Reviewed by Cheryl K

TITLE:  Dragon Scholar

SERIES:  Dragon Hoard Series

AUTHOR:  Minerva Howe

NARRATOR:  John Solo

PUBLISHER:  Turtlehat Creatives

LENGTH:  6 hrs. 37min.

RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2021

BLURB:

Devon Marks loves books more than just about anything. They’re his job and his passion, and they’ve brought him to an auction where he meets the hottest guy he’s ever seen. When Brand Drake offers to let Devon come and value his extensive collection at an old mansion high in the Colorado mountains, he knows life as about as good as it gets.

Brand Drake knows he wants Devon the moment they meet, so he goes about adding Devon to his hoard the same way he would an amazing old book. But when Devon starts eating him out of house and home and showing signs that he has emerging dragon traits, he knows he hasn’t just found a lover, he’s found a mate.

When Devon starts to show signs of something even more amazing, Brand calls on his brothers Eagan and Tyson to help him figure out what to do, as well as how to tell Devon what’s going on with his body, which is life-changing, and also dangerous. Someone always wants dragon magic to use, and Brand has to find a way to keep them safe, and to keep Devon with him, hopefully forever

REVIEW:

Minerva Howe is a new to me author and I was pleasantly surprised by her story telling. Her world building is fantastic. The environment she creates for her dragon suffers is wonderful.

A few disclaimers of note on this series, there is a lot more sexy times in this book, versus plot. Brand and Devon are the perfect definition of an instalove couple. Minerva builds some minor angst into the story as Brand keeps some important information from Devon.

“What does that make me? An egg hatcher?” “Silly.” Brand snorted. “Also a dad, and my beautiful, beloved mate.” “Don’t be sweet. I’m thinking about being angry at you.” “Are you? Then we would just have to make up and have sex again. It’s a rule. I’ve been on the internet.”

When it comes to narration, Minerva got the talented John Solo to perform this Book. John brings his singular talent to voicing Brand, Devon and all of the side characters that appear in the book. I think John has found a new niche for narration in the mm romance genre – deep voice growly dragons. As a narrator that doesn’t do an extensive amount of accent work, he still manages to bring distinct variations to each character. He even voices the vampire characters with a bit of an Eastern European accent.

John also brings a subtle, not over the top approach to the numerous sex scenes in this story. He gives them a serious level of heat and satisfying growliness. If you enjoy growly, instalove dragon shifter stones – the book is for you. I highly recommend the audiobook and look forward to listening to the next book in this series. I’ve discovered another fantastic author/narrator combination and look forward to any future collaborations from Minerva Howe and John Solo.

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