I received a copy of this book from Jo Fletcher Books in exchange for an honest review.

Squib Moreau is a teenager trying to make ends meet and make things better for him and his hardworking momma where they live near the bayou in Lousianna when an encounter with the local constable out to get him, ends up introducing Squib to Vern - the world's possibly last dragon. Vern is a foul-mouthed, vodka-guzzling creature with a hatred for humans but the need for an assistant whom he finds in Squib.

This is an interesting, humorous book that while not terribly complicated does its job right which is to entertain the reader. This is urban fantasy involving a dragon rather than straight up high fantasy which leaves a nice twist on the story because we have a dragon who wears clothes (and in my mind sounds exactly like Matthew McConaughey), and loves to watch Netflix all day.

I liked this book. It was a very fast-paced read and even though it takes place over the course of a few months, it felt like it only took place over a few days. Everything happened quite quickly in it and there were some gruesome moments in this book that turned mu stomach a bit (Hooke versus Waxman).

There's a lot of cursing and crude language in this book which I did tune out a bit. The book was very male-centric. The majority of the small cast of characters are male and they all speak and act like red-blooded straight males, members swinging about. The only proper female character in the book is Squib's mom who is only in a few scenes and a lot of the times she is mentioned is in a sexual way by Hooke.

I think well-versed fantasy readers will enjoy this as a bit of fun, and anyone who loved Artemis Fowl will enjoy the action and more mature humour in this book. I do think this is probably a good book for people who may have gotten back into reading recently and want to try fantasy/urban fantasy out. I can see a lot of men who may not read a lot, enjoying this book due to the violence, occasional gore, humour and just maleness of the whole story.