Fire Me Up (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 2) - Katie MacAlister

368 pages
Rating 4 / 5

Aisling Grey is back-and in more trouble than ever. She thought being a courier would be easy. It's not. She thought being a Guardian would come naturally. It doesn't. She thought she could get out of being a wyvern's mate. She can't. And she never thought she'd be irresistible to men. But she is.

Jim: "You want a little cheese with that whine?"

"Hello, I am Tiffany. You're a Guardian, aren't you? Here is my card. I am a professional virgin. You will please let me know if you have any need of my services."

Tiffany: "Oooh, fruit cups! I love the fruit cups. Fruit is the flower of our souls, don't you think?"

"I am Tiffany. I am a professional virgin. If you were to choose between kissing Aisling's belly and mine, you would choose mine, would you not? My belly is very smooth and white."

Aisling: "There are times when I think I just can't get a break."
Jim: "And then there are times when we know you're cracked"

Stuff like the lines above are why i loved this book.

The second book is based in Budapest, where Aisling is to deliver an amulet on behalf of her Uncle and also attend a conference of the Otherworld. But when she arrives, she also finds Drake there. For someone who keeps reminding herself that "I am a professional. I am in control", she turns rather pitiable whenever the green Wyvern (head of a dragon sept) is around. She seems to lose her brain around him. I didn't care much for Drake and Aisling in this book; i had really liked the chemistry between them in Book 1. The whole thing with Drake got a bit too much, and by the time i read " I adored Drake's lower lip" i was ready to stop reading any more about them. Don't think i can say much more bout these 2 without giving any of the story away.

The new characters made it an interesting reading. I loved Gabriel, the Silver wyvern. He just seems so much more fun than Drake or actually, any of the other characters in the book (Other than Jim, the demon, of course) . There is another series on the Silver Dragons with more on Gabriel, which I'm looking forward to reading

I love that Rene is in this book as well, and its too much of a co-incidence so he has to be some supernatural being. Waiting for this to be explained in the future books. And there's definitely be more of Nora in the coming books.

What i did find annoying as hell (Other than the I am a professional. I am in control.." comments) was all the all the pinching she keeps doing. Pinched Jim's fur, wanted to pinch Drake's hand... they're not schoolkids, stop with the pinching.

The Aisling Grey Series has only four books, with MacAlister stating that she isn't planning on writing another one anytime soon (or not at all). She does have other dragon series' tho and Drake and Aisling apparently do feature in some of those books. I'm wondering if i should read the next two books real slow now, so they last for more than half a day. I hate when you know there won't be more to a series. Still on book 2 and still, now i know what Lil Sis felt like with the last Harry Potter :O)

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