Jocelyn E. (hoopridge) reviewed on 6/17/2010 + 252 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

GREAT premise: dragons have not completely died out, but have evolved and look very much like you and me. Aldric St. George is a dragon hunter sworn to eliminate the dragons, and he teaches his son to slay dragons, too.

Sounds like an amazing book, but it seemed more like the author was writing a movie, a "Harry Potter" movie at that. So many similarities between the stories...it got silly after awhile. Child who doesn't know his destiny? Check. Child learns a skill while making mistakes? Check. A very powerful magic enemy? Check. A final showdown with a nebulous ending, begging for a sequel? Check. Sigh...

The author uses exclamation points in his description, too, which really gets annoying. I understand the river caught on fire. He didn't have to write: "The river caught on fire!" I'll get it with a period, too. Don't waste your exclamation points, Hightman. You only get five for your entire lifetime and you used 'em all.

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