Review: A Good Start
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2011
Last night, we had a scare involving the possible formation of tornadoes, so we headed to a nearby shelter. Since I did not trust bringing my laptop into a crowded room, I brought my Kindle and opted to read the only e-book that I felt that I could finish before going home. That was the First Dragoneer.To start this, let me say that this book seems to be mislabeled. A novella is between 20,000 words and 50,000 words. That would typically be between 80 and 200 pages/page turns. This book is about 750 locations long. I might be off, but I'd say that it's no more than 12,000 words long.I'm not upset about that though. I obtained The First Dragoneer for free, so I can't complain. I do wish that it had been called "The First Dragoneer (A Novelette)(The Dragoneers Sage)" though.It took me about fifteen minutes to read this, so it didn't occupy me for too long, but I have to say that it was well written and was interesting. The ending seemed rushed though. I had to reread the last part a few times to fully figure out what happened.M.R. Mathias is a skilled writer, and I hope to read more of his work in the future.