Lord's Fall

Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison

I previously reviewed DRAGON BOUND here. It's the first book in the Elder Races series... and Lord's Fall is book 5. I mentioned in my previous review that the Elder Races series jumps around to different characters in the sequel books. ...so I definitely skipped books 2, 3, and 4 because I just wanted to read more about Dragos and Pia. I really don't think I missed anything in the previous three books that wasn't fully covered or summarized in book 5.

This book is also an adult book, and as such, it does have some graphic sex scenes and language in it.

An amazon summary, "In the latest Novel of the Elder Races, two mates find themselves on different paths, torn between their duty to the Wyr and the passion that binds them…

Before she met Dragos, half-human/half-Wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now she’s mated, pregnant and heading south to repair the Wyrs’ frayed relationship with the Elves. Being separated from Dragos is painful, but for the good of the Wyr demesne they need to figure out how to be partners—in more places than just the bedroom.

In New York to preside over the Sentinel Games, Dragos is worried about his mate, but knows that finding two replacement sentinels is essential to show the rest of the Elder Races just how strong and brutal the Wyr demesne can be. But as the Games heat up, Pia’s negotiations with the Elves take a turn for the dangerous, straining her bond with Dragos and threatening everything they hold dear…"AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE

Pia is off to the elves to smooth over relations that she and Dragos ruined, by well Pia running away after she stole from Dragos' hoard. Then Dragos pursuing her...because well she stole from his hoard. Literally, right towards the beginning of book 1. So the elves were NOT happy with Dragos being in their territory, and Dragos hasn't really done anything to smooth it over. The elves just kind of stopped working with the world. Pia travels down there to hopefully smooth over relations, and kind of get the elves to work with the world again. It's the first time she's been away from Dragos though, so tensions are a little high.

Dragos has to hold the sentinel games, because during the previous three books, two of the sentinels left for other things. Mostly because they mated with someone, and well other things. Dragos is not a happy dragon and his concerns are concentrated on Pia. Dragos can't go with Pia because well, he's the one o who wasn't supposed to be in their turf in the first place, and is still not allowed in for various reasons.

Sidenote, when the amazon summary says, "But as the Games heat up, Pia’s negotiations with the Elves take a turn for the dangerous, straining her bond with Dragos and threatening everything they hold dear…" is kind of garbage. Yeah, the elf situation does get dangerous, but like Pia and Dragos' bond isn't strained any more than it already was by them just being apart.

That's enough summary.

This satisfied my curiosity to an extent about what happened with Pia and Dragos. I also kind of want to know more, but at the same time, this was enough, for now. I'll probably circle back to it in a month or so after I figure out which book highlights Pia and Dragos next. I really love them as characters, I love their dynamics as a couple, and I love all their surrounding characters too. The universe is well thought out, the world building is well thought out, and I'm just happy that the story continues as if this was book 2 instead of 5. It was good.

Happy reading!