Middling short story, may be better in print.

It's not the worst Reuban Hinman aka Alara Branwen story I've listened to, which is backhanded praise but also honest. Surprisingly it's probably one of the better written ones. In general.

Pros: The story is quick, the characters are kind of funny, and a dragon with a massive... ego is actually pretty good. The narrator, unlike several others this author uses, is pretty decent -- they don't stumble over words, they don't put weird emphasis on random syllables, and they're quite pleasant to listen to. The narrator also remains true to the text, so a couple of bits sound weird -- but that's 100% how the author writes. "Sit back and try to enjoy it, you might even enjoy it" etc.

Cons: Too much navel-gazing, too much backstory (it's a 30min short story, who cares about their nondescript childhood that has no relevance?). The narrator performs technically well, but it's like it's presenting a book report to kindergarten kids, not a sultry erotica. In fact, it never at any point sounds like the genre it is. So if you're good with chipper/surprised for the whole story, uh. There's that for you. This book would be an entirely different experience done by folks at gone wild audio etc.

-1 star for spectacular biology fail
-1 star for unnecessary thesaural carnage (nobody calls breasts "tits" one second and "mammaries" the next, and this happens all over the place)
-1 star for spelling mistakes in the dang description.

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