Monday, June 29, 2009

Fire Star

Dragon book #3. I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two for quite a few reasons. First, MY FAVORITE CHARACTER DIES!!! FREAKING DIES!!!! Sorry. Second, the author introduced a whole bunch of complicated abstract things. Like Fain. What the heck is Fain??? And Ix? And what is the difference between the polar bears Ingavar and Ragnar??? Third, the story was jumping around between the Pennykettle household, the Arctic, and 500 years in the past. This gets really confusing after a while, as you can imagine. I barely hung on to the basic plot, and look! I survived! And I still felt like getting the fourth book! That's something special. With most books, I would've dropped it in the middle, but I guess I thought Fire Star had more potential, with The Fire Within and Icefire before it.

Plot summary: Yes, David and Zenna do end up winning Dr. Bergstrom's trip to the Arctic. They're having a grand time with their professor up North socializing with the natives and spotting polar bears. Meanwhile, the sibyl Gwilanna has hatched up a new plan to bring the last dragon, Gawain, back to life. As she prepares the three necessary items, which include The Tooth of Ragnar (a legendary icy island IN THE ARCTIC), David and his friends need to foil Gwilanna's evil plot before Gawain returns.

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