Princess under cover's Reviews > Embrace of Dragons

AJ is my FAVORITE MM author! If only she'd write more!!



I don't know what to tell you guys... I loved loved loved this book! Maybe because writes so few MM books, but each one is just soooooo special. Each one is a home run.

************** SPOILERS AHEAD for those of you who haven't read anything in the series, so continue at your own discretion!!! ***************

This story is a re-envisioning of the Arthurian Legends. AJ started this spin-off series of the Pure/ Dark Ones https://www.goodreads.com/series/8550... with , where we get a glimpse of this alternate universe in which Guinevere is the ultimate baddie.

But what about Arthur and Lancelot? I definitely wanted to read more about them since book 1, in which they were nothing more than zombies controlled by the evil queen.

Never would I have imagined that Arthur and Lancelot could be a couple. Yeah, I always felt bad for their ruined friendship because of the woman in between them (what happened to bros before hoes??)



So I am absolutely DELIGHTED that they are actually fated mates! In this book, we get their story, both the backstory of how they met and their relationship developed, as well as how Guiny came between them, and now how they're dealing with all of their tribulations and trying to give each other the freedom to find themselves again.

Isn't setting someone free the purest form of love? And if they come back to you, they love you too?

Well, that's the theme here.

There's a lot of water under the bridge, so Arthur and Lance have a lot to work through. The angry hate-sex is scorching HOTTTT!! Bc underneath, there's enduring love. AJ writes the BEST MM sex scenes (and honestly sex scenes in general, but in my view in particular the MM ones). Love always underpins the sex in her books and it's very obvious. None of the sex is about just sex. Sometimes it's about power or retribution or bonding or etc. But it's never just lust-induced mindless sex. It's always a kind of communication or communion and I LOVE IT!!!

There's a lot more that goes on in this installment than just Arthur and Lance, though this couple takes center stage. There's the family bonding between the Pendragons. There's planning for the war to come. There are DRAGONS of course!!

I won't say WHO is the dragon, you will have to read to find out. And when you do, it will be GLORIOUS!!



Can't wait for Ben's books NEXT!!!