About the Book
Book Title: Night Shift Dragons
Author: Rachel Aaron
Series: DFZ
Genre: Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction
Published: July 7th, 2020 by Aaron/Bach
Pages: 397
Format: Kindle Ebook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
My Rating: ★★★★★
Disclaimer: This is an unsponsored review. I read this book through my Kindle Unlimited subscription, which I paid for with my own money. All opinions expressed are my own. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Summary
Opal’s dragon father is in rough shape. Her attempts to break the draconic curse he put on her nearly killed him, and Opal’s evil aunt, White Snake, tried to finish him off. Opal just barely managed to save her dad’s life by temporarily pledging herself to the priestly service of the DFZ (Detroit Free Zone) herself. For the last two months, Opal has isolated herself and her father from the world to protect themselves from his enemies.
After a much needed tip from the Spirit of Dragons, Opal figured out how to bring her father back from near-death, but it’s going to take a while to get him to full strength. For the time being, the two of them must learn to get along. To add insult to injury, while she hid, her new boyfriend, Nik, has signed a contract with his mortal enemy, the owner of a death arena, in exchange for information to find her. Opal, her father, and now Nik have to figure out how to break Nik’s contractual curse without Nik losing his head, and escape.
My Review
This series’ finale was great! It was a great conclusion to the series, but still left things open enough that I wanted more. Unfortunately for me, as far as I know, this is the last story Rachel Aaron plans to write about Opal, Nik, Yong, and all the rest. I guess I’ll have to wait until I read Aaron’s next series, DFZ Changeling. Stay tuned for when I read those!
I can’t decide what my favorite part of this book was! The plot has a nice blend of family bonding, racing against the clock, and even story heist story elements, all of which were wonderful. There were even a few plot twists that caught me a little by surprise.
But what’s a plot without characters? All the characters in this book were a delight, or in the villains’ case, delightful to hate. There was a lot of character development to go around, most of all with Opal herself and her father, Yong.
To say that Opal and Yong started the series on bad terms is an understatement. It wasn’t until halfway through the first book that we even learn his name, much less that he’s a DRAGON! At the end of the last book and the beginning of this one, Yong is forced to eat some dragon-sized humble pie. Watching him cope with this, as well as learn to see his daughter as a sentient being instead of property. It was really nice to see them working together.
Finally, there’s the message of the story. The moral of this story is that there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. In the DFZ, freedom is the core value of everyone, but this book explores what happens when freedom is left unchecked. In short: you end up with death arenas in Detroit!
Overall, I loved this series. This book was a smashing success! I give it a 5/5.
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