Bring the Heat (Dragon Kin 9) by G.A. Aiken

HE SAYS . . .
I, Aidan the Divine, am . . . well, divine. My name was given to me by the Dragon Queen herself! I’m a delight! Cheerful. Charming. And a mighty warrior who is extremely handsome, with a very large and well-hidden hoard of gold. I am also royal-born, despite the fact that most in my family are horrendous beings who don’t deserve to live. And yet, Branwen the Awful—a low-born, no less—either tells me to shut up or, worse, ignores me completely.

SHE SAYS . . .

I’ll admit, I ignore Aidan the Divine because it annoys him. A lot. But we have so much to do right now, I can’t worry about why he keeps staring at me, or why he always sits so close, or why he keeps looking at me like he’s thinking about kissing me. We have our nations to save and no time for such bloody foolishness . . . no matter how good Aidan looks or how long his spiked tail is. Because if we’re going to win this war before it destroys everything we love, we’ll have to face our enemies together, side by side and without distractions. But if we make it out alive, who knows what the future will hold . . .

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My Review:     (Thanks to NetGalley) 

I started this book wondering how I could read this without remembering all the other relationships, but found that this wasn't a problem because relevant relationships were reminded/explained and the rest weren't relevant to the story (only wanted to know thanks to my nitpicking). 

This was a great book, one that finished up the arc of the Zealots and their eyeless god Chramnesind. While on one hand this was good (and welcome), it meant that the main characters Aidan and Branwen quite often took a backseat to the action happening with previous main characters. As such the romance element was really lacking, smothered by cameo's and a side event featuring Annwyl (who BTW I LOVE).

We end the book with an introduction to the new 'bad guy' which really didn't impress me. Why? Because it was so damn obvious! They've been a background threat for books now and I can't believe no one has killed them when they had the chance. 

So while I can't say I'm looking forward to the new villain, I would love the chance for another book or two featuring the old characters such as Annwyl and Dagmar. These guys don't deserve to fade away as secondary characters to minor primary characters, i.e the queen's, daughter's, sister's, brother-in-law's, dog (you know what I mean, lol, stop stretching!).