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A review by kylielovesbooks
Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
4.0
This was a fun middle grade read. It felt very magical, I mean who doesn't love a book about dragons!
Anya was an adorable main character, she starts out in a town where magic is forbidden. She finds out that because her family is Jewish, they will be losing their house, so when the fools come to town and tell her they will give her money to hunt one of the last dragons, she really just wants to help her family. Once Anya finds the dragon, she's not sure she can do that. Her journey to finding what she thinks is the right answer was so fun.
Most of the other characters added a lot to the story. Anya has a wonderful relationship with her mom and grandmother (her dad has been sent to the front lines of war) and their domovoy (spelling? I listened to the audiobook!) is the funniest character. He was so mischievous but still the protector of the house. Ivan (again, spelling?) was a great secondary/main character. The villain (I'm not even going to try to spell his name) was actually scary. And of course the dragon ended up being so incredibly adorable.
Even though a lot of things I really enjoyed, I didn't love anything. And there were many Russian words that I couldn't follow especially listening to the audiobook and a lot of the names were foreign.
I really can't wait to see what happens next!
Anya was an adorable main character, she starts out in a town where magic is forbidden. She finds out that because her family is Jewish, they will be losing their house, so when the fools come to town and tell her they will give her money to hunt one of the last dragons, she really just wants to help her family. Once Anya finds the dragon, she's not sure she can do that. Her journey to finding what she thinks is the right answer was so fun.
Most of the other characters added a lot to the story. Anya has a wonderful relationship with her mom and grandmother (her dad has been sent to the front lines of war) and their domovoy (spelling? I listened to the audiobook!) is the funniest character. He was so mischievous but still the protector of the house. Ivan (again, spelling?) was a great secondary/main character. The villain (I'm not even going to try to spell his name) was actually scary. And of course the dragon ended up being so incredibly adorable.
Even though a lot of things I really enjoyed, I didn't love anything. And there were many Russian words that I couldn't follow especially listening to the audiobook and a lot of the names were foreign.
I really can't wait to see what happens next!