This is a very pleasing and excellent story to listen to. I love the characters, kingdoms and story line. However, the female characters are extremely flat and one demential. They are extremely annoying. That being said, the rest of the characters and story line make up for the women as, thankfully, they are not main characters. I really recommend this series if you love fantasy, adventuring, feel-good novels. love the dragons and dwarfs so very much! along with the other fantasy creatures.