Review: Deven and the Dragon (Beautiful Beasts, #1) by Eliot Grayson

Rating: 4.5🌈

Eliot Grayson has written a fairy tale about a curse, a castle, a dragon, a Prince, a innocent ,a thief, a mission to steal a unique treasure for the sake of the village, you know all the elements that make up a typical fairy tale. Except in Grayson’s story, things are a bit twisted.

Those twists, Grayson’s winning characters, and an engaging narrative make Deven and the Dragon a fabulous story for all lovers of this genre and romances in general.

Fiora is such a sympathetic character, especially as we slowly get to know him as Deven, the handsome rapscallion from the village, does. None of the usual fairy tale traits or traditions quite fall true here unless it’s that of true love saving the day and breaking the curse.

In between, we have a wonderful relationship that develops, some heartbreaking moments, and a romance for adults that’s heartwarming and emotional.

Plus dragons and drama! Yes, please.

Highly recommended and onto the next one in this series.

Layered characters, twists in a standard format, and heartfelt ending. Yes!

Plus gorgeous covers that pull the reader in. Exquisite.

Beautiful Beasts:

✓ Deven and the Dragon #1

◦ Corin and the Courtier #2

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Deven and the Dragon (Beautiful Beasts Book 1)

Blurb:

The beast doesn’t ever really get a fairytale ending…does he?

Deven’s mission is clear. All he has to do is convince the dragon to give up one of his magical scales. Lies, deception, seduction—nothing is off-limits. It should be easy. But it isn’t. Especially not when said dragon is so alluring in human form. It’s not long before Deven starts to want something way more valuable than a scale from his beautiful beast. But how do you convince a dragon to give you his heart when your entire relationship was built on deceit?

Fiora is cursed. Love can kill him. Literally kill him. So keeping his mind (and hands) off the devilishly handsome Deven shouldn’t be a challenge. But it is. Deven’s entirely too warm, too attractive, too…everything to resist. And spending time with the lovable human makes Fiora question what’s more frightening—the curse, or the possibility of a life without Deven by his side.

If they want a shot at happily ever after, Deven and Fiora will need to break the potentially deadly curse and overcome all the secrets that stand between them. Easy, right?

They wish…

This book is an explicit M/M romance with an absurd cloak worn during the summer, a dragon who hoards—well, it isn’t gold, and some extremely angry parents who can breathe fire.