Jules Conrad is a new to me author, I picked this up because it had a dragon on the cover, so I made that bet that it might have dragons in it. Indeed there are dragons.
There's the familiar trope of unusual bonding with a dragon, but the unusual aspect is that the main character is an adult (24). I don't want to give away much more than that, because I really enjoyed not knowing anything before reading the book.
I liked the writing style, and I thought the pacing was good, as well as the plot. It was the right book at the right time. It took me basically one 24 hour period to finish it. Now, I am wishing for more.