Eight Arms Reading Room

Reading: queer dragon books

Okay, I read the Empyrean series. I wasn’t going to but I was vacationing with friends and they talked me into it. This is a family of mom, dad, 15 year old boy, and 11 year old girl and every one of them had read Fourth Wing and Iron Flame and were impatiently awaiting Onyx Storm in January before it came out. (Actually, it’s likely that dad quit after Fourth Wing but I know the other three read both books—I got a bit of spoilery detail from each of them.)

I couldn’t put Fourth Wing down. I didn’t love Iron Flame but I chalked it up to the all-too-frequent second book syndrome and waited something like six months for Onyx Flame to come available at my library (obviously I didn’t like Fourth Wing so much that I was willing to pony up the $ to buy the others).

I generally don’t want to use this space to shit on other authors’ books. Suffice to say that when I finished Onyx Storm, I went straight to Goodreads to read a bunch of 1 star reviews so I could feel less alone in my feels about the book. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Onyx Storm is not, in fact, the third book in what I’d understood to be a trilogy, but book 3 of an eventual 5. I’m out, though.

So, I asked my friends for some (better) queer dragon-fucking romance recs. And got this hilarious, but fair, question in return:

“Are the riders fucking the dragons? Are they shifters? Or like we are talking an equestrian equivalent?”

Followed by: “And I need to know who to turn to if I can’t help - like do we need to consult a dragon shifter book fan? beastiality connoisseur? Paranormal racing sport writer? I don’t know. 🤷🏻”

My answers:

“Dragon riders for sure and I’d love a bond between rider and dragon. If the riders fuck the dragons or vice versa, even better! (But I’m not asking for miracles here and I think we can probably hold off on consulting bestiality connoisseurs (do you know bestiality connoisseurs to consult??).)

I think we’re talking equestrian equivalents but yeah, now that you mention it, dragon shifters could work too. 

And fuck, if you’ve got a paranormal racing sport writer in mind…that might be something I didn’t know I needed.”

I got a bunch of recs! And I’m starting with

Skydive by Roe Horvat.

Heavens to Betsy, Roe Horvat knows how to write deliciously filthy books!

(And the answer to my question of whether my friend has a bestiality consult they can tap?

“I’ve got a person for everything. And I mean *everything* 😬👀😬”

😳😳😳)

Do you have any dragon fucking book recs for me?