I can suspend disbelief about Dragons that a) exist and b) can shift into human form, that c) some of them are just like us and d) despite completely different lifespans and therefore, presumably, life-cycles, that a 16-year old dragon raised in isolation might act exactly like a normal 16-year old girl, but I simply cannot accept a world in which–barring some cataclysmic meteorological event–waves on the same day on the same beach vary from the size one would take said 16-year old girl to learn how to surf (3-4′?) to 18′ monsters; not on the California coast.
Nor can I accept a world in which 2 surfers can ride a wave SIDE-BY-SIDE, or one in which they could ride the same board–without the specification of it being a longboard. This is beyond not doing your primary research, I don’t believe the author has ever BEEN to a beach.
That being said, it was an interesting premise, Romeo and Juliet with an anime-style love triangle and dragons.
I listened to this on audible, and the best part for me was that the male reader read the part of the female best friend with a Valley Girl accent, while the female reader read all the parts straight. It really added a dimension to Garrett’s character.
