled throughout... How absolutely darling!! She made him a necklace of Egyptian heilographs! or however you spell...

February 12, 2023 –

55.0% "Well... I'm ready to find myself a ship rail and get me a Shai (or Can Yaman) to box me in and talk dirty to me.

February 13, 2023 –

56.0% "Holy Moly!!! I don't think I'm allowed to post pics about this...

February 13, 2023 –

56.0% "Damn it! gif didn't work...

Try again:

February 15, 2023 –

60.0% "

Hanging on the edge of my seat but LOVE this! LOVE the intensity of this relationship!"

February 18, 2023 –

65.0% "Come ON, Seventh Sister! Do your thing!!

And Shai... have faith! it will all work out!"

February 18, 2023 –

67.0% "I can never get enuf of Heba and Shai!

The King of Punt sounds like a cool dude actually... he better not try anything!!

February 19, 2023 –

70.0% "WHAT IS GOING ON????!!!!

February 20, 2023 –

75.0% "AJ, this bit doesn't help!!! 😱😱😱😱

February 24, 2023 –

77.0% "

February 25, 2023 –

80.0% "Whoa...... 🤯 😳 😮

Sooooo many things going on!!! It's all coming to a head!"

February 25, 2023 –

82.0% "Oh Shai! But don't despair! Help is on the way!!

February 26, 2023 –

85.0% "I better get some HOTTNESSS on the reunion STAT!!!

February 27, 2023 –

90.0% "I am so in love with this couple I can't even... they might be my FAVE couple of all time with AJ's books, and that's really saying smth! The way they talk to each other... the way they love each other and get all passionate and wild and possessive...

I'm SUCH a goner!