A review by halcyonuncoil
Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen

4.0

I read this book as a child and I absolutely completely adored it. Going back as an adult I noticed a few things that made me bring down the rating. And trust me if we included book two of the series it'd be even lower. The only reason this is at 4 stars is because I really really liked the experience of reading this particular book, and this book does not reflect my opinion of the entire series.

Jakkin is very arrogant for a slave (bondsman? the specifics of his 'place' were a little iffy, as though Yolen didn't want to outright have slavery in her book). Also, though I love his dragon, how cliché is 'I choose the runt!'