Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Review: Steel (Rent a Dragon book 1) by Terry Bolryder


Book Description

A dragon as a handyman? Ridiculous.

At least Liam Steel thinks so. Sure, he and his crew of newly-awakened metal dragons are experts at building things, but after being sunk at the bottom of a frozen ocean, all they want is to find the mates they were sailing in search of in the first place, and Liam isn't sure how that can happen while he's playing in the dirt. Until he meets his first client, a sweet, curvy, no-nonsense business-woman busy taking care of everyone but herself. His heart screams 'mate', and he's ready to get his hands on more than her yard.

Kate Hinton doesn't know what to make of the beefcake Rent-A-Dragon sent over to help with her yard. Impossibly tall with soulful teal eyes, dark hair, and the features of a male model, she's pretty sure he should be walking a runway rather than digging trenches in her yard. And the way he looks at her? Like nothing else matters in the world. But the more she gets to know her kind, friendly, amazingly efficient handyman, the more she is realizing he's not from her world.

He lives in a remodeled castle. He doesn't know certain modern words. And he definitely doesn't understand the rules of modern courtship. But somehow, Kate is finding herself falling in love with this 'dragon' all the same, and finding out there is a whole other world outside her own. One full of secrets, and danger, and maybe even the love of a lifetime.

Steel is the first book in the Rent-A-Dragon series! It contains stubborn dragons, action-packed fights, and hot, steamy dragon romance. Enjoy!


My Review

Kate and Liam were so good together. I loved how they got along right from the beginning even if she had no idea that he was a dragon shifter. From the title I really thought that these dragon shifters were going to be made of steel or robot-like but that's just not the case. I realized only after reading this book and looking for the next one that this is a spin off of The Awaken Dragon series. I will have to go and read that series as well because even though this book and most likely this series can be read without reading the other series first, I'm sure that the characters will make more sense once reading about them in that first series. 

Liam meets Kate while working as a handyman as his cover for finding his mate. He and the other dragons are awesome at fixing things so this works out well. Kate gets to know Liam while he's fixing her house and yard. But she is hilarious because she can't stop staring at him while he's working up a sweat and taking his shirt off. All the naughty things she was thinking about him and about doing to him were just funny. If a tall, muscled, hot guy were working in my yard, I'd probably be having some of the same thoughts. 

There are different types of dragons and some of them don't get along. While the main story is resolved there's a bit of a back story going on that didn't really get resolved and I suspect we'll be seeing more of the mad dragons in subsequent books and I look forward to seeing what happens with that story line. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

36 comments:

  1. Oh those old timey dragons

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  2. Oh dragons! I confess that it's the first time I hear about this one

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    1. I came across it by accident myself but it was so good.

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  3. Dragons are always fun to give a run.

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  4. Oh cool, this series sounds fun. Good to know that it's a spin-off.

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  5. This sounds fun! I haven't read a dragon shifter book in years.

    For What It's Worth

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  6. A dragon?! My! Now I'm curious. Great review Mary :)

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  7. A great review. I want to read the book now.

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    1. Thanks! I hope you do, it was fun.

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  8. Oh this sounds really good Mary, right up my alley. Great review!

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  9. Dang, you can rent anything these days!

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  10. I laughed way harder than any sane man should have at this. The entire concept is so ridiculous, it sounds kind of amazing.

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  11. I really love this cover. I haven't tried this author before but this one looks really good so maybe I will.

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  12. I loved your comments on my blog. Thank you.

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  13. I can't think of the last time I read a book with dragon shape shifters. Masquerading as a handy man.... hmmm....

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  14. Hadn't heard of this series but love the sound of it! How can I call Rent-A-Dragon and get one of my very own???

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  15. This sounds good, but I guess I should start with the Awaken series. I do love DRAGONS!!

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    1. I am so bad about reading books out of order.

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  16. I wish that authors were a little better about promoting a series as a spin off. I think they avoid it because it might lose readers who haven't read the first series. I'm like you and would want to read the original series first. I will look up the Awaken series, because DRAGONS!! LOL :-D

    Melanie @ Hot Listens & Rabid Reads

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    1. I ended up reading the Awaken Dragon series and really liked it as well.

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  17. I love dragon shifter books. This one sounds like a fun read. I love the idea of a handyman dragon. LoL

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    1. It was a lot of fun. I want a handyman dragon shifter too.

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  18. Awesome, dragon shifters. This sounds like a fun read. Thanks for sharing this one. Great review.

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    1. It was great. Hope you get a chance to read it.

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