{"id":8571,"date":"2021-04-07T09:46:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8571"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:46:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:46:41","slug":"dragon-lad-trilogy-by-j-c-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8571","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Lad Trilogy by J.C. Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fast-paced and exciting\u2026 A rip-roaring adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevens introduces an absorbing fantasy world of dragons, humans, witches, and wizards, taking his young protagonist on many nail-biting adventures in this impressive middle grade fantasy series, the three-part Dragon Lad trilogy. In the debut installment, the small-bird size young dragon, Dorg discovers a shocking truth about his own identity: he may not be a dragon at all.\u00a0 He hatched small because of a curse. Coming to terms with this new revelation is not easy for Dorg, leaving him eager to search for his birth family, and his transformation to a human boy complicates the things further. The second installment continues Dorg\u2019s story, who as a boy is known as Dirk. Trying to locate his birth family in the Roman-ruled Britannia, Dirk sets on a horrendous journey. The third installment sees Dirk surrounded by enemies, with Treacherous Ethelda determined to settle her old scores and the Roman army in search of the magical black sphere. Steven\u2019s dragons are fully realized characters, with emotions, aspirations, loyalty, and inner struggles. Adorable and sometimes frustrating, Dirk is an entirely believable character. It\u2019s impossible for the reader not to root for him. Dirk\u2019s longing for the parents and siblings he never knew are conveyed with authenticity. Beldor and Ydda are absolutely adorable. The villains are thoroughly sinister and intimidating. Stevens focuses on each character in relation to Dorg, and because of that, other characters may not appear fully realized. Yet each of them undergoes an alteration. The history of Romans, their ways of life, and the geopolitics of the time period are smoothly woven into the adventure plot. Stevens\u2019s world is a robustly diverse one, and he continues to develop it throughout all the three instalments, fleshing out the historical relationship between dragons and humans. Along the way, he explores serious issues of identity, self-discovery, family bond, friendship, children\u2019s need to fit in, and what it means to be humane in a manner that is both honest and accessible. The setting is authentic\u2014from the springs at Aquae Sulis as a healing place and resort to ancient dragon caves\u2014every place comes alive. The accompanied illustrations are pleasing to eyes and bring both the story and the characters to life. Filled with action and adventure, the story entertains from start to finish. Middle graders who like their fantasy seasoned with feisty characters and nonstop action won\u2019t want to put it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dragon Lad Trilogy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B J.C. Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dragon Lad: The Thirteenth Egg <\/a>Book 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $9.99 (USD) Paperback, $1.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dragon Lad: Tale of the Talisman: Book 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $9.99 (USD) Paperback, $1.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dragon Lad: Wand of the Black Sphere Book 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $9.99 (USD) Paperback, $1.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fast-paced and exciting\u2026 A rip-roaring adventure. Stevens introduces an absorbing fantasy world of dragons, humans, witches, and wizards, taking his young protagonist on many nail-biting adventures in this impressive middle grade fantasy series, the three-part Dragon Lad trilogy. In the debut installment, the small-bird size young dragon, Dorg discovers a shocking truth about his own identity: he may not be a dragon at all.\u00a0 He hatched small because of a curse. Coming to terms with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":8573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[257299],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,7215,3328,178,7224,8053601,1136176,416861,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-8571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-series-reviews","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-book-review","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fantasy","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-middle-grade","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-2ef","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dragon-lad-4.png?fit=1054%2C648&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8571"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8576,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8571\/revisions\/8576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}