Flight of the Dragon Kyn

After reading the first books, I had really high hopes for this sequel/prequel. Ms. Fletcher did not let me down! I was enthralled. This book held my attention even more than Dragon's Milk. Susan Fletcher strings her tale so masterfully!

I was so happy that Ms. Fletcher was once more able to create such a strong heroine that is so relatable. I loved Kara! She is strong in her own way and continues to make her own path throughout the book. Kara can summon birds, so King Orrik assumes that she can also summon dragons seeing as birds and dragons are akin. Kara does not believe she can, but she is basically forced to leave her home (where she was a misfit) and leave with a entourage of warriors to see the king at the castle (where she is show more also a misfit). Kara finds friends in Rath, Myrra and Corwyn. Throughout the book, we are witness to the strong ties that Fletcher has developed between these characters.

Besides her previously listed friends, Kara also has Skava, her gyrfalcon. Skava and Kara share a special bond that I see similar to the bonded in Suzanne Collins Underland Chronicles. Skava and Kara take care of each other and their friendship is so deep, I almost forgot that Skava is only a falcon.

And of course, who can forget Kazan? Kazan is a falconer/shipbuilder that Kara meets early on in the story. He often offers to help her carry her belongings, which results in ridicule and jests from the older men. Throughout the story, the bond between Kara and Kazan really strengthens with each passing chapter. I always found myself wondering: "Where is Kazan?""Is Kazan in this chapter?""Is he gonna go after her?" As well as many other things along those lines.

This book left me responding out loud. "Wait...what?!?!" "No Way!!!" "Oh man...." "Ah!!! Moremoremore!!!"
If I have managed to leave it out somewhere, I will just say now: I really loved this book and after finishing it, I wanted to go right back to the beginning and start it all over again. This is one of my future re-reads, I just know it. Ms. Fletcher continues to wow me with her outstanding stories of Dragons & Strong Heroines. =) show less

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 show more 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. show less

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 show more book its amazing
and i really like it. show less