Review: DragonFly - The Illustrated Version
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I had read the two individual books, so I had to read the illustrated one also to see the difference and the level of attention to detail in the illustrations will blow you away. Looking at Mr. Garcia's illustrations of the aircraft you'd think that there really were planes such as these in WWII. This book is a compilation of both the individual novels. It's a well written book and characters, a mixture of magic and science it seems. The story of a female pilot in WWII Britain who would have been relegated to flying the mail back and forth if she had not shown that she had the intestinal fortitude to bypass her commander and fly one of England's most secretive aircraft. An aircraft that is powered by seemingly magic crystals and water, an aircraft that can fly underwater as well as in the air.The second half of the story is a very exciting finish to the tale of three women pilots and the planes they flew to protect England from German occupation. There were some very tense moments in the book when you were not sure whether Ronnie and her other two friends were going to live or die when confronted with the new weapons that the Germans had unleashed against them. I thought it was great that Victoria had the intestinal fortitude to stand up to her father and demand to be allowed to pilot one of the DragonFlys. The ending though was almost spiritual in a manner of speaking. I would definitely recommend the illustrated version over the two single volumes, the detailed art work bring life to the story giving you the impression that you're actually there. Looking forward to the next book of Veronica's adventures hopefully the wait won't be too long.