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A review by azahller
Dragon Den by Kriss Dean
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Markus has dreamed of being a Goldwing all his life, but when the day comes to break his dragon, he fails miserably at the task. His failure is actually so devastating that it is supposed to have him kicked out of Dragild (his school). Due to timing, luck, fate, or what have you, Markus is offered another chance at his dreams. All he has to do? Betray all of his friends on a secret mission. Easy, right?
This book was incredibly fast paced and fun. It was described as How To Train Your Dragons meets The Fast & The Furious. I'll be honest, I'm not familiar with The Fast & The Furious because I'm not at all interested in cars, but when you make the cars dragons... I'm very into that. I'm really excited to see where the story goes in the next book (hoping for a next book!!) because I think we made some very interesting turns at the end of this one.
I do think this book would benefit from more world building. It has the benefit of being ~mostly~ in our world, but I have many questions about many things still. I also wish we had gotten a smidge more character development, but I wasn't upset at what we did get. This is a short little book and I'll say that the way everything played out was incredibly reasonable for its length.
I think this book would be great for people who like the pitch: The Fast & The Furious x How To Train Your Dragon. Personally, I love anything with dragons.
This book was incredibly fast paced and fun. It was described as How To Train Your Dragons meets The Fast & The Furious. I'll be honest, I'm not familiar with The Fast & The Furious because I'm not at all interested in cars, but when you make the cars dragons... I'm very into that. I'm really excited to see where the story goes in the next book (hoping for a next book!!) because I think we made some very interesting turns at the end of this one.
I do think this book would benefit from more world building. It has the benefit of being ~mostly~ in our world, but I have many questions about many things still. I also wish we had gotten a smidge more character development, but I wasn't upset at what we did get. This is a short little book and I'll say that the way everything played out was incredibly reasonable for its length.
I think this book would be great for people who like the pitch: The Fast & The Furious x How To Train Your Dragon. Personally, I love anything with dragons.