Dealing With Dragons

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Summary: this book is great!!
Review: This is the first book by P. C. Wrede that I ever read, and it is also the one that hooked me on fantasy. Wrede's characters are believeable and full of surprises. Her style of writing is gripping but still adds comic releaf through actions and characters. If you've never read fantasy and think it just sounds dumb give this book a try. You might be just as surprised as I was.

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Summary: Wow!
Review: Wow. I have read all the books in this series. I love them all. I liked Shiara in Talking to Dragons a lot. These books are so different from most books. Their not boring there is always something happening. I like how there are the different Fairy Tales mixed together. I really wish there were more books in this series ,but all good things must come to an end.

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Summary: Wonderfully imaginative and entertaining
Review: This book was excellent. It was imaginative and original. I would recommend this book to anyone in a flash.

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Summary: Silly, fun and a great book
Review: I enjoyed this book primarily for the references to other fairy tales. It was fun reading along and trying to figure out which character/plot device came from what fairy tale. The story itself was also fun. While it's not a deep, or profound, book, it has a good message (believe in yourself and don't try to be like others!) and it's a fun (at times quite silly) book to read. I'd recommend it to anyone who was looking for a light fantasy.

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Summary: Cimarene is not a proper princess!
Review: Cimarene is not a proper princess. She has brown hair instead of blond. She is very tall. She doesn't like etiquette or embroidery. She's her own person. A great example for a young woman! She certainly doesn't want to marry some dumb prince. When a frog suggests she get help at a shanty near the forest, she finds herself in the company of dragons. Normally this would frighten a princess, but Cimarene charms one of the dragons into letting her be a dragon's princess - that way she would properly not have to get married! She gets along swimmingly with her dragon Kazul. With the help of a stone prince, a sweet but flighty dragon princess friend and a very clean witch, Cimarene ultimately saves the dragon kingdom from the evil wizards' plot to overcome the kingdom using magic from the Caves of Fire and Night. Patricia Wredes's writing is whimsical, upbeat and downright fun and Cimarene's spirit is undefeatable. I didn't want to stop reading!

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Summary: This book is SPECTACULAR!Wounderful for all ages!!!
Review: This book is wounderful! I give it five stars!!! Any and all ages can enjoy this wounderful literary achivement! This book ties a light funny air with a some what heavy drama! The pace is bright and spirited, it's a real page turner! The charechters reemind me of other book charechters, yet they are such an interesting crew, that they really liven up the book. Stone princes is my favorite charechter, he is so proper yet adventures and straining to be let free of his royal bonds! Again, this is an all around spectacular book!

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Summary: The best bood I have ever read!!!
Review: This has to be the best book I have ever read. It's about a not so helpless princess who goes to live with a dragon to get away from her family. If I could I would give this forty stars! A MUST read.

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Summary: an awesome fantasy, with lots of humor and excitement!!
Review: I am 15 and loved this book. I couldn't put it down!!! I was so amazed. Patricia C. Wrede wrote a wonderfull book. I am still looking for the second and the third books in the series. I know that they will be just and wonderfull and exciting as the first!!!!

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Summary: A good humorous fantasy
Review: Cimorene is a good female role model and this story is an interesting twist on the story we all know, about a princess being captured by an evil dragon and being rescued by a prince. Instead, Cimorene runs away to live with the dragon and has trouble chasing away all the annoying rescuers! I read it a pretty long time ago, but I remember it was better than I expected. I like fantasy a lot, but I really hate when it gets into mythical creatures--centaurs, unicorns, dragons &c. My fantasy choices are more along the lines of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Even so, this book was really funny and even exciting in parts and anyone who wants a nice light-hearted fantasy with strong female characters should give it a try. You'll probably laugh out loud in some parts. I don't know if you'll want to read all of the books though. I haven't but I might give it a try. --Grace, age 14

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Summary: This is one of the best books I've ever read!!
Review: Dealing with Dragons is a wonderful book. Cimorene is a strong female character, unlike most princesses who are air-headed and a bit flighty, and she doesn't hesitate to take matters into her own hands when Kazul is dragon-knapped. It is magical, humorous, and well-written and once I started reading it I couldn't put it down!