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I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons

I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons

by Peter S. Beagle (Simon & Schuster, 2024)

audiobook read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024)

Book cover: “I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons” by Peter S. Beagle (Simon & Schuster, 2024); audiobook read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024)

A gentle fantasy that subverts tropes even while making use of them. Though dragons feature, most of the plot is submerged-iceberg character development: Robert and Princess Cerise in particular, but also Prince Reginald, Ostvald and Elfrieda. Taylor-Corbett’s audiobook reading plays to this.

How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero

How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero

by Cressida Cowell (Hachette, 2013); audiobook read by David Tennant

Cowell_How to Betray a Dragon's Hero

High above a publishing landscape devastated by gormless, plotless, half-illustrated fluff, Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon series soars majestically. How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero is thoughtful, exhilarating, vivid and fabulously fun, with David Tennant putting in a full-on acting performance.

 

 

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