Review: A great and fun-filled labour of love about dragons
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
"Bentwhistle the Dragon in A Threat from the Past" by Paul Cude is using a highly original idea and makes it the centre of a very entertaining adventure story for young adults and those young at hearts. In times of "Eragon" and "The Hobbit" many of us older adults love a good dragon story just as well as the younger ones and I am sure most people who pick up this book will appreciate Cude's excellent effort in that regard.Most of the story however is surprisingly set in present day and not in the distant past. The dragons are not enemies of us humans but are actually here to protect us, a tradition that goes a long way back into their past. Using this inventive set up Cude tells us with much love for detail about the world and communities of dragons, their habitat, tunnels under the sea and much more which I found very enjoyable.Myths and legends in the dragon world their good and bad members, their habits, their sports and their views on the human world add flesh to the action part of the story.Cude has taken the simple idea and given it a lot of thought and imaginative detail, it is obvious what a labour of love writing this book must have been and it certainly has paid off.Highly recommended, a great and fun-filled read.