Review: A very good dragon story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2012
I have to confess to being somewhat over-dragoned lately.  There seems to be a preponderance of vampire, zombie and dragon books around at the moment.  I remember when Anne McCaffrey bought Pern to our attention, and thinking how original it was.  I am pleased to say that Mark of the Dragon Queen has rekindled my interest in the subject.The story is told from the viewpoint of a teenage girl whose father has a number of secrets that are suddenly revealed when an apparently random event takes place to reveal the father's guilty secret.  From there, things move apace, as the daughter, Kira, becomes severely affected from that past.  She is forced to confront the consequences of these secrets, as she tries to save her father from peril.The pace of the book keeps you turning the pages as more and more is revealed.  The characters are well developed through the adventure right up to the final confrontation.  I believe that the book is aimed at the young adult readers amongst us, but speaking as one who is a few years beyond that, I found it most entertaining.The book has obviously been well edited as the errors are very few and far between, which is a welcome change from some indie and mainstream books I have read of late.If you want a good book to read, with good characterisation and plot, then this one should definitely be in your "to be read" pile.