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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
The premise was certainly interesting, but the books was riddled with moments where I went "wait, what?" (spend pages and pages emphasizing hiding dragon existence & then mention in two sentences that the main character told that information to someone she'd met a week ago). Moments also came across as contrived sometimes, and the main character made leaps of logic and held her temper when I would not expect it from a dragon-raised 14-yr old.
I love reading Mercedes Lackey books. This one is different as it's a collaboration with Andre Norton. In some places you can tell. It seems there are a couple abrupt changes between characters and locations. The main characters come from different races; elves, halfbloods (elf and human), humans, and dragons.
The main character Shana is a halfblood who is raised by dragons. Halfblood are hated and feared by full elves. Humans are slaves.
Kemon is a dragon who is Shana's best friend.
The main character Shana is a halfblood who is raised by dragons. Halfblood are hated and feared by full elves. Humans are slaves.
Kemon is a dragon who is Shana's best friend.
adventurous
medium-paced
From the ages of 10-17, I lived in a town so small it's listed as a "census designated place." We had a library, but it was literally two small rooms, staffed by volunteers (this was my first "job," actually) and only open for a few hours two days a week. This was not enough for young me, which led both to me getting cards from the closest towns with libraries (30 and 60 minutes away, my mom was glad when I got my license bc it meant I could drive myself to the library whenever I wanted) AND to me re-reading all of the books I owned endlessly.
Enter The Elvenbane.
I don't even know that I thought it was GOOD when I read it, but I bought it bc of that cheesy-ass Boris Vallejo cover (there is not a single fucking dragon in the whole book that looks like this, btw) and then read that MMPB copy to tatters. To TATTERS, I say!
I re-read it bc Mercedes Lackey has said she's finished writing the manuscript for the fourth and final book (following a fuckton of dramz with Andre Norton's estate) and a friend has a project going where she's reading ALL of Lackey's work, so we read together.
I have so many fuckin questions that never would have occurred to me 30 years ago and there are so many little things that bothered me.
AND YET it was somehow still super compelling? I had forgotten most of the back half of the book (which is understandable bc I think that's where it starts to fall apart) and had a hard time not just plowing through the whole thing in order to be able to discuss it coherently.
Really looking forward to getting to the next book before this one drops entirely out of my head.
(Added a ΒΌ star bc of nostalgia, tbh.)
Enter The Elvenbane.
I don't even know that I thought it was GOOD when I read it, but I bought it bc of that cheesy-ass Boris Vallejo cover (there is not a single fucking dragon in the whole book that looks like this, btw) and then read that MMPB copy to tatters. To TATTERS, I say!
I re-read it bc Mercedes Lackey has said she's finished writing the manuscript for the fourth and final book (following a fuckton of dramz with Andre Norton's estate) and a friend has a project going where she's reading ALL of Lackey's work, so we read together.
I have so many fuckin questions that never would have occurred to me 30 years ago and there are so many little things that bothered me.
AND YET it was somehow still super compelling? I had forgotten most of the back half of the book (which is understandable bc I think that's where it starts to fall apart) and had a hard time not just plowing through the whole thing in order to be able to discuss it coherently.
Really looking forward to getting to the next book before this one drops entirely out of my head.
(Added a ΒΌ star bc of nostalgia, tbh.)
Started put great, got super boring, then I found out the series was never finished.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I would have liked this a lot more if I had read it as a teenager.
Sorry, mixed this up with the Doubled Edge series. I don't remember reading this although my notes say I did...