Review: Dragon Bound

(Elder Races #1)
By: Thea Harrison
Publisher: Berkley
Published: May 3, 2011
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 312
Source: Bought
Format: Paperback
Rating: I loved it. I couldn't get enough of it.

Half-human and half-wyr, Pia Giovanni spent her life keeping a low profile among the wyrkind and avoiding the continuing conflict between them and their dark Fae enemies. But after being blackmailed into stealing a coin from the hoard of a dragon, Pia finds herself targeted by one of the most powerful-and passionate-of the Elder races.

My thoughts
Pia is blackmailed by her ex-boyfriend to steal something from the wyr-dragon, Dragos. Determined not to give her ex anything valuable, she grabs a penny from a jar and replaces it with another one and writes a note saying that she is sorry. Easy peasy, right? NOPE! Dragos quickly finds the impostor penny and freaks out. He puts a tracking spell on Pia so that he can hunt her down and make her pay. The only problem is, when he finds her, he no longer wants to rend her limb from limb but instead wants to keep her as his new treasure.

The story is written half in Pia's perspective and half in Dragos'. So you pretty much always know what the other character is thinking. This made for some interesting dialogue. Speaking of dialogue, that was pretty much my favorite part of the book. Not that the steamy scenes weren't good and all but I loved the way they talked to each other. You see, Dragos is used to being the highest on the food chain. He isn't used to having to be nice to people to get his way, he just tells them what to do and they do it. So when Pia comes along and she tells him when people ask for something they say "please", he quickly catches on and uses that to his advantage to get what he wants from her.

The pace of the book ran along smoothly. The story doesn't just contain Pia and Dragos. You see when Pia ran to hide from Dragos after stealing the penny, she hid on elven territory which is land forbidden to Dragos. Although, he doesn't care and goes there anyway to find his thief, which causes a little bit of trouble. Which sort of snowballs into more trouble after that.

Favorite quotes: -I couldn't choose just one this time
Pia-"Wouldn't it be better if the elves just shut up and go away? Hey, what if they stopped throwing a fit at you walking across their backyard. It's not like you ate their tulips or dug holes in their lawn. You didn't piss on any trees when I wasn't looking, did you?"
Dragos laughs "I would have if I'd thought of it."

My other favorite is...
Pia- "A dragon just gave me a piece of jewelry. Have I been added to his hoard?"
Graydon- "No, cupcake, I'm pretty sure you've replaced it."