Last week there was a lot of Not Fun medical stuff, culminating in Saturday’s half day at the hospital getting my blood drawn every hour while I tried not to throw up the sugar solution I’d ingested, which would’ve meant having to start the test all over. What made my day bearable? I brought along Carrie Vaughn’s Voices of Dragons, a YA I’d wanted to read but hadn’t gotten around to. Turns out, it was the perfect length to read in between sitting in the chair to give the latest blood donation.
Voices of Dragons is set in today’s world, with one minor difference; World War II woke up the dragons and spawned yet another human/dragon war. That conflict ended in an uneasy truce both sides had maintained for 60 years. Until the human protagonist accidentally encounters a dragon in an unplanned border violation. It’s a story of laws and their consequences, friendships of all kinds, the price of peace, and, naturally, dragon voices. There’s a lot of depth here that an older reader can appreciate while younger readers simply enjoy the friendship between human and dragon. An excellent story that saved my day, and left me hoping for a sequel someday.
You can pick it up along with Carrie’s latest YA, Steel, and have yourself a whole lot of adventure, no matter where you’re reading.
Hope things are okay, Charli. Glad you at least at a good book to read. Take care of yourself.
Patrice, I’m okay, fortunately I was already doing all the right things and will just have to be vigilant for the last weeks of pregnancy. And yes, that stuff is horrible. Shudder. I read a lot of YA and UF. I haven’t really counted, but some of the funnest and deepest books I’ve read in recent years fall under YA. The books that impacted me most in my life were YA, so those are the books I think of as important, for good or bad. *g*
Hanging in there, NJ, and yes, I’m taking care of myself. With vigilance. *g* Having a good book to read was priceless.
Good. I’m glad you’re okay.
but some of the funnest and deepest books I’ve read in recent years fall under YA.
Yes, this! I think people who would never consider reading a YA would be surprised if they picked up a YA today.
Patrice, I think so, too. A perfect example is Kris Reisz’ Unleashed. And I’m really, really looking forward to Lynn Veihl’s May YA release. I know she won’t pull punches just because it’s a younger protagonist.
Yikes, hope all is well.
I’d love someday to be the author of a book that helped someone get away from it all. Meanwhile, thank goodness for those alternate universes at our fingertips.
MJ, all is, um, manageable. *g* If you have to have pregnancy complications it’s good to have minor ones. But the final trimester is going to involve more monitoring than I’d like. And yes, having an alternate world to dive into is priceless!
Oh, no…I hope things are okay now. Ugh, that sugar solution is nasty!
How many YAs do you read vs other books? I know you mentioned that you’d like to write a YA so was curious how reading YA falls into your preferences. 🙂