Thank you NetGalley for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review

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This was a great short but super spicy fantasy romance.

This was my first book by Lola Glass, and I loved it. I do wish I had started with her previous books though because while it does work well as a standalone, it’s obvious that there’s some backstory about the side characters and the world building from previous books that would’ve made this one even better.

The beginning and middle of this book doesn’t have a lot of plot, mostly just spice and romance. The end is has a whole lot more plot though and while I loved the spice and romance, the added plot towards the end really made me care a lot and enjoy the whole book a lot more.

The FMC and MMC were both strong and well written characters. Their banter was perfect and they equally help each other through everything. They actually felt like equal partners which doesn’t happen enough in human/shifter romances. The spice was absolutely delicious as well.

The book ended perfectly with a nicely wrapped up (and well earned) HEA and just enough of a sneak peak into what the next book will be about. Definitely will be reading more from the author.

A dragon shifter and a human woman accidentally set off a bonding heat and are stuck together in a cabin in the woods for four weeks. Elodie interrupts what she assumes to be a fight between a supernatural man and a human woman and sets of a potential mating ritual instead. August is about to head to prison for breaking some rules in the process of protecting his sister, but is detoured by the imminent heat that’s triggered by Elodie. There’s some dragon politics in the background here, but this book is mostly a quick and easily digestible steamy read. I thought it was a fun and not-too-deep kind of story and perfect for reading in between longer more epic or angsty books.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the audio recording for this book. The narration was excellent.

This is a fun and steamy dragon shifter romance. The story dives right into the attraction between Elodie and August. She walks out of a coffeeshop to interrupt an argument between a man and a woman. As soon as the man turns to her, he goes into heat, and as soon as he touches her, she joins him there.

If they sate their bond, they’ll be mated, but if they stay together (and maybe partake in some other actions to release some pressure), they may just make it through and be able to go their separate ways.

Fully expect to suspend your disbelief with this one; it is a dragon shifter romance after all. Elodie willingly goes with August, a dragon shifter whom she has just met, to his unfurnished cabin in the woods for four weeks. (Don’t worry; he gets furniture in there for her stat.) At least she has the forethought to be concerned about school and how her friends and mom will worry about her.

There’s plenty of heat to this one—both literal and of the attraction kind—but there’s also a sweetness to how they take care of each other.

This is the first of three books, and it looks like each book focuses on the relationship between one of the three friends and one of the dragon shifter brothers.

I’m not going to lie; I will probably keep reading this series. This first book is a fun escape and has more plot than I was expecting. Listening to it at 2x speed on audio, it was a quick, little diversion that helped me get through some Saturday morning chores.

The audiobook has dual narration by Nick Mondelli and Renee Thorne. I expected his voice to be more gravely or growly as a dragon shifter, but ultimately liked his narration. Some of the phrasing in Thorne’s narration didn’t feel very natural to me, but those moments weren’t enough to fully pull me out of the story.

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I listened to an advance copy of the audiobook from Dreamscape Media. All review opinions are my own.

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🐉Shifter Romance
🖤Mate Bond
🐉Forced Proximity
🖤Spice
🐉Dual POV
🖤Touch her and Di3

I received an ALC from Dreamscape Media via NetGalley.

I have read my fair share amount of shifter romances of all different kinds so I’m familiar with the basic world building around those relationships.

I thought this one was very cozy and romantic compared to some of the other ones that I have read. The spice was good. Thought that it was a good pallet cleanser if you’re looking for a quick intro to shifter romance or if you’re just looking for a fast book I feel this one is perfect.

I did listen to this book on audio. I really loved the male narrators performance throughout the whole book. The female narrator threw me a few times with her voice changes because I didn’t feel it was as consistent. But I still think that she did a great job.

𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
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Never Fall for a Dragon is book 1 in the Mate Mountain series. Quick, easy, cute read. If you want smut, semi plot, dragon shifter, human female, with a dash of mate bond vibes, this book is highly recommended for you. I do feel like this could have been a novella, it sometime felt like nothing was happening, but then something was happening. If that makes sense.
The narrator did a good job, I enjoyed listening to their voice.
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 :
•Dragon shifter
•mate bond
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 Aug.6
Thank you, Netgalley, and Dreamscape Media for the audiobook for my honest review.