I enjoyed the second book as the first one! The storyline was interesting and the characters were really interesting and well written! Author's writing is great ! Definitely recommending for a binge read to enjoy and explore the whole journey.

I thought this was very good and I will have to add this to the shop shelves. Thank you for the chance for us to review.

Thank you to NetGalley, Victory Editing and author Dominique Glass for this eARC

Rainbow Plague picks up almost immediately where Dragonslave ended and it's just as eventful as book 1. I am really starting to love this series!
We get introduced to new characters, I LOVE Pavoral, and get to see more of the world. Avreas character keeps growing and she becomes much more aware of the suffering that regular people have to endure in the empire in this book.
As I said in my review for Dragonslave the world building is masterful, the characters are well developed and multifaceted and I can't wait to see where the story takes us.
Can't wait to read book 3!

Following almost immediately after the events of the first book, the new installment in the Dragonslave book has a newly freed Avrea looking for her sister, captured into slavery at the same time she was. unlike Avrea, her sister was sold to a brothel, which has Avrea crossing enemy lines in an effort to find some trace. While looking for the brothel she meets Pavoral, an enslaved sex slave cursed with a magical plague who may either be a cure to the Rainbow Plague, or — in the wrong hands — an infectious agent.

This book is darker and grimmer, dealing with (however gently) the realities of forced sex work, with enslaved children raped, drugged, and abused for money. Pavoral speaks of himself in the second person as a way to distance himself from the body that has been hurt and used; Avrea’s sister seems indifferent but later we see both her ruthlessness and her rage as she fights for her freedom. This world is a hard one, and a nasty one, but it’s not a world without hope.

Avrea has, before, been untouched by the misery of the people in cities in towns, high above on Vlavios’s back. Here, in this foetid city, she’s face to face with what happens to a population set to dragonfire, and the lives of those who are powerless. It changes how she thinks of people, how she thinks of her own life and what she wants going forward. The romance between Avrea and Katilima, her commanding officer — and the man who gave her her freedom — takes a greater focus in the latter half of the book. We see Avrea’s trust in him, her confidence in him, and his devotion to her.

There are no long talks, no declarations of ownership, just trust between the two of them. Trust that they’ll each do what is necessary, trust that they can each take care of themselves, and trust that the other person will come for them through dragonfire and death. And I can’t wait to see how things develop in the next book!

The world building is parceled out, offering greater looks into dragons, politics, history and magic. It’s all diagetic, and never an exposition dump or history lesson from another character. And while it’s not all (if any) sunshine and roses, it’s well done and compelling. This world feels fully realized and brutally alive. The dragons are less of a presence than they were in the first, which is a sham, because Vlavios is charming.

Thank you so very much to Net Galley and the publisher for letting me have an ARC for review!

I was invested in what was going on and enjoyed from the second book in the Dragonslave series. I thought the world worked well and enjoyed the overall feel of this world and the characters in this. It was everything that I wanted and enjoyed getting to read this, Dominique Glass wrote this perfectly and was glad I got to read this.

What I enjoyed most about the first book in the Dragonslave series, Dragonslave, was the political intrigue. While that certainly continues in the second book, what I disliked most in the first book also seemed heightened to a degree that I am uncertain if I will continue to read the series.

Rainbow Plague continues where Dragonslave left off, following Avrea, a recently freed slave, as she continues to serve her Empire. While the politics of the book are engaging and intriguing, the morality of the book is... confusing. There is no clear moral framework that Avrea is working from, and for a modern reader it can make it difficult to root for the main characters. Avrea doesn't have much internal development, which I found stunted her relationship with her sister and Katalima as well as made the overarching trajectory of this book a little vague. Her willingness to risk her position to find her sister seemed a bit odd when there wasn't much consideration of her family in the previous book. What little consideration was tied up with a failed romance which wasn't even considered or mentioned in the second book. More importantly, as a reader I don't know who to be rooting for. While I want to root for Avrea, she is actively serving an Emperor who is... awful. I don't believe that Emperor will survive the series, but I'm not wholly sure if the narrative is set up for any kind of deeper moral themes to follow this downfall.

Personally, I was surprised by the amount of explicit sexual imagery used in this book as compared to the first. I found it at time unecessary and distasteful, though recognize other readers of adult fantasy may not be bothered by it. The new characters were delightful, though their surroundings felt overly saturated by the most unpleasant sexual backdrops.

In summary, the snarky comedy and political intrigue that I enjoyed in the first was also a delight in Rainbow Plague, but the addition of greater sexual content may put off some readers while others may remain indifferent.

I really really really enjoyed the first book and when Netgalley popped up with the second, I was all over it like a bad rash.

This is such a wonderful series, with fantastic world building, characters I have enjoyed reading about and an incredibly exciting adventure. The FMC is tasked with finding out more about the rebellion in another town and immediately gets herself into crazy amounts of trouble, limping the whole time.

I enjoyed the new host of characters immensely, especially a fellow slave she literally scoops up and carries off. The interactions between the FMC and her dragon buddy continue to be incredibly funny, especially when he's tasked with carrying bigger and heavier humans.

This is certainly an excellent sequel, and I would like another one please. Soon?