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Apr 28, 2009

Teri rated it:

I just can't rate this book as highly as the first 2 which is a bummer as it's the conclusion. The two main characters were soooooo whiny I felt like I was reading Harry Potter #5. Then it seemed like the author had to go somewhere so she just tied up the end real quick. . . "and he died and she lived and the other two lived happily ever after, the end"

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Nov 09, 2008

Afton rated it:

A great finish to the "Heir" Trilogy. I had a few issues with some of the characters in the story.

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Linda and Leander's brief stint in this book was annoying. Why couldn't they come back and help in the battle? Bring a few weapons from the castle's stash? Could they buy a cell phone and call to check in? The Trinity Weir people were in desperate need all the while Linda and Leander hang out in a castle and have basically no part in this book.
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Jan 22, 2011

Wealhtheow rated it:

Magic is real, and the people who use it are dicks.

Wizards have been engaged in a bloody battle for supremacy for generations, and they don't care who they destroy in the process. In The Warrior Heir, young Jack finds out that he has magic and that the wizards plan to use him as a pawn in their latest scheme. With help from the few wizard rebels, he manages to badly damage the wizards' power over the other magic guilds. In the second book, The Wizard Heir, the growing band of rebe More...

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Aug 15, 2008

Denae rated it:

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Mar 30, 2009

Michelle rated it:

The final book in the excellent ‘Heir’ trilogy wraps up the conflict centered on the talented youths Jack, Ellen, Jason, Seph, and Madison. The war between the different factions of wizards has come to a head and the discovery of a powerful weapon, the Dragonheart, has each side fighting for its control. I think this volume even edged out ‘Warrior Heir’ for my favorite of the three – this one was so much more developed and the characters matured in many ways.

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Mar 06, 2009

Abigail rated it:

So now its come to the last book.... Jeez this series went by way too fast! But now I'm happy to finally be writing this review to close the door to this wonderful trilogy. To say the least I was not disappointed by this last book.
I liked the narrative of Madison I felt like she was a respectable person who puts everyone before herself. She was so strong and I loved her attitude and her Southern roots.
It took me awhile to really grow fond of Jason. At first I felt like he didn't have More...

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Jan 26, 2009

Celines rated it:

Independent reading project

The Dragon Heir

In The Warrior Heir trilogy written by Cinda Williams China the lives of Jack Swift, Seph McCauley, Madison Moss and Jason Haley are connected through life events that were struck in motion the day Jack realized he was a warrior. The 5 magical guilds were sorcerers, seers, warriors, enchanters and wizards. They were all gifted people who were born with Weirstones, a crystalline source of power that sits behind the heart.

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Jan 25, 2009

Barky rated it:

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Jan 31, 2012

Kelly rated it:

I was very disappointed in this book and the author. Ms. Chima made it feel like she had a very tight deadline that she needed to make and so she didn't spend the time or the effort on this book that she spent on the previous two. I had high hopes for her trilogy but this last book ruined it.

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Firstly, the two main characters were not very lovable this time around. Madison's entire storyline seemed fairly pointless. All of the drama and the tension was se More...

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Dec 15, 2011

Chase2 rated it:

I thoroughly enjoyed the book The Dragon Heir. In fact, I greatly enjoyed the entire heir series. It had all elements that a good book requires. It had comedy, romance, action, comedy, great amount of details, and more. The main characters are all in thier seventeens and eighteens and so they are all very relatable. The book is filled to the brimm with action and mystery. With warring wizards, warriors, enchanters and more, this books great details make the battles and action very real. The myst More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Isaac rated it:

Almost gave this one a 3 even though it's the best in the series. I cannot stress with these books how GREAT the story and concept are but how flat the characters are. While reading this book I looked at lines of dialouge and switched them between characters and put that character in that senario and it still fit. Also it was this book that really told me about the personalities of the character, it was news to me when the author blatantly wrote what kind of person they were because(with the exc More...

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Jul 04, 2011

Shannon rated it:

The Dragon Heir was a strong finish to the story begun with The Warrior Heir and continued in The Wizard Heir. All of the characters from both previous books find resolution here, one way or the other. There's double-crossing galore, redemption for some characters and not-so-gentle resolution for others.

The Dragon Heir begins with the wizard world in turmoil. The events that ended The Wizard Heir are recent and the old powers are struggling to deal with the rebels who want to find a More...

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Feb 20, 2011

Allen rated it:

This book is a fantastic end to the heir trilogy, a refreshing series of steampunk novels with a deep and engaging storyline. the world has a underground society of magically talented individuals. These individuals are organized into five seperate "guilds" each with it's own abilities and specialties. there are sorcerors, masters of magical items, Enchanters, masters of magical intrigue, Seers, masters of divination, Warriors, masters of combat, and Wizards, masters of all magics and r More...

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Dec 03, 2009

Nathan rated it:

A bit of a letdown to an otherwise decent series. By this point nearly all the characters seem to be roughly the same. You could describe them all as moody, rebellious, sarcastic, and a bit of an outcast. None of them are very likable this way either, and you don't really get pulled in rooting for them.

The grand war that occurs is somewhat silly too, you have a couple hundred wizards fighting half a dozen people and the author attempts to describe it in ways that sound like a mas More...

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Sep 17, 2009

Trina rated it:

Awesome conclusion to this series, which should be better known, in my opinion. Chima continues all of the action, while the relationships between the characters I grew to love (and hate) continued to develop, although the absence of Hastings and Linda Downey for nearly the entire story was disappointing. I was completely surprised by the death near the end of the battle, which is a credit to the truth in her writing, even in this fictional world. She even managed to do something very difficu More...

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Mar 07, 2009

Adeeba rated it:

Wow.. simply amazing. At the beginning of the book, I was a little skeptical, I didn't think that it could live up to the first two books, but it did. The action was awesome and the writing was superb. Though most of the climactic stuff was crammed into the last 100 pages or so, and it kinda slammed into you and was overwhelming, I think it worked that way. If it had been drawn out, I don't think it would have had the profound impact that it did.

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Jan 11, 2009

LastMonk rated it:

Alright. Here we are. I assume that if you've gotten this far, you've read and enjoyed the previous two. Good for you. We finally have something in common. I feel like I know you already, nameless reader.

The Dragon Heir is the third and final installment of the Heir Trilogy. (For those among you who do not understand the meaning of the word "trilogy" means.) I really have mixed feelings about this one--hence the four-star rating.

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Jun 13, 2011

Deenbat rated it:

Overall, this series improved as it went along - but I have to confess that since it had been a while since I read the second one, it took me a few chapters to catch up with who everyone is (perhaps because we have a Jason and a Jack, and because Maddie's background was 99% new in this book). Ms. Chima's other series still has an edge over this one, with me, but this was fun.

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May 08, 2011

Amanda rated it:

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Apr 05, 2008

Tess rated it:

This is really good. The series get much better. The first one was.. pretty good, but not one of my favorites. The second was very good, but still not my favorites, but this one, wow. I hate the ends of series, they're so depressing. This is the ONLY book EVER that i actually liked what happened on the last 5 pages. It was so good, and so much better than the others. This is deffently a book i will remember. AND i got to meet the author!

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Dec 01, 2009

Rachael rated it:

I want to give this 4 stars, but I can't. This book had such promise. It was exciting. But like many others I felt there were a few things that fell short.

I really enjoyed this series, despite the following issues. I would recommend it to everyone, everyone that likes urban fantasy that is.

The ending felt very abrupt to me. She addresses everything in the end so briefly that it was like she was in a rush to meet a deadline... I would have enjoyed more about each characte More...

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Jul 13, 2009

Krista (One Love) (Critical) rated it:

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Dec 17, 2011

Lauren rated it:

A lot of times, when a new author emerges in the world of fiction, it seems like every good idea they've ever had--20 or 30 or 40 years of dreaming--finds it's way into that brilliant debut. Then, when it's time for a sequel...well, there's not much left. and that's why I'm so amazed that Cinda Williams Chima books just kept getting better.

The Dragon Heir is the third and final book of the Heir series, which started out following young Jack Swift as he found out that he was born to be More...

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Jun 15, 2009

Tiphanie rated it:

By the end of The Wizard Heir, I couldn't wait to start the final book in the trilogy. I had been completely pulled into Chima's world of wizards, sorcerers, and enchanters, and was looking forward to all the pieces I had been collecting from the previous two books come together.

After this, the review reveals things that the reader should already know if he or she had read the previous two books. For that reason, I didn't check the spoiler box.

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Nov 26, 2010

Kathy rated it:

The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Last in the trilogy… and I believed Jason, Seph’s friend from the horrible wizard’s school, would be the heir… the story even starts out looking like it was him… as he went back to Raven’s Ghyll to try and retrieve the bad Covenant… or to kill D’Orsay…or to at least catalog the defenses… Jason feels not good enough… his magic is weak, but he has a passion to make his mark, to defeat those who killed his parents, to see things become right again More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Amerydbaker rated it:

I loved this end to the Heir Trilogy. Madison Moss as a main character was the most exciting main characters of any of her books. I was always anxious to see how her actions contributed to the plot. The book did a great job of summing up the series and creating excitement all the way until the end.

I do have a few complaints. I never really understood Madison's power or lack thereof and how her ability to hex worked. Why did the Dragonheart have such a profound effect on her? Al More...

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Mar 15, 2010

Mrs. Jones rated it:

What a great end to a trilogy. In this story, Jason goes off on his own (much to the dismay of Hastings) and he sneaks into the Ghyll and steals the Dragon Stone. Madison goes back home because her mother is a loser and can't take care of Madi's little brother and sister by herself. As soon as she's gone, things start falling apart. Seph's powers keep getting stronger and stronger, and everybody puts pressure on him to keep Trinity safe (even though he's just a kid). In the end - all of Trinity' More...

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Jan 08, 2012

Christine rated it:

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Jan 23, 2011

Nina rated it:

Jason wants revenge and won't sit around biding his time when a little reckless action will bring him closer to his goals. Armed with only his wits and a few magical artifacts infiltrates Raven's Ghyll where being discovered by his sworn enemy, D'Orsy actually leads to Jason to unearth untold wealth of the magical kind. Returning with his loot to Trinity at Hastings' insistence, Jason continues to be torn by his emotions and longings, his need to prove to everyone - and himself - his worthines More...

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Jun 19, 2010

DJ rated it:

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