i didn't love the hero and the crown nearly as much as i loved the blue sword. this is not to say that i haven't read it three times. it is a very good use of the time invested into the reading of it and a must read for anyone who like the blue sword. ( )

I loved this book! ( )

A young princess struggles with her place in the court and life. She becomes a dragon slayer and adventurer. The story has some interesting movement back and forth in time which was quite a nice element along with the fairy-tale-like feel. ( )

this was a pretty good read, i thought. not innovative, but of its type engaging and well written. ( )

One of my favorites, to be read again and again over the years. I tell people that I think that the way the author drew Talat the war horse as a full and viable character without anthropomorphizing him in any way shows the touch of a true animal lover. (Dogs and and cats in her other stories benefit from the same masterful touch).

I love Aeren for being clunky and awkward, disdained and disliked... and still being willing to give everything she's got if she can only help save her people from the dragon. Not that she hoped for a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" happy ending where everybody ended up liking the outcast who had become useful, either...

Especially I love a moment during the battle between Aeren and Agsded. The task was almost impossibly difficult and there was a moment when she pressed back "just a little, but still a little" (I paraphrase). Keep going!!

Good stuff, good stuff. Oh, you betcha.