A bi barista. A shy dragon. A kitchen fire meet-ugly…welcome to J.M. Frey’s NINE-TENTHS!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Colin Levesque is at loose ends. He’s finished university, but has no career; he adores romance novels, but he’s crap at relationships; and his prickliness is a detriment at the café where he’s making ends meet. He also has a crush on his regular Dav, a homo draconis who comes in every morning to read his newspaper, sip his double-strong coffee, and stare longingly at Colin in return.
So it figures that the day Colin gets up the courage to do something about the sexual tension simmering between them, he also learns that Dav has an embarrassing habit of hiccupping fire when he’s nervous. Which, in this case, destroys the fancy custom-made bean roaster. When Dav volunteers to take over the coffee roasting with his fire-breath, being squished together in the hot, cramped kitchen leads to even hotter kisses.
Everything’s finally happening for Colin—until people start claiming the dragon-roasted coffee has cured their genetic ailments. As their budding relationship struggles under the scrutiny of scientists and media, the hype around the coffee leads the lovers to be inducted into a centuries-old conspiracy: dragon-roasted food has always healed humans. And the most powerful draconic nobles have been withholding this symbiotic advantage to keep themselves on top. Colin and Dav are determined to expose the truth, but if they’re not careful, their objections could goad power-mad monarchs into destroying everything they hold dear.
Including each other.
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Nine-Tenths by J.M. Frey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Colin the human and Dav the dragon live in a world full of have and have nots. Dragons rule the world and humans populate it. I found the book at times touching and tender. At other times it was annoying and honest.
I’m aware that the story was full of symbolism. Sadness creating happiness, creating sadness. Evil triumphing over goodness just to be stomped back to goodness. Might versus right (but who was right?). The book took on the ills of the world (mental and otherwise) and put them in perspective in regards to people going about their lives trying to make the best of the life they have been dealt. Or it was just a satisfying (most of the time) love story, with memorable characters.
This is probably the shortest review I’ve done. The story kind of defies explanation.
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