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Summary: Pretty good, but...
Review: I enjoyed Ms. Bertin's book, but I must admit, not as much as I did The Last Dragonlord. I typically enjoy reading sequels and learning more about characters, but in this case, I didn't feel like I learned that much more about them. I did like the East Asian-type culture and appreciate the diversity of the world that Ms. Bertin is trying to create.All in all, I would recommend this book to fans of fantasy and dragons.
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Summary: Enchanting
Review: Joanne Bertin has captured an intriguing world with an original "take" on dragons and fantasy. The second in the series, Dragon and Phoenix continues to interest readers with new characters and an interesting plot, while continuing aspects from the previous book. Fans on authors such as Anne McCaffrey and Andre Norton are sure to enjoy this book and its prequel, The Last Dragonlord. In all, a woderful book!
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Summary: THE BEST Fantasy Book I've Read In A Long Long Time
Review: Joanne Bertin Captured my Attension From The Beginning, And Kept Me Hooked Till The End! It Starts off in an oriental China-type setting and then Whooshes off to Dragon's Keep to check up on the heroes we love so much, Linden Rathan, Maurrynna Kyrrysaian, etc. etc. etc.
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Summary: I'm sorry, Ms. Bertin
Review: I really wanted to like this book. I like books about dragons. A lot of people like books about dragons. Unfortunately, not every book about dragons is good. This is an example. While there is some intriguing stuff in this book, on the whole the plot with the characters from the first book is not very interesting. The far eastern stuff was pretty good, although I do think it was fairly one dimensional. I wish I liked it better, because I really wanted to. I just didn't.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: The most fantastic sequel I've yet rid! The first book had me up until dawn- my alarm went off and I kept reading. This book I read so furiously I was done well before dawn and managed to get halfway through again!
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Summary: Fun book!
Review: Other reviews go into the plot, so I won't. Many 2nd novels in a trilogy are dull, hard to get through, and unappealing. Not so this one. Ms. Bertin adds interesting cultures, characters, and climates to what was already rich in The Last Dragonlord. Bad guys are bad but still have good characteristics; good guys still have flaws. She makes people and animals real. Now I have new favorite characters and I can't wait for Bard's Oath!
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Summary: Wonderful and entertaining
Review: I managed to get through this book in less than a week, despite an incredible lack of time and the fact that, while I was reading, I should have done other things. This book simply does not let you put it down, with it's engaging story of Shei-Luin, a concubine for the emperor of a China-like Jehanglan and the story of Maurynna, a Dragonlord who is unable to Change, or become a dragon, but wishes to help the populace of the truedragons anyway. Although there is no real, truly despisable villain like in the first novel, the story in itself keeps you engaged emotionally.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: This book is better than The Last Dragonlord! I can't wait for the next book Bard's Oath, and to find out what happens to Shima and to Yesuin!
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Summary: Excellent, Excellent book
Review: Very, Very good book, the only problem is the names of the carecters (Xang, Xu, Xuang, I don't know!). Very interesting read indeed. The smart horses are there, the big Linden is still there, etc. It's interesting also when the TrueDragons go to war, when Maurynna meets the water-dragon, and when Kyrissaean agrees to let Maurrynna Change. All in all, BUY IT NOW!
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Summary: I wanted to like it, I really did...
Review: As a long-time dragon fan, I really wanted to like this book. The cover is different [and better] than most of the childish looking stuff that usually adorns fantasy novels. I was highly unimpressed with The Last Dragonlord, but a friend told me this one was better. She was right, it is, but it's still very amateurish. I don't think Ms. Bertin has a feel for language or linguistics--the book is full of names that cannot be sensibly pronounced, and that are complicated and very similar to each other, so it is sometimes hard to keep the characters straight. The eastern sequences were interesting, but I found that Linden and Maurynna are even more one dimensional than they were in the first book. I also find the abbreviated chapters and action, while it may appeal to teens with no attention span, is too choppy for me to get into. A few positives--the language is more mature than that in The Last Dragonlord, and the final confrontation sequence is fairly exciting. But on balance, this wasn't worth the wait.
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