Mate Mountain Book 2
This book picks up where book 1 left off at Elodie & August's (our first couple) wedding. Randa (Elodie's friend) is getting tired of being the third wheel between her twin sister Vi and Eli (August's brother) they have been bickering all night and asking for her to get in the middle of their argument... You know what sounds good going over to sit by Jasper (August's other brother and leader of the dragon clan) no one is bothering him and he's hot... of course he is all dragons are.
Randa goes over to sit with Jasper and he continues to not pay much attention to her (although she's wrong... he's been watching her all night probably too closely he doesn't want to get close to a female as an unmated dragon this would be devastating if a mate bond formed). Taking a drink from Randa's drink (accidently) triggers "heat" which leads to the magical need for them to seal their bond or attempt to get through it without sealing it over the next 2-4 weeks.
From here while I didn't necessarily dislike the characters or the story, as with the first book there wasn't much of a story it was small amount of plot plus some steamy scenes where they are fighting their urge to make things official and seal their mate bond. Elodie and August put their honeymoon on hold to help provide Randa with some information on how to get through the month without becoming a bonded pair she does this mainly through text messages from Elodie and it becomes a bit of a struggle for Randa to keep secrets from her twin sister. Ultimately Elodie doesn't feel it will be easy for Randa to fight the heat since she has a lower pain tolerance and the magic will make Randa be in more pain pushing her and Jasper closer together to make their bond official.
Jasper is a sweet and respectful guy who only knows how to make pancakes but is willing to learn how to make other things for Randa. Randa doesn't know how to cook either as her twin sister was usually the one to make things and they had been living together until she was flown up to mate mountain away from her home and family to live with a handsome dragon shifter for the next month.
Randa is an artist who can work from anywhere (and her boss is really understanding about her current situation). Randa knows she will struggle to be so far away from her family, friends and everything she has ever known. Does Jasper even want to be with her? this is a common question she faces throughout the book since she knows from Elodie that dragon's are highly against trying to actually find a mate as it would be restrictive to their freedom as once they are mated a dragon can't fly without their partner.
Randa and Jasper have some big decisions to make if they do become a mated pair where will they live? Jasper is the leader of the dragon clan that guards the prison and needs to stay up on Mate Mountain for the majority of the time that's part of his role as the leader. How will Randa cope with living so far away from her twin sister, Elodie and her parents she knows that Jasper would probably be willing to fly her places... but it takes away from her freedom to go when she wants to as she's now dependent on him for a lift, also the first time was super scary it was a bumpy flight and what if she falls off?
Some more drama occurs when Jasper meets Randa's parents, Randa's mother is kind of judgmental and doesn't understand why Randa would even consider being mated to someone she barely knows.
There is a happy ending to this and the couple were easy going it just made for a story that dragged a bit, parts of this were very similar to the first storyline just in a different location (instead of decorating a cabin they are decorating his parents old apartment (now his apartment as the leader) on the mountain), they are in "heat" fighting their urges, they don't leave the place for days and spend a lot of time in bed.
I plan on reading the next in the series and would read other books by this author it was an entertaining easy light read and made me laugh a few times.
pretty much the same tropes I wrote last time-->
*spice *Protective MMC *Dragon shifter (male) *MMC Virgin
*light read, not much of a plot *mates *slow burn *forced proximity *fantasy *paranormal romance
*happy ending *Insta lust
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