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Dragon And Phoenix (2000)

Dragon and Phoenix (2000)

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0812545427 (ISBN13: 9780812545425)
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English
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tor fantasy

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"Dragon and Phoenix" is an excellent, character-driven book. The summary blurb on Goodreads doesn't characterize the plot very well, though. The story of "Dragon and Phoenix" is dominated by the plots of two people in the vaguely-Chinese empire of Jehanglan. Jhanun, a noble of Jehanglan, plots to gain the throne for himself, and he tricks the characters from the previous book, were-dragons from a vaguely-medieval-European country, into traveling to Jehanglan. The second plot is by the imperial concubine Shei-Luin, who vows to become Empress to ensure her children's future.The plot threads are woven together through multiple viewpoint characters. The two stories remain strangely unconnected (Shei-Luin and Jhanun's plots each shape larger events, but don't collide directly), but are each interesting and compelling. The ostensible focus of the book is the quest by Maurynna and Linden to rescue the imprisoned dragon or Dragonlord in Jehanglan, but the focus is all on the characters and their relationships with each other.Prominent features of the story and storytelling style: there's lots of plotting, but none of it hidden from the readers. Viewpoints shift among all major characters, so we always know who's planning what and why and how. This book isn't a mystery. Also, none of the characters are evil for the sake of evil. All of the characters, even the prime antagonists, have motives which one might respect. Lord Jhanun is ambitious, but it's apparently piety that drives his scheming. Other characters are driven by love of family or children, devotion to lovers, or loyalty to employers / aristocracy.Overall, this book is well worth reading. It's full of interesting, fully-realized characters. The tone isn't very dark; I didn't think there was ever a question that there would be a positive ending.Note that this is a sequel to the book "The Last Dragonlord", but it's completely standalone. I don't think anyone would miss much by reading this book first.

I think this book is better than the first. The plot is better, the characters are stronger and they actually have problems they have to deal with. Things aren't just handed to them. I don't think the two different plot lines mash well. It almost feels like 2 different stories, one about a group of Dragonlords travelling into a hostile Empire to free a mad dragon, and the intricacies of said emperor's court. The two barely mesh and it was only on a re-read that I fully understood all the court stuff, of course it could be the first time I read this book, I skipped all that stuff. I can't stand the character of Raven. He is such a whiner. Doesn't he understand about soultwins? And also Maurynna got on my nerves and I didn't understand why she couldn't change.Things weren't very well explained. Especially why the full dragons can't sense Dragonlords anymore. I really want the author to hurry up and write the 3rd book. [Edit: I really want to read the 3rd book, but I don't want to buy it yet, and my library doesn't have it.] I want to know what happens, even if the book is kind of mediocre. if the author would just focus on the court stuff, it would actually be a lot better

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First, I want to say that I do like Ms. Bertin's writing style and the way she sets up her world. The characters are well built and well defined, the world and landscape is rich and detailed, and the writing itself fairly fluid.That being said, I found this second book very long to get started. The first two hundred pages were needed to introduce and set up a brand new culture much different from the one explored in book on of this series. The author gives you a very good sense of this culture and its politics, but the action is long in coming and it is a very slow read. I kept waiting for the main characters from the previous installment to actually get going. After those first two hundred pages, the story and action do pick up some and make it a better read, despite some sections that do drag on and slow things down a bit.I would still recommend it, but it is not as engrossing as The Last Dragonlord.
—Christian

I first read this book years ago and just finished rereading it while waiting for the last installment (Bard's Oath) to arrive at my local library. I must admit that even after all this time, the story was still interesting. While I still like the first book (The Last Dragonlord) better, this one was still a good read. I loved getting to know Lled and the other dragonlords mentioned in the first book. The only part of this book that was a bit annoying was the amount of time spent narrating the story from the various perspectives within the boarders of the country called Jehanglan. While rereading I skimmed over a bunch of those sections as my memory of the story came back to me. Still the ending was as thrilling as it was the first time.
—Stefanie

When I first started reading this book I really didn't care about any of the characters who were introduced that weren't in the first book. I didn't understand why Shei Luin was relevant, and I've noticed that a lot of other readers felt the same way. Keep reading! All of the different story lines come together so beautifully. I also liked the way the different stories broke up the climax. When something was getting intense it would cut to another character, and would calm me down but keep me reading so I could get back to the action. I liked the plot in this book even more that the first book!
—Jessica Sword

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