A review by mrsdragon
Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

4.0

2023: I learned midway through rereading the series that this book was originally written first, and published in the 80s. It was then re-released as part of the series. This makes sense because the writing in this book is considerably less polished than in book #3. The story is there, and fine, but the dialog is a bit clunky and there is a lot of "he said". It's also wild to me that the plot of books 1-3 is basically just info dumped at the end of this book as an explainer and yet it took so long for there to be a series relaying those stories. Books 1 and 3 are my favorites. 1 because Cimorine is so classic. 3 because Morwen is my favorite, and because it's the best written of the series.

Anyway, it's worth reading to finish the series out (and, as a kid, I didn't notice the shift at all) and see what happens to various characters. 

2012 Review: Daystar has grown up to be severely polite and obedient. And yet he's still a sweet kid and the story is endearing. The tone is a bit saccharine for what, in a high fantasy novel would be "TEH DRAMA", but it's a quick, fun read.