A review by hannahfyed
Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

2.0

I am relieved to be finished with this series. Dealing with Dragons was fun and fresh, but the three following books were utter disappointments. Talking to Dragons is, ultimately, extremely repetitive. This is because Daystar has no idea what the heck is going on, so other more knowledgeable characters have to fill him in on information readers already know because they, uh, read the previous books. This culminates in a very "tell, not show" recap of the first three books at the end, which sadly gave me more information about the wizards' intentions than the books themselves ever did. Also, it's still not clear to me what happened to Antorell at the end. I am disappointed by the trend of having the action (the war between dragons and wizards, Kazul eating Zemenar in #3, Antorell's casual banishment) take place offscreen, with much more dull happenings appearing onscreen. Daystar does not have much of a personality, and Shiara is annoying and selfish. I stand by my opinion of reading #1 and ignoring the rest.