Language: R (35 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG (Brief kisses); Violence: PG-13 (Men being eaten by dragon, detailed sounds. Being burnt by flames. Pierced through skull by dragon wing point.)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
20yo Elodie is excited to meet her betrothed, Prince Henry of Aurea. Elodie is one of three princesses who will be given to the dragon during Harvest Week in exchange for Aurea’s prosperity. Each year for the last eight centuries, three princesses from different parts of the world have been brought to Aurea under the guise of marrying Prince Henry, only to be sacrificed to the dragon. After unceremoniously being sent into the dragon's lair, Elodie keeps going by relying on her wits, her strength and the help of past princesses through clues they’ve left behind. She might just survive to save the next princess.
The story is slow in the beginning to give the reader a sense of calm but then the action picks up once Elodie learns the secret of Aurea. I enjoyed how the author meshed the past and present princesses together and the perseverance of each. I'm impressed how the author’s 13yo daughter created a functional language for the dragons in this story. The language syntax, grammatical rules and words are in the back of the book. The ethnicity of Elodie and Henry fall to white, but brown skinned characters are found in the book also.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Library
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