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Summary: A Good Ending to a Great Series
Review: What would you think if a wizard shows up at your house and your mother melts him? What would you do if your mother gives you an unusual sword and tells you to go out into the Enchanted Forest without telling you what you're supposed to do there? Well?Personally I'd have no clue and neither does Daystar. Daystar the son of Queen Cimorene (except he doesn't know about the whole queen thing) sees and is told to do these very things. On his quest of wondering around the Enchanted Forest (which isn't a very smart thing to do, especially if you're not polite to everything, even bushes) he meets a fire witch that has been imprisoned by . . . a bush! By being polite to the bush Daystar get's Shiara, the fire witch, out. Shiara joins Daystar on his journey and they encounter lots of wizards, a quozzel, an evil fire witch, and a princess who is in "great distress" and her knight who isn't exactly knightly. There are so many fun characters in this book you wish it could go on and on and on. For example Suz who says things like, "you do? You really do. How extraordinary!" The dragon who is known as "it" and wants a princess but isn't sure after it meets one. And of course my favorite characters who make an appearence Morwen and Telemain. This book is probably my favorite in the series, it's so hard to choose between the third one, Calling on Dragons and this one, they're both so great. What makes this series so great? It's just fun to read, witty, and really funny. So what are you waiting for? Go and click on the "Add to Shopping Cart" button. You won't regret it!
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Summary: Always be polite, especially to dragons, witches, and hedges
Review: The conclusion to the enchanting Enchanted Forest Chronicles is a slight departure from the previous three books. Cimorene isn't the heroine so much as her son is the hero. Daystar is unceremoniously sent off on a quest by his no-nonsense mum. Apparently, he has to take an old sword and his good manners to save the father he never met. A change of pace to be reading a first-hand account (Daystar's) and from such a young perspective, this one is just as entertaining as the prequels. Daystar stumbles upon some interesting characters in the Forest, beginning with the sharp, wise Suz. Soon, he is keeping company with a surprisingly cunning princess, a baby dragon, and a rude fire witch. The group is not at all like the older, assured adults we met in the other books, but it's just as charming to get to know these young 'uns as they grow up together during their Great Adventure. Patricia Wrede has written a strong finish to her utterly lovable series. The perfect blend of action, description, humor, and intelligence have made this one of my favorite fantasy series. Revisiting the Enchanted Forest is pure fun even years later. Look for her other books as well.
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Summary: Wanting more!!!
Review: I loved the series. I've read in through several times and everytime I've enjoyed it. My only dissapointment is that I want more. I don't want it to be over, I want to see what happens to Shiara when she's training to be a fire-witch, the king of the dragon's princess and future Queen of the enchanted forest. I want to see what Daystar makes of everything. His father didn't know a whole lot about his magic and the enchanted forest what will Daystar learn as he's stumbling his way through without having the advange of growing up there and having his father teach him everything? How will Cimorene get everything running smoothly again in the enchanted forest now that it's been without a king and queen for so long? My only real dissapointment is that she ended the series before I felt that I knew the whole story. It just kind of stopped and left me longing for more.
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Summary: Extremely Enchanting!
Review: this book is sooooooooooooooo absorbing it'l have you reading this book in the middle of the night. the child of Cimorene and Mendanbar, Daystar has a quest he doesn't even know what to do. all he has is a sword that mysteriusly tingles whenever he touches it. On the way he meets a bad tempered, but realy funny and likable firewitch named Shiara,a very up-to-date lizard named Suz, a princess that is "waiting for my love to come and rescue me from this horrible beast"( a young harmless dragon that is looking for a princess to become his, well princess, he joins the party too,)" that will come and take me and eat me and ...." well you get the idea.The princess's "love" is realy a suprise and NOT what you would probably think he's like.They meet Morwen, Telemain the magician, Kazul the King of dragons,and the whole gang of wizards being melted from the 1&2&3 books. Highly recommended to anyone who can read or to anyone who can't read. A millon cheers for the enchanted forest series! YAY,YAY, YAY,YAY, YAY, YAY! BUY EM ALL AND YOU WON REGRET IT!
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Summary: This book is GREAT!!!
Review: The book starts with 16-year-old Daystar living in a house just outside the Enchanted Forest with his mother, Cimorene. Cimorene was the main character in the first three books in the series, but Daystar is the main character in this one. They have lived a perfectly normal life for 16 years, with Cimorene teaching Daystar all he needs to know. Then one day a wizard comes to their house. Cimorene melts him! Then Cimorene sends Daystar out into the Enchanted Forest with only a sword. Cimorene tells him that he has a mission, but he doesn't know what it is! Once in the Enchanted Forest, Daystar discovers something interesting: Everything leaves him alone except for wizards. Then he finds a fire-witch stuck in a clearing surrounded by a bad-tempered hedge that won't let her out. (Fire-witches have powerful magic and are immune to spells and fire.) When Daystar is with her, the hedge lets both of them out, but it won't let her (the fire-witch) out by herself! He gains many companions other than the fire-witch along his journey, including a dragon, a magician (magicians are good, wizards are bad), and a cat. Daystar's mission comes to a great climax at the end. All in all, it is a great book.
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Summary: Book that keeps you hooked!
Review: This book was the last book of four, and is probably my favorite out of them all. This book leads you on an adventurous tale throgh the lives of a woman and her son that are trying to save her husband and his father from the castle that has been blocked with magic and prevents them from getting in, or him getting out. I would reccomend this book to kids and adults 8 and up
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Summary: Simply Enchanting
Review: I am a lover of good children's literature, and this certainly fits into that category. I fortunately found THIS book before I realized that it had spawned an entire series. The series consists of this book and three others that choronologically take place BEFORE it, but should be read AFTER it. You will find this book listed at book four, but read it FIRST! It was written first, and it's meant to be read first. Most people, I have found, who read them in chronological order, wind up being less than fond of this book, which I think is COMPLETELY charming and funny; while those who read them in the proper order tend to enjoy all four. Just a helpful suggestion. :-) Wrede is one of my favorite children's writers. Her writing is catchy, she keeps you laughing, and her characters are delightful! She mixes a lot of fairy tales, but adds her own elements. In this particular book, Daystar is on a quest, but we aren't sure of what that quest actually IS until the end of the novel -- even HE is not sure. (Here is where reading the other books comes in -- if you've read them beforehand, there's no doubt as to his quest, and readers end up fairly bored because they know what's coming, and that's not very fun for a reader.) This book catches you from the opening line: "Mother taught me to be polite to dragons." And it only gets better from there. Things catch you off-guard in a very pleasant way. My favorite character would have to be Suz, the lizard, who never fails to make me laugh. He's so delightfully odd! I even like the way Wrede titles her chapters. She's so zany and fun. Start reading these books! You'll be hooked!
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Summary: A confused hero, a flawed heroine . . .
Review: add up to magic! "Talking to Dragons" is every bit as good as the first two books in the series, although the heroine of the first books, Cimorene, is now a mother. Her son, Daystar, is the hero of this book (and no, Cimorene is not the confused heroine; we'll meet her in a bit), and he really doesn't know what's going on. He's been raised to be polite, learned a bit of magic, and has been a good son to Cimorene . . .but is ignorant of his heritage, his destiny, and anything else -- and is ignorant on purpose. (Cimorene has denied him for reasons of her own.) When a wizard shows up and threatens his mother, Cimorene calmly melts the wizard, then sends Daystar off on a quest. She gives him a sword, tells him to go to the Enchanted Forest and find his destiny, and to be quick about it. Because Daystar is polite, he doesn't question this, although he does find it more than a bit odd. So, 16 year old Daystar goes off to find his fortune in the enchanted forest, and gets more and more confused. He meets up with Shiara, a fire witch (the flawed heroine), who is not a totally nice person. She is instead a very fiery young lady, and is tired of people patronizing her. The main problem she has is that she should be more powerful than she is; her magic is not under control, and she has no idea how to control it, either. Which is why she's in the Enchanted Forest; it's sort of a last ditch attempt for her to find out how to use her gifts responsibly, while getting away from people who don't seem to understand her at all. As Daystar figures out what he's supposed to be doing, Shiara also figures out her own role in things. By the end, after a series of adventures, Daystar and Shiara realize they might just mean more to each other than they thought. As usual, Ms. Wrede satirizes just about every fantasy and fairy tale convention under the sun, and does it with great flair. In addition, she writes in a clear, unaffected style, which renders the sarcasm and satire even more delightful than if they were presented in a different way. Five stars for this great book. Here's hoping Ms. Wrede will think of some more adventures for Daystar, Shiara, Cimorene, and Mendanbar.
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Summary: A great book!
Review: At first when I started this series I thougt it would be another fairy knight in armour princess book. Boy was I wrong! At first the beggining of the books are usaly confusing by introduceing new charecters like mendabar and daystar. Then you catch on and are enjoying the book. You probly learn somthing in the series but if you do I still have not figured it out! Lets all pray for more in the series. Until then get reading!
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Summary: What am isupposed to do
Review: Talking with Dragons is the last book of its series by Patricia R. wrede. Its about a 16 year old kid named Daystar that lives with his mother at the end of the Enchanted Forest. One day a wizard comes to there house and his mother meltes him and sends him off to find out what he is supposed t be doing with The Sword of the Sleeping King. On his jouny he encounters a talking golden lizard, two fire witches, a magitian, a witch, alot of wizards, 7 dwarfes, a Dragon, a princess, a knight, and a jelly type thing. My favorite part is when Daystar is fighting a evil fire witch and he uses his sword agianst her and she uses a spell and he describes how his arms feel like hot lead is melting over them.i love that part becuaze its fells like your watching the lead actually melt over his arms. the only bad part is that the name of the chapterbecuaze it gives away what happens in that chapter but besides that its one of the bast books iv'e ever read. I would give this book and the other three books(Dealing with Dragons, Serching for Dragons, and Calling on Dragons). I would only recommend this book if you have read the first three books (i give them ***** to).
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