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Aerin-sol, Dragon-Killer

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

April 24, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

In Damar once there was a princess called Aerin who was pitifully out of place, for she was the daughter of a woman who had long been branded a witch. With a vague sense that her destiny lay elsewhere compared to where a princess’s destiny generally lies, she set out to become the best dragon slayer the realm had seen, no matter that killing dragons was a thankless and ignoble task. But it turns out her destiny was far greater than that. I remember I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, dragons, Robin McKinley, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, dragons, Robin McKinley, Romance ·
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A voyage of outcasts.

Dragon Haven (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #2) by Robin Hobb

March 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Ultimately, I decided not to round up on this one because this book (and this series so far) just doesn’t cut as deep as previous Hobb books have for me, though it made some really good progress on that, hence the 4.5 star rating. This is basically part two in what should have been one book, but was split into two for various reasons. This provided all the fulfillment I felt lacked after finishing the first book, and this book is actually where we start […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, dragon haven, dragons, epic fantasy, robin hobb, the rain wild chronicles

narfna's CBR14 Review No:41 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, dragon haven, dragons, epic fantasy, robin hobb, the rain wild chronicles ·
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A Worthy Prequel to Bone

Rose by Jeff Smith and Charles Vess

January 25, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Wrapping up my Bone series re-read with the prequel graphic novel, Rose. This is written by Jeff Smith but illustrated by Charles Vess, so you’re not getting Jeff Smith’s cartoony style here, despite the misleading cover. Instead, you get Vess’s beautiful full-painted art, which is unfortunately a little squashed and hard to make out the fine details in the edition I got. I think it would have been better served by a full trade binding, but I ended up with a library edition with a “Kidproof Cover,” […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, dragons, family drama, Graphic Novel, high fantasy, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, talking dogs

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, dragons, family drama, Graphic Novel, high fantasy, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, talking dogs ·
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“His skin neatly tailored over his bones:” A Great YA SF/F Novel

Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen

January 18, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’m unable to be objective about this book since I’ve been reading it since childhood. I love it, it really is a perfect book to start a person onto sf/f. Dragon’s Blood follows Jakkin, who is an indentured servant at a dragon fighting stable. He’s an orphan whose father was killed when he was trying to train a feral dragon and whose mother died after they went into indentured servitude. The book blends science fiction and fantasy, as the dragon fighting happens on an alien planet […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, dragons, growing up/coming of age, Jane Yolen

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, dragons, growing up/coming of age, Jane Yolen ·
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I would like to join the Tea Dragon Society

The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill

December 27, 2021 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

Dome’Loki introduced me to Kay O’Neill’s The Tea Dragon Society through her Cannonball Read review. The adorable cover won me over immediately. I was so taken with it that I impulsively supported the Chamomile plush Kickstarter campaign without ever reading the books. I couldn’t decide which dragon I wanted, so I simply ordered all of them with the first book. After several months, they finally arrived and made my day! This children’s book is the first in a series. It introduces us to Greta who […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: dragons, illustrated, Katie O'Neill, Kay O’Neill, Kids books, oni press, queer, tea, tea dragons

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: dragons, illustrated, Katie O'Neill, Kay O’Neill, Kids books, oni press, queer, tea, tea dragons ·
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A trope to get rid of and maybe some more worldbuilding to add

Burn the Witch vol. 1 by Tite Kubo

December 2, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I already knew the story going into Burn the Witch (vol.1); the graphic novel is an adaptation of a limited episode series, and they match pretty closely. What I don’t quite get is the title; there aren’t really any witches. There are people with special powers but it’s not really magic exactly in that there is no real system explained and those who are licensed aren’t vilified. The concept is partially familiar: there is a mirror world to our own in which dragons are real, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, action, anime, Burn the Witch, dragons, fight scenes, high school story, manga, Tite Kubo

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:98 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, action, anime, Burn the Witch, dragons, fight scenes, high school story, manga, Tite Kubo ·
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  • esmemoria on What Else Would You Look With?I wonder if the audio brings out the best in the novel. The last part of the book was pretty great, but I had so...
  • narfna on What Else Would You Look With?Sad you didn't really like this one. I absolutely loved it. Not sure when I will be able to wrap my head around reviewing it....
  • narfna on And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…#BlameMalin on this one for me, too, because she literally sent me a copy.
  • narfna on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”That's gotta be the new headcanon.
  • drmllz on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”I like to think the wife packs Hastings off to England to hang out with Poirot and enjoys having a whole ranch to herself...
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