Voices of Dragons By Carrie Vaughn Book Review

Name of Book:Voices of Dragons

Publisher:harperteen, an imprint of harpercollins publishers

Published:2010

Age Group:10-16

Number of pages:309

Summary
On one side of the border lies the modern world: the internet, homecoming dances, cell

phones. On the other side dwell the ancient monsters who spark ...more On one side of the

border lies the modern world: the internet, homecoming dances, cell phones. On the other

side dwell the ancient monsters who spark humanity's deepest fears: dragons.


Seventeen-year-old Kay Wyatt knows she's breaking the law by rock climbing near the

border, but she'd rather have an adventure than follow the rules. When the dragon Artegal

unexpectedly saves her life, the rules are abruptly shattered, and a secret friendship grows

between them.


But suspicion and terror are the legacy of human and dragon inter­actions, and the fragile

truce that has maintained peace between the species is unraveling. As tensions mount and

battles begin, Kay and Artegal are caught in the middle. Can their friendship change the

course of a war?

In her young-adult debut, New York Times bestselling author Carrie Vaughn presents a

distinctly twenty-first-century tale of myths and machines, and an alliance that crosses a

seemingly unbridgeable divide.


Review and Rating

Plot

I liked the plot of this story. Alot. It was unique. Special. Different. Do you know what I'm

talking about?? Of course there's been stories about dragons before. And stories about

regular teenagers like Kay Wyatt in them. But this one included a special twist in the story-a

world of dragons on half of the hemisphere and a world of regular humans with regular

conflicts on the other. I just thought it was so cool-a mixture of fantasy-and normal teenager

stuff that teenagers always struggle with.

Plot-cat

Suspense

Suspense was really good. At some points I got pretty frustrated because I wanted to know

what was going to happen, but overall, pretty good, pretty good.

Suspense-dog (just because I got annoyed there a little bit.)

Ending

I didn't happen to like the ending very much.

"Kay squinted and saw a leather harness around it's chest and a person riding his back."

Why can't we find out who it was? I hope there's a sequel-I want to find out more. It was too

imcomplete. It was completely without an ending.

Ending-hamster

Cover
The cover looked all right, but I didn't see the point of putting Kay on the front-it didn't

symbolize anything much.

Cover-fish (2 stars)

Setting/Description

Uh...it was okay. Just enough to make mehappy. :)

Setting/Description-cat (5 stars)

TOTAL
20 STARS=GOOD

Luv,
<3 Beth