Cheesecake's Reviews > Lionheart

I loved this one!
Kathryn is the 'go to' surgeon for Dragos. She's a couple hundred year old falcon shifter and she uses modern medicine in conjunction with magic to heal. Loved her character even if she does get a wee bit abrasive. i think she needed that edginess so that Oberon didn't walk all over her.

She follows Oberon's people to Lioness to hopefully save the life of their king; Oberon who has been in a coma for 15 years (in Lioness... 200 on Earth). Before that he battled for years against a poison needle from the light Fae queen Isabeau's assassin hound.

They clash, and even though Kathryn is tiny compared to his huge lion self, she knows her strengths and weaknesses and hides her fear well.
Oberon wasn't just physically effected by the poison needle, but mentally too. And his unconscious self has been battling Isabeau in dreams for decades, turning Lioness into a wintery hell.

I really enjoyed this whole story, but especially Isabeau's downfall. It was succinct and sweet as sin.
I had to rewind and listen to it several times just to wallow in it's perfection.

I have to say that Oberon reminded me a little too much of Dragos, and Kathryn was like a sharper Pia. But I love the formulae and didn't mind.

Safety is fine (view spoiler)[ There's a brief mention near the start about how Oberon usually chose voluptuous easy blonds. And I didn't relish how skilled he was in bed because it always reminded me of how many women came before Kathryn. But Kathryn has had lots of good lovers over her two centuries so there's that. Also, you never meet any of these past OM/OWs. If anything, Oberon was more into the mating than Kathryn, but he's not the one who would have to give up everything and move to a world without all the human medical advances! (hide spoiler)]