Love in the Age of Dragon was a promising dystopian YA about our near future after dragons entered the world several years ago and destroyed mostly human society. We will following Ayana who live at underground city with limited supplies. The plot mostly around daily survival and adventure above the underground.

The promising subplots are a lot, including the romance. But it seems like author keep it for another installment. There is many unfinished things and hidden secrets never solve till end. The story is promising, especially with dragons everything must be grand. But sadly I feel incomplete and hanging until the end.

Thank you Spark Press for provided me with this copy. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

Love in the Age of Drafons was a story whose promise faltered.

The first few chapters had everything!

We were immediately tossed into dragon fire, chaos and pure fright fueled adrenaline!
Then it all kind of puttered out.

I got so annoyed with the MC, Ayana and her strange motivations in the last chapters.

And then the ending????

So many plot lines started and discarded! Possible new enemies hinted at, things falling apart, secrets left unrevealed, everything up in the air. No resolution, just a very jagged laying of the path to a possible sequel?

Where was the promised love in this age of dragons?

Not enough action, poor pacing, romance aspect promising but ultimately undeveloped. A total miss in the end.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of this book was intriguing, but unfortunately the execution didn’t make me love it in the way I’d hoped to.

The MC, Ayanna, was very naïve. I know this was marketed as YA but there were points where she appeared a lot younger than she was supposed to be which became frustrating. This was especially prevalent when it came to the love aspect of this story. Ayanna was absolutely oblivious about her love interests during pretty much the entire book. While some obliviousness is understandable for her being a teen, considering she was 19 and the book was titled ‘love in the age of dragons’ it got increasingly frustrating that we didn’t experience any sort of definable love story between her and either of the characters that displayed an interest (they weren’t exactly subtle about it either). With her also being the only POV we see in this book, it started to grate that she was a very childish with limited views which made the story come across dull.

If the romance had been further developed and the main character had been explored further throughout the duration of the story, this would have been a good read.

An entertaining YA dystopia with a strong Black female lead is not something you find every day. The world, our world, has fractured into small enclaves of people struggling to survive as dragons that entered the world through a worm-hole 2 years ago have destroyed most of human society. Ayanna lives in an underground system with a small group of others but their doctor is dying and medicine is running out. Determined to rescue them, Ayanna makes a desperate trip above ground but finds much more than she imagined....

The title makes is sound like it would be a romance but it really isn't. Sure there is some romantic tension and possible relationships are in the offering but they take a back seat to the action. The details of this world are rich even if the locale is limited. It does end in a cliff hanger with lots of unanswered questions.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in return for an honest opinion.

I like the concept. A dystopian future that resulted because of dragons is cool even if I find it incredibly hard to believe. But I didn’t enjoy the story much at all. I didn’t enjoy Ayanna as the narrator and having only her point of view was incredibly limiting. I don’t feel like it ever really progressed. I read enough YA to not get trapped by all the irrational decisions they make. But in a world where a 19 year old has a major leadership position, Ayanna and her actions/responses/ emotional processing seems almost childish at times. I could have even gotten passed that though, if there had been in progression in the storyline sooner than 80% in. Also with that much day to day depiction I would have expected to feel a connection to the characters and I don’t. I sort of like Richard but I know I would have liked him more if he had a voice.

I have to admit that I struggled more than I think I would be. The cover is so pretty, I have high hopes.
This book has nice story idea, but something in the writing style is throwing me off. The author was trying her best to use beautiful phrases, and sometimes it worked but sometimes... not. Like "she fought with her eyes. her eyes won. darkness overcame her." I think it's just my personal opinion, but that could be shortened into "she struggled to keep her eyes open" or something else. The... elaborate phrases could be used in another scene, maybe while Ayanna is describing her feelings, instead of explaining little things. Ayanna is okay as lead, but I didn't find myself connecting with her.

The book is a good, and enjoyable paranormal romance read. The story has a good story line. The characters are good, and they have good chemistry.