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A review by thelibrarylady42
Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
4.0
I decided to review all three books at once. I couldn't do one at a time because the time spent writing a review was time I could have been finding out what happened next.
A student came to me after ripping through all three books and told me I just absolutely had to read these books. I thought okay I'll put it on my list and get to it eventually. She was insistent she loved these books and wanted to share them with everyone. So I picked up the first one and to my amazement I really didn't want to put it down. Not that I doubted it was good based on how much she loved it I just didn't expect to love it as much as her.
Creel starts out her adventure when her aunt decides to leave her for the dragon that supposedly lives outside her village in order to get knight to rescue her and marry her. Instead of cowering and waiting for the big strong man to rescue her Creel comes up with a plan and rescues herself. This pretty much sets the tone for the next three books. Creel is not the kind of girl who will sit around pining for the handsome prince, though she does need rescuing once in a while. It's usually after she has exhausted all of her other options. I love the strong, smart female lead that seems to be missing from some young adult literature today.
Another thing I loved about this series was the way George worked sewing and embroidery through out the book. Creel learned to embroider from her mother and comes up with many of her own designs. She uses her knowledge of fabric to help her solve many of her problems.
The books were not without their flaws but the overall experience was so enjoyable that they were easy to overlook.
A student came to me after ripping through all three books and told me I just absolutely had to read these books. I thought okay I'll put it on my list and get to it eventually. She was insistent she loved these books and wanted to share them with everyone. So I picked up the first one and to my amazement I really didn't want to put it down. Not that I doubted it was good based on how much she loved it I just didn't expect to love it as much as her.
Creel starts out her adventure when her aunt decides to leave her for the dragon that supposedly lives outside her village in order to get knight to rescue her and marry her. Instead of cowering and waiting for the big strong man to rescue her Creel comes up with a plan and rescues herself. This pretty much sets the tone for the next three books. Creel is not the kind of girl who will sit around pining for the handsome prince, though she does need rescuing once in a while. It's usually after she has exhausted all of her other options. I love the strong, smart female lead that seems to be missing from some young adult literature today.
Another thing I loved about this series was the way George worked sewing and embroidery through out the book. Creel learned to embroider from her mother and comes up with many of her own designs. She uses her knowledge of fabric to help her solve many of her problems.
The books were not without their flaws but the overall experience was so enjoyable that they were easy to overlook.