Aerial dragon battles. A girl with a cool mystical powers. Cute boys on motorbikes. What more could you ask for in a fun and fluffy paranormal book?

Flying Blind took me completely by surprise. The story follows Zoë Sorensson, the only female dragon shapeshifter in existence, who has important duties to assume when she comes to maturity. The problem is, her powers haven't bloomed properly and the few times they begin to appear--in the form of a mesmerizing flame in the pupils of her eyes and a si More...

beginning:

There was a guy in my bedroom.
It was six in the morning and I didn’t know him.
I’m not much of a morning person, but that woke me up fast.
I sat up and stared, my back pressed against the wall, sure my eyes had to be deceiving me. No matter how much I blinked, though, he was still there.
He seemed to think my reaction was funny.
He had dark hair and dark eyes, and he wasn’t wearing a shirt, just jeans—and he had one heck of a six-pack. His arms were folded across his chest and a smile tugg More...

Zoe is a combination of Jacinda and Sophie. Where Jacinda’s tale is a little bit more of the romantic kind with her dragon hunter and star crossed lovers’ tale, Zoe is not quite that. She felt much younger for one; it’s her youth that had her prone to the most awkward of exchanges in the boy/girl department. It’s also these boy/girl moments that allowed for a lot of the Sophie-esque moments to crop up. So there was snark, but there was pining too. I liked that.

I dove into Flying Blind unaware o More...

It pulled me in right away only to lose me the more and more the main character acted like a brat. I know, I know - there was dark magic at work and confusing dreams and new powers, but it did not make reading through all that a pleasure. I am glad I went on because the second part gets better again, once things clear up and the heroine begins acting more mature and badass. (And stops swooning about boys for a minute.)
I love the whole idea of how the dragons and dragon lore works here. I liked a More...

I love Deborah Cooke’s Dragonfire novels and was intrigued to see she was doing a spin-off series centered on young adults. I wasn’t sure what I was going to get in all reality. Maybe a watered down version of her Dragonfire books but when I started FLYING BLIND, I was captivated by Zoë and the entire world of the pyr that she lives under. This is an author who took her beloved adult series world and made it her own in the young adult genre in The Dragon Diaries. The story is intriguing, filled More...

Zoë is the Wyvern of the Pyr – the one female dragon shape shifter with special powers. But Zoë is at the bottom of the class when it comes to being Pyr, and her powers are AWOL. Worse, there’s no reference book to consult, and the last Wyvern is dead….

Everything changes when Zoë’s best friend is bullied and Zoë reacts. Before she can blink twice, her inner dragon is loose, and she’s suspended from school and headed to a shape shifter boot camp with guys she’s known all her life. But soon she’s More...

I can be a stick in the mud sometimes, so I'm starting this review with a PSA moment. When someone is threatening to destroy your personal property and asks you what you're going to do about it, you say, "I'm going to make you pay for the replacement." You can fairly easily, in fact. You know a lawyer. It may be the parent of a band/choir/orchestra/whatever friend or someone who attends your religious institution of choice. You know one. Explain the situation and ask him or her to send a letter More...

Loved reading about Zoe & her friends. Not many authors will write spin-off stories about their characters children which I think is awesome! Reading Deborah Cooke's YA series the Dragon Diaries it expanded the world Cooke had already made about the dragons & their mates. I loved the idea of now following their children & the struggles they are going through growing up. I love reading coming-of-age stories where the characters grow as you read each book and that is Zoe. Zoe is the Wy More...

Zoe is a teenage girl who is a dragon shapeshifter, the only female of her kind. There can only be one female at a time because female have a lot more different powers and they lead the Pyr. (Pyr is a clan of dragons)When she is sent off to boot camp to learn her new powers and how to control them, her and the other Pyr are attacked and turned against each other by mages. When Zoe learns to control her powers she saves the younger dragons, her friends but the older clan members were held captive More...

Flying Blind is the first of a dragon related book that I have read. I was surprised because I enjoyed it and loved the concept that Deborah Cooke had developed and introduced the Dragon Shape Shifters world to us bookworms!

Zoë is the daughter of a dragon shape shifter elder and is rumoured to be the next Wyvern, a female dragon shape shifter which there is only one of at any time. As one dies another one is born, two Wyverns cannot coexist. Because of this she is expected to have great abilitie More...

The dragon-y stuff: pretty cool. The character stuff: not so much.

Zoë is a Pyr and, more specifically, the Wyvern. Or she’s supposed to be. The book tells me this is a big deal. She’s the only female dragon shape-shifter and as her generation’s Wyvern she'll be able to help her kind, albeit from a distance. She only knows this is her supposed future because others have told her, she’s fifteen already and has never been able to shift. She gets her period (mmm-hmm) which means that *something* is More...

Only one female dragon shifter?! OK! I'm game! I'm a fantasy fan and it has been awhile since I've read anything good. I was intrigued with the preface of dragon shape shifters. If you've never read anything dragon, then you should. They are cool!


Zoe is a young teenage girl who is suppose to be the Wyvern (only female dragon Pyr) but she hasn't shifted yet. She doesn't have any powers and everybody is wondering what's going on. She gets invited to an annual dragon boot camp to possibly help her More...

When I first heard of Flying Blind its sounded really good and when I received it from Allison & Busby I was really happy however this was short lived.

Upon starting Flying Blind I wasn't impressed with the main character Zoë, to me she appeared self centred and wanted everything to revolve around her and the only good side I saw of her was protecting her friend from bullies, which then again got turned around to her.

I liked the plot line and idea behind Flying Blind, and some of the seconda More...

Zoe is a little distressed. Here she is at the ripe old age of 15 and she still doesn’t have either boobs or her period. She’d love to get the boobs more than the period but with puberty comes the ability to turn into a dragon. You see she is the only female Pyr (Pyr are shape shifting dragons) and since the male offspring of the older Pyr started getting their abilities when they hit puberty she assumes she will too.

Funny (read: strange) things do start to happen when she wakes up one morning b More...

Flying Blind is a beguiling YA debut that I couldn't put down! It is a feverish and intense read that will have you staying up way past your bed time. I cannot wait until the next installment in this highly addictive series!


Zoë is a fierce and intelligent protagonist that I was rooting for the whole time! It was wonderful seeing her reawakening to her dragon powers, and how she dealt with them. Zoë is a courageous friend who is willing to go to any lengths to protect those she loves. She is alwa More...

As it turns out, this first book in a spin-off series of the Dragonfire Novels exceeded my expectations and went beyond.

Zoe knows that she’s a failure when it comes to conjuring the makeshift powers of the Almighty Wyvern. Being the only female dragon shape shifter is suffocating, especially when she does not meet expectations. Finally, in a scene at her high school, Zoe discovers this new rage that triggers parts of her Wyvern powers. Along with this new discovery comes a field trip to spend a More...

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OK, to be honest, this isn't really a new book. I feel a bit guilty because this book was, in fact, published a little over a year ago. I don't know if many of you have read this book yet, but I will review this anyway. Who wouldn't wanna read a book about kick-ass dragons-people and cute boys on motorbikes??? Hey, and not to mention, the female POV is the only female dragon at the moment, and just happens to have a few good lookin' dragon dudes hangin' around. Do More...

Yep you guessed it another dragon book I must be going through a dragon reading stage in my life :D flying blind is the fist book in the dragon diaries series.

The book follows Zoe she is the only female dragon of her kind they call her the Wyvern, while the males are the Pyr they can change from human to dragon in seconds. Apart from poor Zoe who’s powers are not showing up for her. I really liked Zoe I kind of felt for her even as the only one of her kind she is still an oddball that struggles More...

This book was a surprise. I'm not one for dragon books. Not because I don't like them... I like dragons a lot, but they are really hard to do right.I've read many bad dragon books that I usually stay away from them. This one caught my attention nonetheless. and while it has some off the obvious ya flaws (relationships too much a feature..) it has some great elements.

Top points for placing it in the future but not so far that the world is unrecognizable. These teenagers are very much just like th More...

The spin off series to Deborah Cooke's Dragonfire series is a YA paranormal series featuring Zoe Sorensson, daughter of the leader of the Pyr, dragon shifters, and the new Wyvern. The series is called the Dragon Diaries, and the first book is called Flying Blind. In this series, the children of the characters from the adult series are now in their teens and learning about their Pyr abilities. Zoe is behind the curve, as she hasn't manifested any of her Wyvern (the only female dragon shifter) abi More...

Zoë is supposed to be the Wyvern of the dragon shape shifters called the Pyr. The Wyvern is the only female Pyr. There is only ever one at a time. She is supposed to have special abilities, and Zoë, whose 15 and a half, has been waiting for her powers to appear. When her friend, Meagan, gets bullied after gym, Zoë steps into defend her, accidentally almost shifting partially. Her talons and eyes only, but still, she has broken the covenant to keep shifters secret. Her Dad sends her to boot camp More...

(Contains minor spoilers - although they would hardly come as a surprise to anyone who begins reading it -, and it's assumed that you've read the book description.)

I love dragons. I really do. Actually, the best thing about this book was that it was about dragons. Unfortunately, this was also the only good thing about it, and it was the only thing that made me keep reading, hoping it would get better. It didn't. If we subtract dragons, the book is a junk. A huge disappointment.

The world is appar More...

3.5 Stars


Zoë Sorensson has more to worry about than the typical teenage girl. She is the Pyr's Wyvern, a lone female dragon shifter with special powers. Problem is Zoë has yet to come into her powers and the Pyr need their Wyvern. Unfortunately her abilities start to arise while trying to protect a friend against a bully and the most important rule is never to expose her kind to humans. Now suspended from school, Zoë is on her way to shifter boot camp with her fellow Pyr friends. Despite this be More...

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FLYING BLIND's beginning was the embodiment of what I needed in a YA right now: it was refreshingly unique, combats bullying in a satisfying, physical way, and leaves a sweet taste my mouth when I think about teenage girls pining for their "soul mates." Alas, the entire book does not continue on such a strong note--especially the last 15% of the novel.

Zoë is a reject in high school who's forced to deal with the popular girls o More...

Flying Blind book one of The Dragon Diaries
Deborah Cooke
Penguin Group – Publish date June 2011
272 Pages – ISBN 13: 9780451233882

Zoe Sorensson is well aware of magic and myth so well aware in fact that she’s part of it. Zoe is the prophesied Wyvern, the only female Pyr, a dragon shape shifting species created to protect the earth. But being aware and becoming the Wyvern seems to be escaping this otherwise typical 15 year old, you see these so called powers of the Wyvern and the Pyr appear with th More...

This was new to me but I must admit I really enjoyed it.
Zoe is an almost sixteen year old female dragon, called a wyvern, there is only ever one, for the next one to be born the existing one has to die.
All the other dragons are male called the pyr. Zoe lives with her mom and dad, her dad is the pyr leader.
She's afraid her powers aren't coming to her, is she realy the wyvern? Her dad decides to send her to their version of boot camp, where all the pry youngsters go to practice their skills and le More...

You know, there is something to be said about reading a lot of the same genre.

On one hand, you gain an incredible perspective about what is good, what is bad, and how your favorite books hold up after you've gotten through several similar ones. On the other, there's this thing where everything starts looking alike.

Flying Blind is neither here nor there. It's definitely different from what I've seen in the paranormal genre, in the way it subverts and changes some of the more annoying aspects of More...

This was cute.

I really would have liked this book when I was a teenager, therefore that is who I recommend this book for.

So I've read the whole series, or at least I think it's complete, and now I am reviewing, so this may be a little revealing. Not spoiler-type revealing, just mannerisms in writing.

Zoe is just a regular teen doing her thing, trying to survive peer pressure, mean girls and overall puberty. EXCEPT she had another characteristic she's trying to develop besides boobs; She's the Wav More...

Review originally posted on my blog: A Book Obsession..

Zoe has always known she would be special, being the only female Pyr, or dragonshifter. However, she wishes her specialness would hurry itself along as she is drastically behind all of her male counterparts. In hopes of hurrying things along for her, Zoe's father sends her to the Pyr's boot camp. However, things are not as they seem as boot camp turns out to be a giant trap. More than ever, Zoe will need to learn to believe in herself, becau More...

There is only one Wyvern of the Pyr and Zoe Sorensson is that lone female dragon shape-shifter. That is when and hopefully all her powers start to manifest. It is already proven that Zoe can shift when in a fit of rage, Zoe shifted to defend her friend against bullies. But controlling her powers and not letting the white hot blind rage take over will be Zoe’s biggest issue. Maybe the camping trip with the other shape-shifters will help things along.

In her debut young-adult series, Deborah Cooke More...