I sometimes have a book on my shelf that is outside of my preferred genre that I have never had time to read. Joel Leslie (one of my most beloved narrators) finished his audio version of ORIGIN, which has been on my TBR list/shelf for a while now, and I just couldn’t wait any more. WOWOWOWOWOWOW! I love the story – filled with words that paint vivid pictures in the mind. The characters are unique and interesting, the action is pretty decent – not high voltage intense action, but a few very edge of your seat-what happens next-type of scenes. A male unknown-until-now mage meets the king of the fire dragons… and although it’s not an insta-love type of book where “BAM! True Love” happens, sparks do fly. The story has a depth or richness to it that includes a quite interesting world where dragons are the power to the mages and the bond is special. If the rest of the books in the series are like this one, I will buy them all! Joel Leslie brings the characters to life with his accents and seamlessly narrating and then speaking as one character or another. He has excellent timing and emotional control over the narration and that helps the listener really engage with the characters and the story.