Tuesday, April 25th, 2023

2023/049: Highfire — Eoin Colfer
Highfire, son, he thought to himself, you don’t wanna stop being mythical and start being real. This was surely true, as being real was only one step away from being extinct. [p. 337]

Vern is probably the last of his kind. He lives in a shack deep in the bayou, watching cable TV and drinking Absolut, and reminiscing with his old friend Waxman. Then Squib, a teenaged boy fleeing a corrupt police officer with a crush on Squib's mother Elodie, stumbles upon Vern's home, and finds himself employed to run Vern's errands while Waxman is unavailable. Which is not as simple as it sounds, because Vern (formerly Wyvern, Lord Highfire) is a dragonRead more... )

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