The opening pulled me right in and kept on going:
"I was fifteen the year the king's men came to take me from my home."

I loved Susan Fletcher's _Journey of the Pale Bear_ and this one was just as good!

The story is about learning where your loyalties lie in a complex world, and finding the courage to stand up for what you believe, (in this case non-violence). In a totally believeable way, Kara's perspective changes as she gets to know the dragons better.

I re-read some passages just for the sheer pleasure of reading: the language is strong and beautiful like the beat of dragon wings. The details about falconry are fascinating and the link between the healing of a disease, the dragon's milk, and the relationship between the birds and dragons felt exactly right.

Books 1 + 2 are vivid and gripping. I preferred Book 2, but that might be because I read it first. I definitely went on to read Book 3 and I have my eye on Book 4. ( )

I'm not sure whether I enjoyed this more than book one or about the same. I mean, I love birds a lot too ("My friend Angie likes birds" is a popular quote among my friends), AND there's dragons? What's not to love? Yet I feel there were many opportunities to turn it into something more. Perhaps the character development could have been explored more. Oh, by the way, this is the story of Kara, who is mentioned in "Dragon's Milk" as the green-eyed girl raised by a dragon who was able to safely lead the dragon kyn to a new land to live. So we know all this going into the book, having read book 1, so maybe that's what took some of the joy out of it. Either way, it was still a great and enjoyable read. Onto book 3! ( )

This book is amazing i remember that i read it in 7th grade
there were a young lady named Kara. she was the only girl who
survive the vermilion fever. Back when she was four years old she had the fever, so her parent left her in cave. the reason they left her because her parent thought there no cure for the fever she had. so her parents left her in a cave, but no one knew that there were a dragon living there. As the years pass by a month later she return home with full health, its like Kara didn't had the fever. But her parent knew there something wrong with her because her eye color were different. Rumors had it that Kara was
back to a good health by a dragon.Well if you want to find out what happen next then i recommend to read this book its amazing
and i really like it. ( )