Ba o cameră era supărător de caldă, ba alta era prea expusă la curenţii de aer o a treia mirosea a mucegai, alta era prea aproape de băi cât despre ultima, aceea se găsea în vecinătatea încăperii în care dormea valetul regelui, care avea neplăcutul obicei de a sforăi. Wycca inspectase deja mai multe încăperi din castel, dar, una câte una, le respinsese pe toate. La fel cum o pisică îşi caută un loc tăinuit atunci când se apropie ceasul să îşi aducă pe lume pisoiaşii, tot aşa şi o viitoare mămică de dragon wyvern trebuie să caute un loc tainic unde să îşi depună oul. The only reason I finished this book was because I felt obligated, having owned it so long and because I love dragons. FINALLY, why did the wizards make Mikko and Andy forget about the dragon and not anyone else? There was no reason for that. I couldn't believe that Theodora accepted the existence of wyverns so easily - loving them in mythology is different from believing they are real, and there was no indication in the book before that point that she did. There were a lot of moments where something was described that seemed important but never came to fruition (Theodora's father seemed like a pretty important character, but he was gone all the time Theodora's thinking tree was mentioned late in the book, and it should've been mentioned earlier Mikko's mysterious past was forgotten instantly Theodora's obsession with being in the card club etc.). There were far too many 'for some reason''s in this book to indicate the use of plot devices. The slow narrative up until the climax was intolerable - I was not intrigued by any of the hiccups along the way. This is a book about a young girl and her encounter with a dragon, and yet she doesn't meet the dragon until 3/4 way through the book (even then, she only meets the chick, not the mother).

Naturally, I was interested because dragons.īut it turned out to be a grave disappointment. I got this advanced reader's copy from my high school librarian for free.

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer-Hazell