Dragon Rose - Christine Pope

Dragon Rose

ByChristine Pope

  • Release Date: 2013-02-14
  • Genre: Paranormal Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 682 Ratings

Description

A sacrifice born of love leads to a destiny she never imagined.

Rhianne Menyon would rather face the Dragon than marry the odious wool merchant her mother has chosen. When her secret talent for painting is discovered, threatening her family's livelihood, that flippant wish becomes a desperate reality.

For five centuries, the mysterious Dragon of Black’s Keep has claimed a Bride from Lirinsholme every few years — a sacrifice that keeps the town safe but seals the chosen woman’s fate. When Rhianne’s dearest friend is selected, Rhianne makes an unprecedented choice: she offers to take her place.

At Black’s Keep, she expects to find a monster. Instead, she discovers Theran Blackmoor — a man shrouded in shadows, whose voice is gentle and whose rare kindness awakens something she never expected to feel. But when Rhianne glimpses his true, terrible form circling the castle at night, she understands why his touch burns and why the Brides before her chose death over their gilded prison.

Then her dreams begin showing her a stranger’s face — one that haunts her waking hours and drives her to paint with fevered obsession. As Rhianne uncovers the tragic truth behind the Dragon’s curse, she must decide: will her gift for seeing beyond the surface be enough to break five centuries of torment, or will she become just another “Beloved Bride” whose headstone marks the graveyard of broken dreams?

Reviews

  • Dragon Rose

    5
    By i luv reading
    Novel lot line. Great foreshadowing. Totally enjoyable. Thanks

  • A Beautiful Story

    5
    By Nightmareb403
    At first I was a little weary about the plot line of this book, I am very glad I gave it a chance. This book is wonderful, it was one of the best books I have read in a long time.

  • A Beautiful Twist to A Well-Known Tale!

    5
    By A.Louise.L
    Beauty and the Beast has always been one of my favorite tales. This book puts a mature twist on it!! I recommend this book for anyone 16+ (or who feels they are mature enough). There is no profanity or sexual activity (except for a few stolen kisses).

  • Beauty meets ... The Hunger Games?

    3
    By lattelicks
    I think it can be very difficult to twist an old tale to make it new and fresh. As this tale starts, it appeared this might be the case. But as you read on (and on), it doesn't quite hit the mark. If a somewhat updated fairy tale is what you're in the mood for, this may fill your void. Otherwise, move along.

  • Dragon Rose

    5
    By Blgzzzzzz
    This is a wonderful book. The romance story is a traditional format with intriguing details. It is one of those books I will read over and over again.

  • Well-crafted retelling of an old tale

    5
    By Marina Ariadne
    I seem to be in a blizzard of different versions of the Beauty and Beast story.

    While most of the Beautys have been strong willed women, with curious minds, and set apart a bit from her peers, Rhianne has a couple of advantages over her counterparts in other versions: true visions or dreams and a gift for drawing and painting, which may help her solve the mystery if the Dragon and the earlier Brides.

    A certain amount of the setting--isolated castle on a mountain with high towers, mysterious deaths of multiple wives, a male figure who never shows himself/always comes fully covered/is seen only at night, women chosen by lot to forsake everything they've known to go marry the legendary inhabitant of the castle (but no governesses, no monstrous huge dogs, no attic off-Limits, no single, high, lit window, no one clad lightly running from the castle...)--is so mid-20th c. Gothic Novel/Romantic Suspense, quite unlike any other B&B version I can recall.

    This telling can hold its own against other authors' interpretation.

    Practical matter: So why no hearths in the sleeping rooms in a stone castle? I've lived in enough places where "heating" meant a vent the hallway, or a wall unit in the living area. This means that unless you keep the door to your bedroom open, none of that heat goes where you're likely to be unclothed. What were they thinking?

    This was enjoyable enough to get me to buy the others in this series, at least.

  • Dragon Rose

    4
    By Bay Kayaker
    This is an engrossing and vivid and re-imagining of the Beauty and the Beast tale written by a masterful author. The reader is quickly transported into the fantasy and enthralled completely right up to the end. I will certainly read more of Pope’s novels. Her voice is perfect.

  • Loved it....

    5
    By krazy4tink
    I'm a paranormal junkie and I have read several of Christine's other series. I was so bummed that this was a standalone book, I would love a follow up story on Black's Keep. I was hooked from the first page to the last.

  • Dragon Rose

    5
    By Damarismac
    I could not put it down. A great retelling of "Beauty and the Beast". There were enough twists and turns to keep me guessing.

  • Dragon Rose by Christine Pope

    5
    By Proctorasshole
    We all love "Once Upon A Time" books with a happy ending even if the story has curses and evil magic intertwined into its characters and plots. With a smile on my face and my hot popcorn gone I willingly look forward to completing all of Christine Pope's books. KSW

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