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Dragons Of The Valley (2010)

by Donita K. Paul(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1400073405 (ISBN13: 9781400073405)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Waterbrook Press

series

Valley of the Dragons

review 1: Readers Favorite's review The writing in this novel is fluid, entertaining, and interesting. The author did a good job of developing the tale through the pages of the book. An artist, a princess, and a wizard find themselves tangled in an interesting plot to move three statues from their place to some un-known location. The three statues were carved from the same piece of rock by a God. When separated they will cause disruption in the normal lives of all the races in that land. Then why would anyone change their location when they have been safe for centuries in the current location? Well… an intriguing malice is invading their land and will stop at nothing, so they want to prevent the three statues from falling into their hands. The problem is that the wizard, Fenworth,... more has only two of them and the shifting has already begun. Reports of trouble are issuing from every land and the peoples’ minds are affected to the point of barbaric results. Soon the earth will shift its shape and the surface of the land will be forever changed. The artist, Bealomondore, helps when he, too, sees the need to change from his paintbrush to a sword. In this book you will find Birds, Beccaroon, that not only talk and behave as a man would, but also hold prestigious positions at court. There are also Sprite-type creatures that are generous with their service and kind to all that is entrusted to them. A priest, Paledin, is devoted to bringing out the best in people. Princess Tipper has a set of very interesting parents, and a baby dragon that lost his human partner thus becoming bound to her. When they get to the Valley of the Dragons, they find that some of these Dragons are healers and agree to help heal the wounded when they arrive by wagon at the hospital that Tipper and her mother, Lady Peg, have organized in their home. You will find a quest, adventure, dragons, battles, honor, friendship, a hunter and love in this refreshing tale. Some of the names are hard to pronounce, therefore hard to remember. Nevertheless this is a great fantasy book that will be enjoyed by preteens and older young adults. Adults will also find it interesting and entertaining.
review 2: I’ll be honest. I was extremely confused the first few chapters. Then I studied a bit in the glossary at the back of the book. That helped tremendously, and anytime I hit a new word, I simply looked it up. This is the first book I’ve read in Donita’s Dragon series, and this is the 2nd book in this particular series, but I do feel I that I kept up pretty well. I do recommend reading them in order, though. I think I would have gotten a lot more out of this book if I had read them in order. And that’s not to say I didn’t get a little lost through parts of the story after that, but overall, I think I kept up.I am completely intrigued by dragons. I haven’t read many, if any books about them, though. I greatly enjoyed reading about them, although for the most part, they didn’t show up until close to the end. Rayn is all the way through the story and I just fell in love with him!! Oh, I wish I had a little pet Rayn! :)Lady Peg was hilarious. I just loved her character!! It was so funny how she seemed so out there. And Fenworth was probably my favorite character. He was just so quirky and I found myself laughing at some of his antics. Wizards are almost always one of my favorite characters, though. The Grawl was a mean creature, and yet I found myself feeling sorry for him at times. I was surprised at that! :)I think Donita has done an excellent job of creating a series for both male and female book lovers! There’s war and battles, but not overly gruesome, and then there’s a slight romance. The story doesn’t overly go in either the male or female direction. She’s created some wonderful, humorous, and interesting characters. *In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. less

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