You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I'd forgotten how intense the plot is in this one!
For some reason the ending didn't hit me as hard on my re-visiting-this-as-an-adult, but I still love the setting, love the characters, love the dragons. The book holds up even beyond my nostalgia for it. I used to check these out of my middle school's library over and over again.
For some reason the ending didn't hit me as hard on my re-visiting-this-as-an-adult, but I still love the setting, love the characters, love the dragons. The book holds up even beyond my nostalgia for it. I used to check these out of my middle school's library over and over again.
These books went from being interesting but poorly written books about dragons to being uninteresting poorly books written about politics. So I quit and wikipedia'd the rest of the series. No thanks.
Very like... classic mythic fantasy. The main male character is noble and strong, the main female character impetuous and bold, etc. Characterization in general is broad and larger than life, and the plot laid out in extremes. I finished it wanting to read the third one, but after a few days now I don't really feel the need.
Also: dragon content far less than previous novel, heterosexual content far more. Disappointing.
Also: dragon content far less than previous novel, heterosexual content far more. Disappointing.
2.5 stars. Enjoyed the first half, not so much the 2nd half. Cheesy ending.
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
Let me be first be petty & complain about the cover art. ...Actually, it's indicative of the level of skill inside the book.
First, that woman does NOT want to be there. If the male model looked this smug & ugly, I wouldn't want to be pressed against him, either. She's here, she's going to get paid, then she's leaving. She doesn't have to be *happy.*
Second, this art work screams "I have no idea how to draw hands or feet!!" ...or lower torsos. There is definitely something wrong with her hips & his butt.
Let's take a larger view of the cover. After the people, what's the prominent feature? The dragon! It's a book about dragons! Who fight! So let's center the dragons.....ass?...in the middle of our cover? Seriously...the head is teeny tiny, on the end of an impossibly long neck, and almost off the edge of the cover. This is a horrible composition.
The first book established the very basics about the (sexist) world & the 'hero' gets his dragon. So what do you do in the second book? That's right, you have more stories about dragons! Oh, no...I'm sorry. You get him involved in politics! He runs around ineptly trying to save the girl, who has become a spy within a rebel cell. They get framed for a horrible explosion & end up on the run from the rebels, the local police/government/ruling class, and maybe even the galactic government. It starts getting complicated on which group wants what & I didn't care about any of the characters enough to try to really sort it out. What would normally be shocking in another book, I didn't care.
Yolen DOES have good books out there. I've read them & loved them. This series sadly isn't one of them. I told my daughter to skip these.
First, that woman does NOT want to be there. If the male model looked this smug & ugly, I wouldn't want to be pressed against him, either. She's here, she's going to get paid, then she's leaving. She doesn't have to be *happy.*
Second, this art work screams "I have no idea how to draw hands or feet!!" ...or lower torsos. There is definitely something wrong with her hips & his butt.
Let's take a larger view of the cover. After the people, what's the prominent feature? The dragon! It's a book about dragons! Who fight! So let's center the dragons.....ass?...in the middle of our cover? Seriously...the head is teeny tiny, on the end of an impossibly long neck, and almost off the edge of the cover. This is a horrible composition.
The first book established the very basics about the (sexist) world & the 'hero' gets his dragon. So what do you do in the second book? That's right, you have more stories about dragons! Oh, no...I'm sorry. You get him involved in politics! He runs around ineptly trying to save the girl, who has become a spy within a rebel cell. They get framed for a horrible explosion & end up on the run from the rebels, the local police/government/ruling class, and maybe even the galactic government. It starts getting complicated on which group wants what & I didn't care about any of the characters enough to try to really sort it out. What would normally be shocking in another book
Spoiler
his dragon and the girl's father/owner of the dragon ranch get killedYolen DOES have good books out there. I've read them & loved them. This series sadly isn't one of them. I told my daughter to skip these.
Heart's Blood is certainly more heart-rending than the original. I am surprised I managed to get through this when I was younger, as it would seem the political themes would have been completely over my head.
I really enjoyed the rescue Akki mission and the on the run parts of the story. The only thing that disappointed me was them killing Hearts Blood at at the end of the book I cried when I read that part and I am one to not cry normally when reading. To me that felt more like the end of the series and there is still one book left so now I am wondering how that will go with Hearts Blood now gone
I really enjoyed the rescue Akki mission and the on the run parts of the story. The only thing that disappointed me was them killing Hearts Blood at at the end of the book I cried when I read that part and I am one to not cry normally when reading. To me that felt more like the end of the series and there is still one book left so now I am wondering how that will go with Hearts Blood now gone
I’m calling it quits on this series for me. I made it 75 pages into this book and can’t for the life of me remember why I liked these as a kid. The main character is not an appealing protagonist, the dragons are decent but are forced to fight each other for sport like dog fights but legal, and the romance still seems pretty forced and strange. I don’t think this book series is for me and I can’t say I would recommend it to others.