fletcher 's review for:

Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

4.0

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Probably my favorite of the series so far--I wish Morwen was the protagonist of all the books, I love the shenanigans of her cats so much. Super charming and honestly the only thing I don't enjoy about it (which was so annoying that I knocked off a whole star for it) is that so much time is spent arguing about logistics, re-explaining things, and letting everybody in the huge party get their two cents in, that it delays any plot massively. It was fun in the beginning with all the cats, but once the main action kicks in and the characters should be hurrying, the fact that they sit there bickering and repeating the same patterns of conversation (Telemain is being long-winded and Kazul is annoyed, Killer is hungry and the cats think he's stupid, etc.) is not only irritating, it's actively getting in the way of the story. I seem to recall this being an issue in the last book as well.