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Sep 26, 2011
Igor
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Man, this was weird. I mean no offense to anyone who is into this genre of books but I read this book purely because of a challenge I set up with my friend and I. We each had to choose the most embarrassing looking book we could find, and the other had to read it, preferably in public. While I abandoned the latter clause fairly quickly, I did manage to read the entire book, and fairly quickly at that. So the weird thing is, for all of the awful writing and plot and character understanding that t
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Jan 12, 2011
Ithlilian
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I didn't like this book. It's not because of the lesbianism and it's not because of the non-unique plot. I was actually really enjoying myself for the first half of the book. I couldn't wait to find out who the traitor dragon was, and what was going to happen in the monastery, and how long it would take the king to find out about the dragon man. Unfortunately, it turned into a story about a whiny irritating woman and a fawning unfaithful king traveling across the country to fulfill a strange sol
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Feb 13, 2010
Carlos JP
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I had a heck of a time trying to rediscover the title of this book. I first found it in the library literally by just walking over to the fantasy section and looking for book covers with pictures of dragons. As it turned out, I was very happy with the result. I haven't yet read the remaining two books in the Dragonvarld series--and even if I do choose to do so in the future, I will probably need to reread the first one, since I couldn't recall enough details about it to easily locate it in a
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Oct 02, 2007
Nathan
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I love Margaret Weis as an author and a person(I met her at a convention, she is AWESOME) and this book is by far my favorite she has written to date. Its interesting because you can see that if written from another point of view, it would have been a rather typical fantasy novel, but through the character Draconas and several others, you can see more of what is going on and have an appreciation for it
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Nov 07, 2011
Leighann
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I received this book when it first came out. A signed hardback edition. I read the first few pages and put it down.
I grew up with Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman (who hasn't read Dragonlance?) My favorite series is the Death Gate Cycle - something about it makes me pick it up again and again.
So here was a book about Dragons written by Margaret Weis and I thought how could this go wrong... I was expecting an easy 5 star.
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I grew up with Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman (who hasn't read Dragonlance?) My favorite series is the Death Gate Cycle - something about it makes me pick it up again and again.
So here was a book about Dragons written by Margaret Weis and I thought how could this go wrong... I was expecting an easy 5 star.
Instead when I picked it back up I felt More...
Nov 14, 2009
Amy
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This was my fun fantasy read for the month, and it was interesting. I haven't read anything else by Margaret Weis before, but apparently she is very famous in the fantasy world. This book, #1 in the Dragonwarld series, introduces us to the small, isolated kingdom of Seth, which is protected by a powerful group of women who use magic to keep away all dragon invaders, led by the gentle guidence of the Mistress of Dragons. We are given a completely different view of the kingdom of Seth from a "
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Apr 14, 2011
MsBDiamondDiva1
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This is the first installment in the Dragonvald Trilogy, before I read this series; I read the reviews and wanted to draw my own conclusion off the book. First let me say this about the author, the writing is far better than some of the books, newspapers and other main stream media out today. I mean the plot is overall predictable, but the quality of the writing makes the book a worthy read. To make a long story as short the whole book is about the dragons interfering with the human world. Even
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Oct 19, 2011
Josh
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So overall I liked this story even at the end when it was quite reminiscent of Star Wars. I was however bothered with the abundance of lesbians especially being somewhat central to the story. <spoiler>I was also a bit disturbed with the rape scene. I usually am bothered by those scenes when they get a bit too descriptive.<spoiler/> It started a bit slow and weird to me took a minute to figure out what was going on. Not sure if that was the intent of the author or maybe I just missed
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Mar 22, 2010
Kat
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Mistress of Dragons is an interesting story with some likable heroes and and excellent villains. The heroes are the humans and their dragon allies, but the humans don't realize that dragons are their friends because the villains are a couple of dragons gone bad. Very bad. The good dragons concoct a plot which uses humans to conquer the bad dragons. Mistress ends with an unexpected plot twist.
This story is well-told except for that annoying conjunction omission problem that bugs me. F More...
This story is well-told except for that annoying conjunction omission problem that bugs me. F More...
Dec 28, 2011
Nathan
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Honestly, this was a book I didn't think I was going to like after I started it. The language seemed awkward and the lesbianism struck me as contrived.
Well, I was wrong. I ended up liking it all (and the lesbianism worked perfectly with the plot being an key component).
The best part (imho): Draconas, the dragon in human form. Very cool guy.
The worst part: Edward, the king. What a wimp of an idiot of man. I disliked him more and more as the story went on.
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Well, I was wrong. I ended up liking it all (and the lesbianism worked perfectly with the plot being an key component).
The best part (imho): Draconas, the dragon in human form. Very cool guy.
The worst part: Edward, the king. What a wimp of an idiot of man. I disliked him more and more as the story went on.
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Sep 09, 2009
Autumn
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This is what happens when books fail.
It was so awful that I don't think it quite merits one full star. It's corny to an unbelievable extreme, the storyline jumps around unmercifully, and the characters are dull. If I had to make a comparison, I would say that it was like watching a SciFi (now SyFy) channel movie that comes on at 3:00 AM.
It was so awful that I don't think it quite merits one full star. It's corny to an unbelievable extreme, the storyline jumps around unmercifully, and the characters are dull. If I had to make a comparison, I would say that it was like watching a SciFi (now SyFy) channel movie that comes on at 3:00 AM.
Feb 16, 2011
Wendy
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I picked this book up because I recognized the authors name. I liked the book but was not thrilled with the sexuality in it. It is definately part of the story though. I am not sure I will read the sequal books. There are so many other books I want to read. I am not sure this was worth my precious time.
Jul 29, 2011
Jenee
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I've read books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman before but this is the first book I've read just by Margaret Weis. And I have to say I'm not very impressed. The entire story was way to sexual. Between dragon rape and leisbien sex and straight sex, I felt like I was reading a D&D porno novel.
Oct 05, 2010
CJ
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After some urging from my husband, I finally began this series. The plot itself was simple but the world and characters were so rich and complex that I was enthralled until the last page! I read all 381 pgs. in 1 1/2 days: happily neglecting all the important things I should have been doing.
Jul 19, 2010
Melissa
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This book wasn't a bad book but it wasn't an oustanding book either. I enjoyed the story, the plot, the twists and turns. What I didn't enjoy was the characters. I wasn't drawn to a single one. Matter of fact, there was not one that I cared about what happened to them. That is a very important factor in a book. If you do not care about the characters, why would you care about what happens. I will get the second book though, only to hope that it will be written better. If not, I won't bother with
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Mar 20, 2010
Candice
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Good read! Right from the beginning I was pulled in. The created world was solid and well thought out, with enough little differences to be stand alone. Very well developed characters and engaging story from cover to cover.
May 24, 2011
Kara
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This book has a lot of the elements of stereotypical fantasy: dragons, magic, priestesses, warriors... but Margaret Weis does a good job of combining them in interesting, new ways. The plot seemed fresh. The end of the book didn't have a complete wrap-up of events, which normally bothers me, but you can tell that this book is merely a set-up for big events to come later in the series, and like a true Robert Jordan fan, I'm down to wait a little longer for the solution..
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Jan 13, 2012
Sa
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MW is a great storyteller! This book flows so smoothly and was hard to put down. It was the first novel I read of hers that was outside the Dragonlance world and, while I wasn't sure what to expect, couldn't wait for the next one.
Dec 25, 2009
Jenny
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yea, blech. lesbians, rape, blood, undeveloped characters, poorly written emotions. i finished it out of curiosity. trying so hard to create future books out of this one. most dragon books have this flaw.
Mar 03, 2010
Zhiqian
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The first chapter didn't really catch my interest. Luckily, it quickly picked up after that.
Nov 30, 2009
Steve
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A low 3. Not a great book. Seems that in summing it up, not that much actually happens.
Nov 07, 2011
Terri
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Something is going on in the kingdom of Seth and the Parliament of Dragons want to know exactly what it is. So Walker (Dragon in human skin) Draconis is sent to investigate and what he finds is horrifying. Strong interesting characters and corruption. A Matriarchial society based on lies. A very fun story
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Feb 22, 2010
Amanda
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I liked this book! I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book. I especially liked Draconas.
Jan 24, 2012
Ruth
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I had no idea what to expect when I bought this book. I didn't like the cover art but the abstract appealed to me a lot, so I felt utterly confused.
It became clear to me quite soon that I made a good choice. The story is filled with unexpected twists, which I loved.
The ending was harsh, but anyway I'm curious to read the next part.
It became clear to me quite soon that I made a good choice. The story is filled with unexpected twists, which I loved.
The ending was harsh, but anyway I'm curious to read the next part.
Feb 07, 2012
There was just too much questionable material in this book for me to finish it. Makes me sad because I own the trilogy and have wanted to read it for a while. I'm not okay with rape in books though so this is going to be a no-read book series for me.
