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Fluff Dragon (2014)

by Platte F. Clark(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1442450177 (ISBN13: 9781442450172)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Aladdin

series

Bad Unicorn

review 1: (Really 3 and a half stars, at least! I'm just trying to reserve more than 3 stars for REALLY GREAT books, and while I did really like this one, I can't say it was REALLY great.)This is the middle book of a trilogy, but luckily it'd didn't end on a super cliff-hanger like I thought it might. It was just as fun and amusing as the first book in the series (Bad Unicorn) with the added bonus of a fluffy dragon and fire kittens!
review 2: Fluff Dragon picks up almost directly after the events of Bad Unicorn. Max, Dirk, Dwight, and Sarah defeated Robo-Princess (ex-unicorn and committed anthropophage), but it was a rather hollow victory since she'd already eaten humanity and left Earth a wasteland of killer robots. Fortunately, Orbiskar the Dragon-King was in need of ... moreassistance. As it turns out, while Robo-Princess was gleefully chowing down on humans, dragons were also being hunted into extinction and it was only after things had gone too far that Orbiskar discovered that the party responsible was none other than the self-same head of the wizards who had sent Princess to get Max from Earth (and the only copy of the Codex of Infinite Knowability) and thus set off her apocalyptic dinner party. ANYWAY, Max and Co. have been flung back in time to the present but they're in Magrus and faced with the daunting quest of stopping the dragon hunts (which everybody else thinks are a really good idea, for obvious reasons). Of course, having come back in time, Princess is still alive and on the prowl, and now that they're in Magrus, they're wide open to attacks by other parties eager to get their hands on the Codex and Max (the only one who can read the codex) from necromancers to the evil toupee makers guild to a rainbro to the fearsome zombie duck itself. Fortunately, they've got new allies including an inside-out dragon named Puff, a post-living wizard mentor, a pair of fire-kittens, and a knight-errant prince with fabulous hair.Mr. Clark doesn't miss a beat with Fluff Dragon and whereas the first book was a sort of fantasy version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the second book is like a comedy version of one of those anime shows about fantasy games turning real. Let there be no mistake, this is Dirk's book; Max is still the main protagonist (and becomes more of a leader this time around), but Dirk's every word and deed in this book is comedy gold as he somehow accurately gauges every situation and character they run across using video game logic (thanks in part to a unspeakably dangerous potion that he quaffs early on). I don't remember his character being half as amusing in the first book (maybe flawed memory on my part), but from the second they step into Magrus, Dirk reads every situation like he's got a cheat guide, and it's hilarious. As with the first book, the scope and ingenuity of Mr. Clark's imagination (and twisted sense of humor) are a delight to behold and although this is targeted at the middle grade audience, as a 30-something I will proudly add it to my shelf and encourage others to do the same. less

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