There is more of Jillian than Bael, which was a very good thing, because the audio for Bael was weird, and not in an interesting way. Davis narrates chapters that are from Bael’s perspective, while the others are mostly from Jillian’s point of view. So I was predisposed to like this book, and I did, but I also encountered some major flaws that undermined my enjoyment of the story.įirst, the narration of Jonathan Davis is nowhere near as polished as Ronconi’s. I particularly like them in audio, and Amanda Ronconi narrates her heroines with just enough dryness in the delivery. There were moments in this book where I laughed aloud in the car and would have to back up a few times to re-listen to a section I’d missed.

They’re the right blend of sarcasm and emotional maturity, they’re thoughtful and realistic, and they’re often very, very funny. Here’s the thing: Molly Harper dialogue and Molly Harper heroines work pretty well for me. As the cover copy says, there isn’t much time left for the mythological creatures to stay hidden with advances in technology: how long can Sasquatch stay hidden from Google maps? So there’s a mix of realism and fantasy that provides tension between the characters and their motivations as their priorities and their knowledge of one another shift and evolve. Jillian very much wants to help other towns model the cooperation found in Mystic Bayou. So you’ve got some paranormal romance meet cute, some small Southern town motifs, a mix of otherworldly creatures and shifters, a long history of magic and secrecy, a growing mystery, and an anthropologist who is very good at her job. The mayor, a bear shifter, welcomes her with eagerly, but the Mystic Bayou sheriff, Bael Boone, is not at all pleased to see her nor to have her digging into the town’s history and its secrets. She’s sent to a town called Mystic Bayou in Louisiana to study how the residents of that town, who are a mixture of magical creatures and humans, manage to live in relative harmony. Jillian Ramsay is an anthropologist who works for the League of Interspecies Cooperation. The plot is part paranormal romance and part mystery. I listen to most everything at 1.4-1.5x normal speed, so it took me less time. The audiobook is performed by Amanda Ronconi and Jonathan Davis, and runs about six and a half hours at normal speed. This means that it’s an audiobook written exclusively for Audible. How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper is an Audible original production.

How to date your dragon molly harper