The
Dragon Diaries, Book 1
New
American Library
June
7th, 2011
978-0-451-23388-2
Young
adult, paranormal
Paperback
Reviewed
by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)
Obtained
by Publisher
Zoë
Sorensson is as normal as she can get except when she is told she is also very
special for she is a dragon shifter with special powers…but Zoë has no idea
what those powers are so she is sent to a boot camp where nothing is as it
seems. When Zoë finds out that the boot camp is just a front to destroy the
Pyr, the dragon shifters, she knows she has to master her missing powers like
now or else the Pyr will be eliminated forever, Zoë included.
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 with teenage drama, mysteries and an amazing cast of
characters that steal your heart. By midway through FLYING BLIND, I
could not put it down. I needed to know what would happen next for Zoë and her
friends as well as the pyr.
What
I loved the best about the introduction into the young adult spin-off was some
of the adult characters had their own stories in the Dragonfire Series and I
was thrilled to see them pop up, giving advice and helping guide Zoë and her
friends. Lots of suspense, action-adventure and a bit of a romance that was
unexpected. Zoe, for all intent and purposes, is still a teenager and one I
loved completely. She was a perfect heroine to enjoy-strong and with just the
right amount of vulnerability to make her human and there is a lot to her
character that readers will enjoy immensely. This isn’t your average young
adult book, that’s for sure. The writing was tight, story flowed smoothly and
the characters were written so realistically, I expected to see them walking
down the street or soaring above in the skies in their dragon forms.
FLYING
BLIND
is a wonderful way to be introduced into the Dragonfire world for new readers
of this author to enjoying a pick-me-up while loyal readers wait for the next
book in either her adult Dragonfire series or the Dragon Diaries series. This
had the right amount of drama, action, suspense, humor and more that will
please both adult fans and her new young adult fans. Deborah Cooke delivers one
heck of a high octane ride in FLYING BLIND. Are you ready to explore the
world of the pyr?
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