Review: Best tale in a long time
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2012
The Dragon Bone Flute by M. Todd Gallagher is one of those books that pulls you right into the story.  From the very first sentence, you had a strong sense of the main character, her strengths and weaknesses, her dreams and aspirations.  What you don't receive immediately is a sense of her special talent and what it all means- that comes later, as it should in a tale of self-discovery.  Although this is probably a YA level story, it is very mature in its handling of choices, unique spiritual gifts and consequences.  It is beautifully written and some of the scenes are almost visual.  I am thinking in particular of one scene in the tavern where the heroine's talent creates a living spell around her audience- reading that scene made this reader feel as though she were also one of the villagers in the tavern that night.