{"id":3395,"date":"2012-12-30T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2021-05-30T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T14:49:25","slug":"dragon-in-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3395","title":{"rendered":"Dragon in the System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragon in the System<\/a><\/em> (2007) Cindy Spenser Pape<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dragon<\/a>So, another boinking book by Cindy Spencer Paper. Again, I didn’t buy it for the boinking, but because I enjoy her world building, and because it was $1.49.<\/p>\n

Lori is a herpetologist (really! how awesome that the heroine loves lizards!) who has a broken engagement behind her, and a tenure review in front of her. She doesn’t want any complications in her life until she’s gone through her review and been (hopefully) granted tenure.<\/p>\n

Eric is a computer geek who is part time faculty and part time system administrator for the school. He’s trying to catch a hacker, but a glimpse of something unusual in a basement sends him to a herpetologist for advice.<\/p>\n

Despite all the boinking (and there is plenty) I really liked this story, the characters, and the magical elements. She is really very good at world building and creating stories that draw me in.<\/p>\n

I also like that–despite all the boinking–the cover doesn’t have nekkid people on it. Or any people at all. Because I guarentee I wouldn’t have bought this story–even for $1.49–if it had a lurid cover.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Ellora’s Cave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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