Saving the Dragon

By: Sara R. Cleveland

Narrated by: Hilary Dickinson

Penelope has dreamt of learning magic since she was a small girl chasing imaginary butterflies in her dreams. Unfortunately, as the Princess of Saleria, magic is not only unsuited to her station, it is forbidden by her father.

Spending her days slipping from the castle to gather supplies in a darkened shop is proving dangerous and more difficult as time goes by, even after she recruits help. When the opportunity arises to accompany her father on a visit to her wizard godfather, Stellan, Penelope jumps at the chance.

Soon after arriving at the castle, Penelope realizes something is very amiss with her godfather and his reclusive nephew. Things are not what they seem and secrets abound. When the truth is revealed, it sends Penelope hurtling down a road of danger and mystery. Her life will never be the same – and neither will Stellan’s.

©2015 Sara R Cleveland (P)2018 Sara R Cleveland

Forbidden Magic & Romance

This was a fun start to the series, we're introduced to a princess with magical talent and her father's forbidden her to learn/practice it. They visit her Godfather (a wizard) only after she promises not to ask him to teach her and meets his nephew who is her age and of course very attractive.... Secrets are revealed and secret bonds begin to form causing a chain of events that will test them all. It's a fun romantic adventure that will appeal to romance, fantasy and dragon fans.

Parents- PG13- more young adult +15 and up
Language: moderate bad language and there are 2 or 3 f-bombs
Violence: normal to genre, nothing to warn of
Sexual Content- There's a scene where guards are talking about wanting to rape a girl, there's a beginning bedroom scene but gets interrupted

The narrator was ok, there were some sound issues mostly around the beginning of the chapters but once you got past that and speed it up to 1.25-1.35x speed it was much better.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Good short feel good fairy tale

Only complaint is quality of audio: hollow, background sounds and a bit hard to hear in noisy environs like driving. Otherwise quiet enjoyable.

magic

interesting story that draws you in with all the twists and turns. This is a new author to me and I will be looking forward to reading more from this author.

THIS IS A GREAT STORY AND I LOVED IT.

LITERALLY HAD TO LISTEN STRAIGHT THROUGH AS IT IS A GOOD STORY AND WAS EASY TO FOLLOW.
ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL AGES. MOSTLY CLEAN.

NARRATOR WAS OKAY. BUT SHOULD INVEST IN BETTER SOUND RECORDING EQUIPMENT. TO BRING BETTER CLARITY, MORE LIFE AND DEPTH OF EMOTION TO THE AUDIOBOOK .

Very enjoyable tale of magic discovery

Very enjoyable tale of magic discovery involving a secret dragon, discovering love and independence with lots of sneaking about under a strict fathers disapproval. From beginning to end this was an entrancing tale full of adventure. Recommended.