From the publisher:
From the internationally bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series: Eoin Colfer’s first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious, high-octane adventure about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who’s been hiding out from the world – and potential torch-carrying mobs – in a Louisiana bayou . . . until his peaceful world’s turned upside down by a well-intentioned but wild Cajun tearaway and the crooked (and heavily armed) law officer who wants him dead.

Review
There are some books you know you are going to love from the minute you start reading and Highfire was definitely one of them! There was nothing I didn’t love about this.

It’s a completely new take on dragons – a world away from Westeros or Middle Earth – this is a dragon who lives in a shack with his lazyboy, TV and beer, wearing a flashdance t-shirt and speaking in the local deep South accent of the bayou and the swamp culture he lives in – ‘you can sing that brother!’ was one of my favourite lines!

This is a dragon who has left his high mythological past firmly behind him but, improbably and hilariously, finds that part of him reawakened not by a lost king, farm boy or knight but an awkward, accident-prone teenager who becomes his errand boy and annoys him into action to save him and his mother from the clutches of the evil and quite disturbing bent copper who is after them all.

Every character is brilliantly written – fans of Artemis Fowl won’t find much similarity here but it is a fantastic and highly entertaining read. I really hope it is the start of a new series!

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.