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Heart of the Mountain
When a peaceful village in a picturesque mountain valley is terrorized by a dragon, a grizzled mercenary named Iden answers their call for help. Although his motivation is more a cynical quest for wealth than a desire to do good, he nonetheless embarks upon a quest to slay the beast and claim its horde of treasure for himself. During his climb, he encounters a strange girl who is making the same journey with the intent of presenting the dragon with an offering in the hopes that it will spare her farm from its flames. Iden soon learns that nothing is as it seems, and his mission becomes more complicated than he could have realized.
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2023
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February 27, 2025
I came to this book after a few Reddit threads recommended it based on the human/female monster romance, and I wasn't disappointed. The book involves a dragon who has settled in a cave at the top of a mountain and an experienced mercenary called Iden, who has been sent to kill her and claim the dragon's treasure so that he can live a life of luxury. He meets a farm girl named Isabelle carrying an offering for the dragon and the two journey together to confront the dragon.
*** Spoilers below ***
So it became obvious pretty soon that the farm girl was in fact the dragon herself in shifted form. Iden was being tested by her when they slept in the tent - he didn't take advantage and treated her with respect, and this is one of the main reasons he was not killed in their initial fight. I do think that as an experienced mercenary, he might have given more thought to how he actually was going to get the dragon's treasure back down the mountain, but this is probably explained by him not expecting the treasure to be so vast.
I enjoyed all of the steamy scenes in the book, from when Isabelle was in her human form, to when she started to change to have more dragon-like features, to when she became her full 30ft of dragon towards the end of the book. All of the scenes, as lengthy as they were, felt fun and fresh to read, with the experienced Iden feeling like a novice when compared against the experience of Isabella.
Overall, a fantastic read and I look forward to reading some more of Snek Guy's works.
*** Spoilers below ***
So it became obvious pretty soon that the farm girl was in fact the dragon herself in shifted form. Iden was being tested by her when they slept in the tent - he didn't take advantage and treated her with respect, and this is one of the main reasons he was not killed in their initial fight. I do think that as an experienced mercenary, he might have given more thought to how he actually was going to get the dragon's treasure back down the mountain, but this is probably explained by him not expecting the treasure to be so vast.
I enjoyed all of the steamy scenes in the book, from when Isabelle was in her human form, to when she started to change to have more dragon-like features, to when she became her full 30ft of dragon towards the end of the book. All of the scenes, as lengthy as they were, felt fun and fresh to read, with the experienced Iden feeling like a novice when compared against the experience of Isabella.
Overall, a fantastic read and I look forward to reading some more of Snek Guy's works.
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