Hopefully I have better luck with middle-grades in the future 😅 Again, I did really enjoy parts of it, and actually would've loved a sequel, but sadly it's a stand-alone. So overall, the story had potential, but didn't quite reach it for me. 🚫 The Dragon Mother's tests for Toli were pointless and proved nothing, besides the first one.
instead we just have to assume it went well since Toli is in one piece. I wanted to see Toli grow into her role as emissary.
I wanted to see how negotiations went between Toli and the humans in the south. Instead this pivotal plot point, the reason why the human queen was taken is just briefly glossed over. 🚫 The conclusion of the story, told in the epilogue, would've actually made good material for a sequel. 🚫 I would've liked more explanation on Spar's condition at the end what does the Dragon Mother claiming her mean? And she'd mentioned possible future scales? (I know this is for kids, but it should still follow logic!) 🚫 Lots of illogical things that were either not plausible in a world of ice OR would've resulted in people's deaths but somehow didn't. 🚫 Though this should be an action-packed adventure it's momentum is weighed down with long bouts of unnecessary dialogue and Toli's boo-hooing and arguing. Her younger sister (aged 9) seemed a lot more mature 😒 Good lord she was so annoying most of the time 😑 Constantly snapping at people, ungrateful, inconsiderate, and whiny. I really loved all of those things listed above!! 🙌 Sounds like it should be an amazing story right? Unfortunately it's bogged down with some mehness that just sucked the fun adventure out of it.
She reminded me of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon 💞 💫 Surviving the perils of a journey across the open ice 💫 A stolen dragon egg that must be returned to prevent a war between humans and dragons 💫 Fluffy white foxes that pull the sleds. 💫 Aurora borealis and moons for light in a darkened frozen world of ice 🌙 I'll test out a few more and see if they're any better. Maybe it's a sign middle-grades just aren't for me. It has a lot of good stuff in it, and then there's a fair bit that just didn't work for me. I have rather mixed feelings about this book. Sadly I didn't finish this in time for the readathon.
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