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 Dragonskin Slippers - Jessica Day George
 Dragonskin Slippers - Jessica Day George ... floored when her aunt suggests they sacrifice her to a dragon to attract the attention of a marriageable knight. But when the dragon appears, Creel bargains for her life - and ends up with an unusual pair of blue slippers. It's not until the slippers are stolen by a princess that Creel learns a terrible truth: the slippers are made from the hide of a dragon queen, and enable the wearer to control all the dragons in the land. Now, under the command of the princess, who is eager to start a war, the dragons begin to attack the city. Creel must join forces with the king's son and others to break the slippers' hold before the princess and the dragons destroy the city - or before the king's archers kill the dragons - whichever comes first.Newest Review: ... Is Princess Amalia going to win? Are the dragons to be ever liberated, or fought as dumb beasts they become under the power ... more ... of the slippers?
The plot is probably the strongest point of the Dragonskin Slippers: it has plenty of action and although it's very straightforward indeed (no twists in this dragon's tail and no subplots either), it is quite compelling, with the reader genuinely engaged and, as befits a decent adventure story, desperate to find out what happens next. Some solutions appear a bit too out of the blue, but not offensively so.
I also liked the dragons : they had some depth and interest mostly unafforded to human charac...more |
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Dragonskin Slippers - Jessica Day George: Dragon Imelda (842 words)
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Fifteen-year-old Creel is not particularly enthusiastic when her unkindly aunt leaves her to a dragon in a faint hope that a eligible prince will rescue her and provide with a suitable marriage. Creel is distraught, but doesn't really believe in dragons. However, one does indeed appear: not particularly keen on eating Creel, he ends up not only letting her go but introducing her to his marvellous collection of shoes, and parting with a pair of marvellously comfortable, and rather attractive blue slippers. Creel sets off on her journey to Kingseat, where she intends to find work as an embroideress. On her way she meets another dragon, this one a collector of ... Read the complete review
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