I enjoyed this book. I work on a college campus and understand the professorial world. This rang true to me. . . for a fantasy novel. And it is. Make no mistake, the dragon is a dragon, not a euphemism for something else. I went on and read the next one in the series (OK only) and couldn't get past the description and sample of the third one. Was disappointed because I really wanted this series to be as good as this first book. Oh, and the description says, "This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic)." NOPE, not in my opinion. Those were GRAPHIC scenes.