I think I liked this book much better than the last in the series. Half of me didn't really want to get started on this one, but it turned out great.

The whole idea of everything I found easier to comprehend. While in the last book the plot wasn't very out there, you can see it showing through this time. I found it much less predictable and, though I felt it wasn't the same without Danzi, I'm certainly learning more and more about China in the Han Dynasty. ( )

Book series continues to be incredibly cute. Thought I missed Danzi in this book, Kai is also a pretty good dragon ... although the fact that it'll be several hundred, if not thousand, years before he can be a proper dragon and fly and stuff is a bit sad. Oh well.

Good twists in this one, they weren't super-obvious but were still set up in a way so that you could kinda see them coming. Ping's life really isn't easy though, is it? I kept waiting for her to run away with the princess and let's just say I was't too disappointed on that part.

Though do I believe Hua is gone forever after this book? I sure hope not, because that is one crafty rat. I also thought that Ping and Jun might go off on adventures together, but it turns out he was just a fake geek boy so she dropped him like a potato. Good going, Ping.

Based on the description of book three it sounds freaking awesome, so I hope it delivers! ( )

Ping cree que el cachorro de dragón está a salvo en el santuario de la montaña Tai Shan. Sin embargo, mientras su destino siga unido al tan ambicionado dragón, Ping nunca estará a salvo. Amigos y enemigos descubren el santuario casi al mismo tiempo y Ping no sabe en quién puede confiar. La muchacha deberá enfrentarse al nigromante, quien no renuncia a su despiadada persecución para apoderarse del dragón, y tendrá que encontrarse cara a cara también con el joven emperador, quien la nombró guardiana imperial de los dragones y a quien traicionó al ayudar a escapar a Danzi. Mientras el viejo dragón la visita en sueños para ofrecerle sabiduría y consejos, Ping debe encontrar el valor y la fuerza necesarios para enfrentarse a sus enemigos y cumplir con su deber: proteger a Lung Kai Duan, el travieso cachorro de dragón.

did not disappoint. fantastic story. and gotta love ping and kai ( )

GARDEN OF THE PURPLE DRAGON had been an intriguing read. The world-building was well written out. The emotion was dead on! It was the pacing of the book that didn't do quite well for me. Overall, a good read. ( )