🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Performance: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️️
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Dragon of Oxford is the first book by this author that I have read and the author won me over as I liked both the plot and the characters.
Mark is in Oxford for the first day when he sees a dragon. And so begins a wonderful book with a mix of university life and the paranormal, peppered with witty banter.
I really loved the descriptions of Oxford, you could really picture the university campus.
Mark soon meets the hot but grumpy librarian Rufus. As a reader, I could feel the chemistry between the two from their first meeting. Mark has a struggle or two as a new grad student, but it was nice to watch him slowly overcome his insecurities.
Despite being a dragon, Rufus loves books more than anything gold, which earns him the disdain of his clan. The dragon code of Rufus' family was well described. I figured Rufus correctly from the beginning and I found him to be a very likable character.
I liked how the story developed and there was plenty of action with the dragons at the end.
As I said, the chemistry between Rufus and Mark was there from the start, there were hot scenes and it was great to see Rufus being very protective of Mark.
The story was generally well told and entertaining. I can't wait to see what happens next!
The narrator, Rufus Love, was also new to me and had a pleasant voice. He gave the characters appropriate voices and managed the changes of perspective quite well.