Monday, September 6, 2021

Vende by Celia Kyle and Anne Hale [Review]

Vende by Celia Kyle and Anne Hale
Vende (Dragons of Preor #11) by Celia Kyle and Anne Hale
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: July 26, 2020

Dragons of Preor
0.5. Dashing Through the Stars
1. Jarek
2. Taulan
3. Kozav
4. Rendan
5. Zadri
6. Hatched
7. Ivoth
8. Brukr
9. A Baby for Chashan
10. Argan
11. Vende Kindle

Celia Kyle (aka Erin Tate)
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Anne Hale
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
He had thought he would never experience the Knowing. All he needed was the right woman.

After suffering a traumatic injury as a child, Dawn has lived a sheltered life under the shadow of tragedy. Despite her passion for botany, neither her family nor her limitations ever allowed her to pursue her dreams...until the day she encounters the Preor and they need help only she can provide.

Vende has grown weary. Weary of overseeing the engineering infrastructure for the Preor Third Fleet, weary of watching as his fellow warriors find their mates, and—after several failed Choosings—weary of trying to find his own. It's time he face facts and resign himself to the life of a solitary warrior. Then he meets Dawn and finally understands the full power of the Knowing.

Desire. Love. Need.

But destiny can be cruel to those it sidelines. With the fate of the Preor hanging in the balance, Vende and Dawn must face seemingly insurmountable odds to find their happily ever after--not to mention save the warrior race from extinction.

Will it be enough? Or will Dawn and Vende lose their love before it has a chance to fully blossom?
Thoughts on Vende: The grumpy engineering master (who is NOT happy about having his precious resources repurposed into vacation spots for both Preor and human alike) gets his chance to make a connection with an unsuspecting human woman. Vende is irritated with his fellow officers' distraction from their duties by their own mates and doesn't understand how much a mate changes things when the connection is made.

Then he meets Dawn. He's still sort of grumpy and he's still not thrilled to have resources diverted from their original purpose, but he starts to get how a mate changes everything.

In Dawn's case, that's a literal assessment. Her ability to connect with living plants is exactly what the Preor need when things go south. When the brain injury she suffered as a child is undone (in a sense) when she receives the Knowing, she given a chance to shine and show everyone what she can do.

And, BOY, can she do a lot.

Dragons, danger, and the resolution to a problem that could have destroyed the Preor. Plus, a whole lot of plants got a happy, happy boost from Dawn's ability. Good stuff!

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