Breaking Free (Dragon's Mate, #5) by Hope Bennett

Breaking Free (Dragon's Mate, #5) Reviews

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  Dan

  While I think Matty and Dum make for a cute couple and their story was nice, I kind of wish we got more dragon/dragon couples and explored more of the world and clans Hope already created. No complaints on the book itself, but I kind of wish that from the series
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  Jude

  Another winner in my book. I love the twist and I love the fact that there are active and positive females along with f/f ; m/m; f/nb; represented in these stories.
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  Katherine

  Assassins and magic
  
  There is a mix of timeline in this book, with the story of Matty starting off e tangled with that of his brother's and the first interaction with dragons. Once everything happens there and Dee and Dum get sent out to rescue Matty this book takes on it's own direction as we learn what happens over there.
  
  Matty may have magic unlike his big brother but that has seemed more of a curse than a blessing. He is powerful, but not powerful enough to get himself and his brother away from their abusive coven. Matty finds himself stuck, helping the Priest at the coven to stay powerful by hurting others. Matty is trying to stop what is happening but with his brother constantly being threatened he knows he'll give in. When dragons come to help him Matty is both suspicious and afraid, because the power they hold is everything the Priest has ever wanted.
  
  Dum hasn't much ever though about a mate. He found himself talented at doing things no one liked to do to protect the clan, and he found that his cousin Dee was the same. The two of them enjoy doing what needs to be done to protect their clan and help out Nana, and so times even scare their clan mates just a tiny bit. But when Dum meets Matty and realizes he has a mate things shift quite a bit and he realizes just how much he wants to help his mate, protect him, and bring him into the clan.
  
  There is some concern about the mating between Matty and Dum. After all, Matty is young and seemingly innocent, while Dum delights in dispatching threats to his clan. Learning about Matty from his own perspective shows that this young man has been dealt a rough hand and from that has a core of steel and a temperament that both supports and steadies his more impulsive mate. There is benefit to each man in this relationship and they build a connection quickly.
  
  Another enjoyable story with a bit of fire and revenge after the events of that last book.
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  Mai

  One of my favorite from the series. I fell in love with Dum and Dee (but particularly with Dum) and I think that Matty is great for him, with all his complexities and fears and his traumatic past but still being a sweetheart underneath.
  
  I didn’t like the constant implication of Dum being “weird” or “crazy” but I did like the rest and I think that the book has a very good balance between the romantic plot and the more adventure plot of fighting the Priest.
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  Kelly Gress

  Nice Addition to Series
  
  I enjoyed the book and getting to see the MCs connect and get to know each other. Being fated mates doesn't mean you don't have to work at the relationship and reading the MCs inner dialogue about each other added an important layer to the storyline that I enjoy. I liked getting to know Dee and Dum better.
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  Nathan

  two-fer
  
  A lot more action and bloodshed that the last one, in between quirky conversations between the enforcers of the dragon clan.
  
  This series does a good job of tailoring the story to the characters, with their own different types of adventure on the road to love.