"Great read
Good story.like the action . Story makes you Care about the. Characters. Good set up on the back ground of each character. Enjoyed highly recommend " |
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"I wasn't too sure how to rate this one.
Everything about it was fine. The writing is competent, the world building is good-there is a lot of thought put into the rearing and growth of Dragons. Though this kind of detailed world-building is still my least favorite, this was well-paced and with a friendly/casual kind of tone that doesn’t make you think school, so I really didn’t mind it too much. The magic is thought out and works much like a wish to a Genie. You have to think through your intentions before using it, otherwise your wish to be the richest man on earth, may leave you being the only man on earth, kind of idea. In this way there are lots of restrictions on it and no one really can be too over-powered. Same with the dragons, only a few have riders and they’re territorial and jealous of their bonded rider partners having friends. This didn’t stop the main character, Delno, from having a girlfriend later but everything was fine with lots of reassurance to his dragon partner. And I think that is pretty much where I was stuck on the rating, everything was fine, all the time. In a lot of ways this felt more like a slice of life story than anything. We spend our time learning about the world, and the people, and the dragons, and everything is hunky dory for the most part, with only a few setbacks that were solved fairly quickly. I guess for me, if I am sitting through lots of world building I either need a damn good character to keep me interested, or a really tight plot, and though I liked Delno and the world that was created, I think maybe it was just a bit too easy all around and maybe would have worked better for me if it hadn’t tried to be anything else but a guy learning to care for his Dragon. So, think of this as a 3.5. I'm adding half a star because while this may not have been quite my cup of tea, it was pretty solid for a debut and its enjoyable slice of fantasy life feeling, might be perfect for someone else. Other notes- As a chicken person, I had a great big chuckle over the dragon being egg-bound and had a hard time not picturing feathery-butted dragons for awhile. And for those who are interested, it is a real problem- we have lost chickens to being egg-bound in the past. Also- if my son was still a younger teen, I think he would have enjoyed this book a lot." |
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"Good read. Loved the characters and the message from this book. Delno is a really good character, and even though we meet him as a grown man his back story was well done. Rita is gold with her sex appeal and humor. Geneva was also amazing even while in the egg. I am hoping book 2 is at least as good."
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