Dragon Wife by Diana GreenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Pride and Stubbornness entangle
Orwenna is our heroine and the king's niece with a gift in magic. Now with humans the gift of Magic isn't welcomed and looked on as evil. She keeps her abilities hidden from other's so she isn't looked down upon. Huroth our hero is a dragon and chieftain of the dragons who lived in Dragonvale. He's awakened from his slumber and works on finding the rest of his clan and makes an alliance with Orwenna's uncle. During this alliance the two meet and a spark ignites within them both.
The book skips several years where the King needs to dragons to help protect his people. Orwenna goes after the Liaison in secret, as the job ends up falling onto her to bring the dragons to help the king. Loosing people and a dragon things become hard and a bit rocky for Orwenna as Huroth offers things to the king so he can ask Orwenna hand, but things get meshed and messages mixed up. After the mix up in messages Orwenna gets to go see Dragonvale and the two after some hardships get through everything to be together.
The book flows rather well, and you can envision some of the places that Green talks about. The writing paints a picture of how places are suppose to look and the emotions described into it shows you the character growth and understanding. Her characters feel real and not made up or just sketched onto a piece of paper. I really do like Orwenna she's got a fire in her; when she decides to go what she wants it makes you want to cheer for her and makes you happy. Though it's looked down on in that era, you can't help but to congratulate her. Huroth is a dragon and use to thinking as a 'dragon' or 'animal' rather than trying to deal with human emotions that confuse him. He learns the best way to earn Orwenna's trust is to be truthful and explain things to her. You watch the man/Dragon struggle with his pride and go through the steps trying to prove he cares for her and she isn't a breeding tool. It's rather fun to read and some parts felt longer than others. It was a good read over all and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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