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Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Out of all the books I've read this year (minus If We Were Villians), this book takes first place. Like the other books in HTTYD it's funny and lighthearted but this one just feels different. I found myself outwardly laughing and smiling at the book, the importance of a potato really took me out. I have never read anything where a potato played such a part and even at the end where the doomfang took care of hiccup and even one eye. Honestly this book just felt different, it felt like I lost myself completely in it. I'm not one to worry about a characters death, especially when the series is no where near close but I found myself worried and panicked. I especially found the addition of One Eye interesting. The past too books didn't include a dragon that, admittedly reluctantly, helped Toothless and Hiccup and actually came to care for the boy. The addition of One Eye is one that I hope I see more often whether that be One Eye or a new dragon but I think that is what contributed largely to this book feeling different from the others.

How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Like the past two books, I loved it. It was funny and sweet but that's all I can really remember. It's just a blurred mess of Romans and toothless being sassy and so that's why it's only got 3.5 stars. The blurriness is on my part and like the past two books I have reviewed I found this book entertaining and amusing.