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Best Fantasy Novels (208) Favorite Series (41) » 14 more Top Five Books of 2014 (521) Female Protagonist (166) Best Young Adult (144) Elevenses (96) Books Read in 2017 (1,356) SantaThing 2014 Gifts (180) Princess Tales (11) infjsarah's wishlist (162) No current Talk conversations about this book. Such a cute story! All the fairytale references and the little snippets of other stories I've read added in were so much fun, and the book itself was so good!!!!! The Ordinary Princess meets The Reluctant Dragon! ( ![]() This is definitely younger than books I typically read (middle reader rather than YA) but lots of fun and that main character is awesome. Highly recommended for middle readers of all ages. YA subversion of many standard YA fantasy tropes. Feminist AF, too, which is excellent. This book was utterly delightful. Dealing with Dragons is a quick read - I did it in one afternoon - but it is a worthwhile one. Cimorene and Kazul break traditional fairytale tropes in a short novel about taking control of your own destiny and finding friends in the strangest of places. Cimorene is, I believe, 16... but this book is probably better marketed to the MG crowd. That said, it is still very enjoyable as an adult. I particularly enjoyed the way Cimorene keeps rebuffing princes and when Kazul explains that you don't need to be male to be king. The villains here were a bit bumbling and underwhelming, but the heroes make up for that with their wit and charm. Definitely a recommended read for any age, especially if you don't mind a bit of whimsy. This book somehow isn't quite as much fun now as it was when I was a kid, but it is still entertaining. I can definitely see why I loved it back then: a strong independent female protagonist with attitude, a spot of satire involving fairy tale tropes, and a fantasy story involving dragons and wizards all combine quite well into an entertaining final product written for young readers. no reviews | add a review
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While the characters are sometimes simplistically drawn, adults and children will have fun tracing the sources of the various fairy tales Wrede plunders for her story. Dealing with Dragons is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and most young readers will want to devour the entire series. (Ages 10 and older) --Claire Dederer
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Bored with traditional palace life, Princess Cimorene travels to the Mountains of Morning where she is befriended by a group of powerful dragons and joins in their struggle to protect their kingdom from being taken over by disreputable wizards.
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