I finally finished this book. I can't say it was my favorite read, I am not even sure I liked it that much. There were to many characters and story plots that the author seemed to be juggling. She seemed to be working hard to establish many relationships and plots but it wasn't until the last two chapters that I began to see some of the connections. By then, I was bored and just wanted to finish. I know now how some of you feel - I haven't taken 3 months to read a book since I was 19! I almost abandoned this book.
However, it was interesting how the dragonheart stone held the essence of a powerful being (which wasn't apparent until the last chapter.). This reminded me a lot of Harry Potter 6, where Harry and Dumbldore start uncovering the various objects that hold parts of Voldermorts soul. In fact, the last chapter contained so many similiarities to Harry Potter, that I began to wonder if Ms. Chima was a big fan of Harry Potter. This was the coolest chapter because of that. But then Harry Potter Books Rock!
And then I got to the last two pages. Ms. Chima ruined it with her last two pages. I know Ms. Luthey complained of the cliffhanger in Monster High, but I'd much rather that then this... The author used the last two pages to wrap what several of the major "players" in the book ended up doing, including how Seth and Madison spent the next year of their life just hanging out." ...so he and Madision sorted some things out and left others alone... (p. 498)." You know how in some movies they use covers of magazines, at the end of the movie, to show how the characters ended up spending their lives? Kinda like that, only not near as tight. Made me wonder if she knew that she was going to write more books in the series. Oh well, time to move on to Dramorama and 8th Grade Bites. Some fun stuff.
