Digging for Heaven

By Jenna Jarvis

Dragon Circle Series | Book 1

The lands of Jeenobi and Aelshia are separated by hundreds of miles of dangerous desert, and antithetical views on dragons. Now, under a tenuous new peace agreement, Jeenobi has agreed to ban dragon slaying within its borders.

As a visiting ambassador to Jeenobi and a rider to the dragon Loren, Litz expected to meet resistance to all she represents. She did not expect Kella, the kingdom’s most famous living dragon slayer, and she certainly didn’t expect to find her attractive.

When Litz is forced into extraditing Kella to Aelshia for trial, they’ll discover more monstrous things in the wilds of the desert than each other, and they’ll need to put aside their differences if they want to survive. The future of both nations may hang in the balance.

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Tags Royalty , Good girls/Bad girls , Financial gap/Class disparity , Enemies to Lovers Romance , People of Color , Women in Uniform , Military , Non-Binary Gender , Rivals , Asexual/Aromantic , Children / Families , Magic , Other Worlds , Bisexual

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Release Date July 1, 2023

Words 122,000

ISBN-13 978-1-63679-454-9

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Asexual/Aromantic

Good girls/Bad girls

Magic

Enemies to Lovers Romance

Disability

Military

Close Quarters

Animals

Friends to Lovers Romance

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Other Worlds

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People of Color

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Financial gap/Class disparity

Music

Las Vegas

Friends & Community

Lawyers

Close Quarters

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Bisexual

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- It's a slow build up while you get to know the characters
- By Netgalley.com
  on Apr 7, 2024 09:04
- ...dragons, dragon killers, magic and goblins it was all in this book.
  
  Litz is a dragon rider and an ambassador of Aelshia.
  Kella is the Jeenobi Kingdom’s most famous living dragon slayer.
  
  Litz and Kella and though they share a kiss in the market place the next time they meet up is for Litz to extradite Kella to Aelshia for the killing of a dragon.
  
  But they have to cross the desert before they can get to Litz country and there are hidden dangers there.
  
  It's a slow build up while you get to know the characters and the dragons ain't half bad either...
  
  Sue Plant via NetGalley
- ...I enjoyed this book IMMENSELY...
- By Netgalley.com
  on Feb 2, 2024 05:02
- Jenna Jarvis’ debut novel Digging for Heaven is the first book in a queer epic fantasy where you can read about will-based magic, sentient dragons, and dragon riders. There’s also disability rep and discussions on grief.
  
  This book feels like a very beautiful mix of Samantha Shannon’s Priory of the Orange Tree as well as Anne McCaffrey’s Dragons of Pern series. It has that distinctly European flavor to the writing but it’s filled with humor in the form of playful characters and sarcastic dragons...
  
  We open the book following Litz and Kella, a sapphic pairing, who are not only of different classes, but have vastly different relationships to dragons. Litz is a dragon rider princess from a land that reveres dragons while Kella is the most renown dragon hunter in her land. It allows for a gentle enemies-to-lovers romance although we already know from the get-go that they really do like each other. Seeing their relationship bloom was quite endearing and beautiful.
  
  We also follow Ker, an openly ACE character, who’s on a mission to save his sister.
  
  The creatures in the book were an absolute favorite of mine. The dragons had such three-dimensional personalities that I never thought I would read a book that would make me want to bond with a dragon more than I already did previously, but here I am wishing for things I can’t have. The cameo of non-binary gremlins was also so nice. I hope they make another appearance in the sequel. Every character in this book was really given such a full-bodied voice...
  
  I enjoyed this book IMMENSELY and I highly, HIGHLY recommend this to anyone looking for a beautifully written queer book with sentient dragons, disability rep, and phenomenal full bodied characters.
  
  Christina C for The StoryGraph via NetGalley
- I was absolutely fascinated by this fantasy adventure.
- By Netgalley.com
  on Jan 13, 2024 05:01
- Intense adventure!
  
  Litz and Kella have opposing views on dragon slaying, but when they are forced to travel together after Kella is extradited for trial, they didn’t expect to be attracted to one another. Along the way they find themselves facing the wilds and learn that their survival means depending on one another, but that could just be the key to resolving their nations’ differences and restoring peace for dragons.
  
  I was absolutely fascinated by this fantasy adventure. Even though it had darker undertones because of the focus on Kella’s dragon slaying and her nation’s stance on changing the law to ban it, it held lots of magic and mystery...
  
  Great adventure with twists and turns to keep not just the characters guessing that I really enjoyed. Hope there will be future stories with Kella and Litz, as I am sure an exciting future now awaits.
  
  Carol Hutchinson via NetGalley
- The characters worked perfectly and I enjoyed how everything flowed together.
- By Netgalley.com
  on Oct 24, 2023 09:10
- Jenna Jarvis does a great job in creating a good fantasy romance novel. I enjoyed the use of dragons and was excited with how well everything worked in the fantasy genre. The characters worked perfectly and I enjoyed how everything flowed together.
  
  Kathryn McLeer via NetGalley
- ...I enjoyed this book IMMENSELY...
- By Netgalley.com
  on Oct 22, 2023 09:10
- Jenna Jarvis’ debut novel Digging for Heaven is the first book in a queer epic fantasy where you can read about will-based magic, sentient dragons, and dragonriders. There’s also disability rep and discussions on grief...
  
  We open the book following Litz and Kella, a sapphic pairing, who are not only of different classes, but have vastly different relationships to dragons. Litz is a dragonrider princess from a land that reveres dragons while Kella is the most renown dragon hunter in her land. It allows for a gentle enemies-to-lovers romance although we already know from the get-go that they really do like each other. Seeing their relationship bloom was quite endearing and beautiful.
  
  We also follow Ker, an openly ACE character, who’s on a mission to save his sister.
  
  The creatures in the book were an absolute favorite of mine. The dragons had such three-dimensional personalities that I never thought I would read a book that would make me want to bond with a dragon more than I already did previously, but here I am wishing for things I can’t have. The cameo of non-binary gremlins was also so nice. I hope they make another appearance in the sequel. Every character in this book was really given such a full-bodied voice...I enjoyed this book IMMENSELY and I highly, HIGHLY recommend this to anyone looking for a beautifully written queer book with sentient dragons, disability rep, and phenomenal full bodied characters.
  
  Christina Castro via NetGalley