Here's a reivew I wrote for the book I talked of earlier:

I just happened upon this book a few days ago, thinking that the concept of a dragon taking human form pretty interesting. This is the first book I have ever read by the author, so I cannot compare this with her other books. What I have to admit is that I am rather impress. I am so use to reading big thick 300 pages book (they usually ended up being a classic) that I have forgotten the fun in reading one with less than 150 pages.

The two main characters characters are highly likable. Alys is courageous and not your normal perfect, totally righteous, helpless demsal. As for Selendrile, he characteristic is as shady as a shadow, making a reader wonder whether he was trustworthy or not, and his intentions. He was also suppose to be handsome too so that also gives him some points (it was totally amusing seeing girls and woman alike falling for him).

The story line, I have to admit is a bit too much of a cliche at times, I can actually predict what will happen at the end, but sometimes I actually like short predictable stories, they are fun and they make you happy. You know you can count of them for not having any real tragety, well at least none that would make you sad and gloomy for the rest of the day. I also have to admit this book is perhaps too short, with the plot Dragon's Bait has, I think this book could at least be 200 pages, if not 250 (considering how Harry Potter the fifth book is 700 plus pages of half junk). She definately has the material to write that much. I am not complaining though, at least the book has a fast pace and has absolutely no dragging parts.

The author left a lot of room for a sequel but it has been years since this book was first publish and still no sequel. But perhaps it is better this way, sequels are often disappointing, not because I do not believe in the Vivian Vande Velde's ability to write a good sequel, but I know, from experience that sequels seldom produces the an ending I desire. So perhaps it is best that Dragon's Bait ended where it did, at a point that leave readers plenty of room for imagination.

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