While attending the funeral of a fellow firefighter, Kristine starts a flirty conversation with a firefighter from Boston. Jayce Fierro is part of a family of firefighters. He’s also part of a family of Phoenixes, making it difficult to have any lasting relationships.
This was an ok book. I loved the flirty banter between Kristine and Jayce and the story flowed well. However, like with the other book I read in the series, the side characters tended to grate on me and dim my opinion of if.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

This third book to the Boston Dragons series is full of strong willed characters trying to do the right thing.

Kristine does everything for the right reasons but ends up in a pickle when her mom's situation forces her to make choices between moral right and family love. This character is very intriguing. Her mind is wired in a manner that portrays quick thinking but independency from others. So it was quite fun watching her learn to let others help.

Jayce is hysterical..... well his first meeting with Kristine was. But how he turns the tables and pushes his way into her life was enjoyable to read and kept the story moving right along.

Secondary characters were all well rounded with many of them presented in the first two books of this series. While I didn't think I would like Kristine's mom from the description in the beginning of the book I really got to understand her and like how she learned to survive with her secrets and fears.

All in all this was an easy fast read and for this reason I give it 4 STARS.

I have really enjoyed this series. The characters and story line a very well-developed. Jayce is a Phoenix and part of the Boston Fire Department. Kristine is a Dragon and part of the New York Fire Department. They meet at a funeral of a fallen Fire fighter. Since Jayce has met Kristine, he has had her on his mind since. This book has humor, action and extreme sexiness. Ashlyn has has become one of my go to Authors and I love her work. I recommend this book and the rest of the series. I give Never Dare a Dragon (Boston Dragons Book 3) 5/5 stars.

Never Dare A Dragon was sexy funny addicting stopry I cant wait to see what ashlyn chase will write next !

I had not read the previous 2 books in the series but i didnt feel as though i was missing out.

Jayce is at his brothers funeral when he meets Katherine, they flirt a bit but she is so appalled at the location and timing of the flirting that she walks away. Both Katherine and Jayce are firefighters, one in Boston and one in New York. Jayce cannot get Katherine out of his mind so a few months later he takes a weeks vacation and goes to see her.

They go on a date and are really drawn to each other and then Katherines mother gets kidnapped and Jayce and his brothers fly in to help her.

Now Katherine is a fully grown dragon and Jayce is a Phoenix. A tiny diddy bird, and i genuinely found it completely ridiculous that this buff grown man shifted into a little bird, it made me giggle every time they shifted.

It was a fun read and i liked both Katherine and Jayce but i just couldnt get to grips with a bird and a dragon mating.

This is the first book in this series that I have read.
I found the characters a real twist which made this a really easy read.

Never Dare a Dragon by Ashlyn Chase is the third book in the Boston Dragon series. While having read the previous books will give a reader a better grasp of the secondary characters and the mythology, I think new comers to the series will still be able to enjoy the read.I did read the first two books, and they certainly gave me a head start when things started to get complicated.

Jayce Fierro is part of a legendary Boston firefighting family of phoenix shifters. Hiding his true form makes being in a relationship rather difficult. Meeting the beautiful Lieutenant Kristine Scott of the New York City Fire Department and knowing he can't have her only makes things worse. Dragon shifter Kristine can't stop thinking about fun, flirty Jayce and his teasing smile. A relationship could never work-not with the distance between them, and definitely not with her shifter secret. But when Kristine lands herself in a blaze of trouble and secrets are revealed, Jayce will do whatever it takes to help-whether or not the feisty, stubborn New Yorker wants him to.

Never Dare a Dragon is both what I expected from Chase, and a little disappointing. I think a good amount of time was spent on the danger and conflicts of the book were very well done. The danger to Kristine and her mother felt very real, as did Kristine's need to resolve the problem and keep Amy safe. Although, I will admit that I kept expecting a member of her fire station to be in the pocket of the bad guys, and was a little relieved that it never came to pass. The continuing thread about the dragon families and muses from the series might not make sense to newcomers, and while I enjoyed that continuity I think it felt like an afterthought rather than a necessary part of the book. My biggest issue with the book is that I never felt really connected with Kristine or Jayce. Their romance just was, I never really felt that it built up or grew. Perhaps it just depended on the aspect of paranormal characters that find a perfect mate and just know rather than getting to know each other and work through relationship issues. I get that the action of the story made doing that hard, but some of it could have happened prior to the danger and action coming into play. I still liked the book, and I still felt it was important to the larger story arc, but I have come to expect more fun and character depth from Chase.

Never Dare a Dragon is a good addition to the series, and I found some of it very good. However, it just did not capture me the same way the previous books in the series did.

I am keeping this review short, really really short. I DNFed it around 60% simply because I was so damn bored. I literally didn’t care about the weirdly thrown together plot line, the flimsy romance or any of the cookie cutter characters that populated the book. I then realised if I don’t care, why I am continuing to read? As soon as I got bludgeoned over the head with that epiphany I stopped reading, shelved it under DNF and moved on to the next book.

Ashlyn Chase continues her Mother Nature stories with Never Dare a Dragon. Girl New York firefighter dragon falls for Boston firefighter phoenix. Her mother is kidnapped and she is dragooned into crimes to retrieve her mother. How can this romance thrive? How will Gaia or Mother Nature interfere? Another supernatural Boston adventure. Read and enjoy

I didn't finish because I felt there was too many characters and the book kept jumping from one character to the next every chapter. I kept getting confused on who is who so I just stopped.

Authors sometimes make confusing choices, adding a mythology or a plot twist that is such unnecessary deus ex machina that it almost ruins a book. NEVER DARE A DRAGON has characters who feel real, and it’s disappointing to have most of their problems disappear in the last quarter of the book.

Jayce and Kristine are two firefighters used to risking their lives for the people in their respective cities and for the people in their family. It made sense that they were so torn about starting their relationship. Boston and New York aren’t that far from each other, but both have serious responsibilities. It was great to see a couple where one person wasn’t willing to give up everything (job/family/school) to be with someone. Most paranormal romance novels get around this problem by making one of the characters a lone wolf/drifter with a murdered family, which is a bit of a cop out.

The phoenix mythology was refreshing. The phoenixes were powerful but small, and they aged faster when they were in bird form. Their regeneration was also super fun and interesting.

Unfortunately for NEVER DARE A DRAGON, the author decided to have Gaia the earth goddess heavily involved in the plot. In a book that had grounded issues such as long-distance relationships, kidnapping, arson and incest, it was incredibly distracting to have teleportation thrown in as an answer to everything.

It was distraction and unfortunate that two characters who are strong willed and capable at their jobs, and who have mighty powers of their own, were reduced to pawns in their own story. I loved lots of parts of NEVER DARE A DRAGON, from the cool family dynamics and the extended dragon and phoenix mythologies; I just wish the characters had solved their own problems.

I really had trouble getting into the book initially and getting caught up in the emotions of the characters. The storyline was good, but it just didn’t stand out in my mind amongst other books in the genre. The blurb was great, but overall the book just okay for me.

This story was a lot of fun to read. I read book 2, so was intrigued to read this installment. The world of the dragons and phoenixes is a lovely  unique blend. There is a lovely cast of characters, both new and returning. With a dash of humor and a bit of suspense, this is one that keeps you turning the pages. The drop-dead gorgeous phoenix clan is definitely a bonus! I downloaded a review copy via netgalley. My opinions are my own.

These stories have officially moved from dragon-centric to phoenix-centric and I am totally enjoying them. They have a mix of smut, action, and romance that give you a good intro to this world, even if you’re picking up from this point in the series.

Jayce is the latest Fierro to get the focus of their own story. We met them all in the previous book, but we get to see it all happen from his (and Kristine’s) perspective. Who knew that meeting a girl at your brother’s fake funeral could start off an epic romance? Kristine is a dragon shifter who happened to be attending said funeral without any understanding of the paranormal undercurrents. Sure, she was appalled by the fact that Jayce wanted to flirt at his brother’s funeral, but she ended up writing it off as his own way of processing grief. She is, however, very happy to see him walk into her firehouse without warning.

These two have some sizzling chemistry (haha, fire paranormals, haha) but that part of the story can kind of be predicted. I liked the general lightheartedness you can practically feel jumping off the page when Jayce and Kristine interact. Yes, there are some darker stories at play, where Kristine is forced to do some not-really-good things, but the overall story is their budding romance. Can two paranormals from firehouses in different states make it work? Well, yeah, this is a solid HEA, but well worth the trouble it takes to get there. I especially liked watching them try to cross their paranormal divide.

This is the first book I have read by Ashlyn Chase. It was the third book in the Boston Dragon series.

I found myself not enjoying this book. I couldn't engage with the lead characters and thus the storyline for me plodded. Also having not read the earlier books, a lot of characters from diverse origins were introduced which added a level of confusion distracting from the enjoyment.

I received a free, advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest, unbiased review.

part of a series not at my library and I can't read the rest of this series in time before this book goes archived

The blurb to Never Dare a Dragon and the title itself sounded very promising. A phoenix shifter and dragon shifter is an unusual pairing.

Jayce is a phoenix shifter and works as a firefighter in Boston.  He meets Kristine, also a firefighter but in New York, and she is a dragon shifter.  I enjoyed their banter in the beginning.  Their flirting was great and I felt they had something starting.  Kristine is in New York, though,  and Jayce is in Boston. Unfortunately, their romance never really got off the ground.

Long distance relationships are hard. Jayce does go to NY to see if there is anything to this "thing". While there, there are all sorts of drama that takes center stage away from this couple's romance.  Because of that, I never got invested in them, and their romance doesn't gain any traction. I didn't feel any real chemistry either. There was never a OMG they need to be together type of feeling for me. For the types of shifters that each were, you would have thought they would have had some type of heated intensity that I felt was missing.

That's not to say it wasn't a good read.  It just wasn't great. At times it lulled and seemed to have too much explanation that I just tuned it out and started to skim. Maybe you will see it differently, but when everything went down and the ending was here, I was left wanting more.

The blurb to Never Dare a Dragon and the title itself sounded very promising. A phoenix shifter and dragon shifter is an unusual pairing. 

Jayce is a phoenix shifter and works as a firefighter in Boston.  He meets Kristine, also a firefighter but in New York, and she is a dragon shifter.  I enjoyed their banter in the beginning.  Their flirting was great and I felt they had something starting.  Kristine is in New York, though,  and Jayce is in Boston. Unfortunately, their romance never really got off the ground. 

Long distance relationships are hard. Jayce does go to NY to see if there is anything to this "thing". While there, there are all sorts of drama that takes center stage away from this couple's romance.  Because of that, I never got invested in them, and their romance doesn't gain any traction. I didn't feel any real chemistry either. There was never a OMG they need to be together type of feeling for me. For the types of shifters that each were, you would have thought they would have had some type of heated intensity that I felt was missing.

That's not to say it wasn't a good read.  It just wasn't great. At times it lulled and seemed to have too much explanation that I just tuned it out and started to skim. Maybe you will see it differently, but when everything went down and the ending was here, I was left wanting more. 

3.5 Stars/3.5 Flames

I was gifted this book for an honest review.  The review and ratings are solely my opinions.

The writing and characters were both dull, and the only thing that kept me from giving this book one star was how good the beginning was. Unfortunately, the rest of the book wasn't nearly as bored and I became bored instead. The romance seemed forced, and I didn't like the two characters together. The secondary characters were also not developed. Even though this is a companion sequel, the secondary characters that used to be main characters should still be developed in other books and readers should be able to understand the book if they haven't read the previous books. This was not the case for me, and I was lost every time there were scenes with characters aside from the core characters. The ending was a bit too perfect, and it grated on me. The "bad guys" weren't even a real threat, and didn't seem menacing at all.

Full review to come within a week.