Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
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Book Reviews of Dragon's Keep
Book Review: Nice take on a over-used subject
Summary: 4 Stars
I normally avoid dragon books like the plague because they are usually so predictable. This book was a different and refreshing take on dragon tales. The main character is well written and well rounded.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys authors like Robin Mckinley or Tamora Pierce.
Book Review: No connection
Summary: 2 Stars
I love dragons. They rule. And seeing them cast in a dark light doesn't bother me in the bit. I liked the story, but I felt little to no connection with the heroine whose name I don't even remember. After I was done I felt like I had just listened to an old person jabber on for a few hours. I stayed cause it was polite, but I didn't come away with anything. The hero bugged me a lot. Stricking me as having done nothing... which is exactly what happened. Some people may have liked it, but I'll need some convincing before I pick up another book by this author.Book Review: Great book
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this book. Kept me interested the whole time (no skimming...) Great protagonist, intriguing plot, creative and entertaining.Book Review: Dragons, Dragons, and more Dragons
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book in my recommendations. I am so glad I bought it. It is a great adventure with a romance. An adult fairy tale that really is good.
Rosalind is a princess, but she has a problem. One of her fingers is a dragon's claw. Her mother has used dragon magic to have a child and this is the result. Rosalind wears gloves always. There is a prophecy that a perfect princess will regain what was lost and bring her line back into the Pendragon line. An ancestor married against the wishes of her liege and the line of that princess was exiled to Wilde Island.
Kye comes to the Island with his father to get Rosalind's father for a war against the Spanish. On the way they fight and kill a fierce dragon and bring it to the Island. Everyone calls Kye a dragonkiller.
Rosalind has feelings for the unfortunate dragon but she can't say a word during the revels that follow. Everyone is celebrating. Kye finds her and shows her an old broken dragon egg in a cave. But she is still not ready to say anything to Kye.
The dragon they have killed is the female and the male arrives to destroy all he can and retrieve the eggs she carries. In his anger and rage he sets most of the town afire and finally flies off to Dragon's Keep with his progeny.
Shortly after the king left on his mission the Dragon came back and this time he took Rosalind. Holding her in his claws he flew back to the Keep and there Rosalind learned he needed help to hatch his children. He had so much grief for the loss of his mate that at times he cried out. So began Rosalind's life on Dragon Keep until she was sure he would kill and eat her.
I found the story wonderful, full of imagination and fire. The dragons well realized and the differences between man and beast evident. I loved it and if you are looking for a good read about dragons, this is it.
Book Review: A Prophecy
Summary: 3 Stars
Dragons Keep was a great young adult novel. The character Rosalind tugs at the reader's heart as she is trapped by a 600-year-old prophecy, her over protective mother, and dragons.
Both Rosalind and her mother constantly obsess and fret over her flawed finger and constantly worry over someone seeing it. Her mother subjects her to healers, witches and claw trimming every Sunday, all in an attempt to banish Rosalind's `shame.'
During a festival; a dragon, which has been terrorizing the island for centuries, kidnaps Rosalind and forces her to take care of four baby dragons. It is this time on Dragon's Keep where Rosalind, re-named Briar, truly comes into her own.
Her perceived shame is one of beauty to the dragons, and she learns more about the war between dragons and humans; mainly the dragons' side of it. The beginnings of a new age unfolds when the dragons fly off to meet for a war council and Briar returns to her kingdom to reclaim her throne.
The book was all around great; however, the ending I felt was very rushed. It seemed as if the entire book centered around conflict with the main character struggling to find answers as well as find herself. Everything was resolved in the last 15 pages and left me feeling a little confused and wondering how the dust had settled so quickly.