Dragon's Bait
Very randomly read Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde because there's a transforming dragon involved. It is such a short book too, or maybe that's just me being used to epic fanfic that can be however long writers want them to be. I kept wanting more details. The ending made me go, what, that's it? XD; (And then I went to search for fanfic and went ooo, look there is fanfic. Lots of people must have wanted more, haha).
After reading this, I can safely conclude that I have a thing for transforming dragons. Not just dragons as dragons, but dragons that can take on human form. XD;; I think this fascination might have started with Breath of Fire, and now I want to replay those games and actually finish them. I've only ever finished Breath of Fire IV. Or, instead of replaying, I could go and find the manga versions... I know BoF IV at least has a manga. It has become very obvious to me that Rykatu, my OC that is part of this LJ handle of mine, is totally inspired by Ryu.
Selendrile in Dragon's Bait was described as cat-like at one point, yessss. I so loved comparing Rykatu and cats, so it amused me to see this view is more common than I thought, dragons being cat-like.
A quote I liked. :D
In a very small voice, never meeting his eyes, terrified of the answer that she had so glibly dismissed earlier, she asked, "Why is it dragons ask for maidens?"
The dragon-youth released her, his hand shaking. Startled, she looked up and saw that he was silently laughing. "Dragons don't ask for maidens," he said. "Dragons are offered maidens."
Alys shook her head to show she didn't understand.
"Is a king likely to be a maiden? Or a village headman? It's the men who make the laws that decree that maidens be offered."
Alys thought of all the lovely old songs, the grieving kings, the valiant knights. "That's a lie," she whispered.
"Perhaps." She saw a glint in his eyes. "I do lie." - pg.33
I guess I like Selendrile for how enigmatic he is, but he kind of stays that way throughout the whole book. He ended up being a very convenient ally but we really don't learn much about him at all, like his motivations... I guess the rest is up to my imagination. X3;;
After reading this, I can safely conclude that I have a thing for transforming dragons. Not just dragons as dragons, but dragons that can take on human form. XD;; I think this fascination might have started with Breath of Fire, and now I want to replay those games and actually finish them. I've only ever finished Breath of Fire IV. Or, instead of replaying, I could go and find the manga versions... I know BoF IV at least has a manga. It has become very obvious to me that Rykatu, my OC that is part of this LJ handle of mine, is totally inspired by Ryu.
Selendrile in Dragon's Bait was described as cat-like at one point, yessss. I so loved comparing Rykatu and cats, so it amused me to see this view is more common than I thought, dragons being cat-like.
A quote I liked. :D
In a very small voice, never meeting his eyes, terrified of the answer that she had so glibly dismissed earlier, she asked, "Why is it dragons ask for maidens?"
The dragon-youth released her, his hand shaking. Startled, she looked up and saw that he was silently laughing. "Dragons don't ask for maidens," he said. "Dragons are offered maidens."
Alys shook her head to show she didn't understand.
"Is a king likely to be a maiden? Or a village headman? It's the men who make the laws that decree that maidens be offered."
Alys thought of all the lovely old songs, the grieving kings, the valiant knights. "That's a lie," she whispered.
"Perhaps." She saw a glint in his eyes. "I do lie." - pg.33
I guess I like Selendrile for how enigmatic he is, but he kind of stays that way throughout the whole book. He ended up being a very convenient ally but we really don't learn much about him at all, like his motivations... I guess the rest is up to my imagination. X3;;