Dragonswood
Author: Janet Lee Carey
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Publisher: Dial
Wilde Island is not at peace. The kingdom mourns the dead Pendragon king
and awaits the return of his heir; the uneasy pact between dragons, fairies,
and humans is strained; and the regent is funding a bloodthirsty witch hunt.
Tess, daughter of a blacksmith, has visions of the future, but she still
doesn't expect to be accused of witchcraft.
My Thoughts:
This book was… okay, I guess.
To me, it had a sort of … I don’t know, I guess a Merlin-type book feel.
It had dragons and fey and humans all mixed together; it even had the
Pendragons.
I’m still kind of confused, though. Like if the Pendragons have part
dragon, how did that happen? Because the dragons seemed like big lizard-y
things in this book.
*Spoiler* It also confused me with the abuse. It seemed like almost every
that the man hit their wives and children—even breaking Tess’s arm once—and it everybody
else was okay with it. I know nothing about the year 1192, but I certainly didn’t
think that they all beat their women. Reading this was a sort of rude awakening
to that fact (if it’s true).
Also: the dragons talked, and the fey had their own little castle in the
Dragonswood.
The end made me happy, but there was a cliffhanger of sorts (and I HATE
cliffhangers, with a vengeance).
Read this book if you like historical fiction, with suspense, witch
hunting, and dragons and fey folk, with romance thrown into the mix.
-Happy Reading!
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