Why I read it: HORNY DRAGON BOOK SEQUEL. Need I say more? I’ll say more. The first book in the Bound to Fire & Steel duology made my 2023 favorites list, and when the follow-up became available on NetGalley, I had to get it. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an advance copy; this is my honest review.

Review #insixwords: A must-read sequel from Kit Rocha.

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I reread Consort of Fire before diving into Queen of Dreams and I’m glad I did. When you read, uh, a lot of books like I do, it’s easy to forget what happened. Reading Consort of Fire help reorient me in the world, and made the Queen of Dreams reading experience that much better.

This book is just as good as (or better than???) Consort of Fire. Writing sequels can be hard both from a writing perspective and from a fan expectation perspective, and Bree and Donna (Kit Rocha) nailed it. (I am not surprised. Their books are 🔥)

This book features the same three main characters as book 1: Ash (the Dragon), Sachi, and Zanya. We ended book 1 with a HFN (happy for now), this book focuses on the deepening of their relationship as Sachi and Zanya come to understand and learn all they’re capable of.

Queen of Dreams expands the world-as-we-know-it from the first book, and how twisted it gets! The Betrayer makes such a fascinating (and terrifying) villain.

I am going to blatantly steal this line from my Consort of Fire review because it’s true: Bree and Donna put so much thought, care, and skill into crafting this fantasy world and its cast of characters. Seriously, it’s not to be missed.

Recommendation: This duology is one that you have to read in order. Read Queen of Dreams if you’ve read and enjoyed Consort of Fire. If you haven’t and you like fantasy romance or are looking for polyamory and bisexual rep, start with Consort of Fire.

Queen of dreams is a well-written and engaging novel that is sure to appeal to fans of romantasy, action-packed stories. I personally enjoyed the plot and its many twists very much. Can’t wait enough to read the next book already.