WINGING IT by Deborah Cooke
WINGING IT by Deborah Cooke
REMINDER: Interview and Giveaway with Deborah Cooke May 23, 2012
WINGING IT is the second instalment in Deborah Cooke’s YA series–The Dragon Diaries. This series is the Young Adult companion to her adult Dragonfire series. Winging It, like the first novel in the series, tells of the trials and tribulations of growing up Dragon in a world of humans and shapeshifters. This second storyline takes place 5 months after Flying Blind.
Zoe Sorensson, is the only female dragon and Wyvern, and is about to celebrate her 16th birthday, without her best friend Meagan. To make matters worse, she has been invited to a Halloween party, by one of the most popular boys in school-who just happens to be an apprentice Mage, and is gunning for the eradication of all dragons. But when Meagan is once again, attacked at school, by a group of ‘mean girls’, Zoe shifts forms to defend her friend against injury.
Zoe’s father, Eric, as leader of the Pyr, is not impressed, because now, his only child and daughter has broken the Dragon Covenant and revealed herself to the humans. To complicate matters, Zoe’s parents are struggling, much to her surprise, and it seems, that she may be the catalyst in the demise of her parent’s marriage. Zoe’s mother, Eileen, cannot come to terms living with her family of dragons, knowing her daughter, is the target of a group of Mage, who will risk their own lives to destroy the Pyr. When Eileen heads to England, Eric makes the decision to ‘ground’ Zoe from all dragon activity, and sends her to her Meaghan’s, while he flies to Europe to convince his wife, that they should remain a family.
When Zoe discovers that her Dragon friends are suddenly missing, she is forced to use her powers as the Wyvern, to search and locate her friends—who may be sacrificed by the Mage in a Halloween ritual. With the help of some unlikely ‘stone’ statues, Zoe must enter the cemetery where the Mage ritual will be performed. Rescuing, not only the Pyr, but a wolf, a jaguar and her best friend Meaghan, it is then that they realize, there are more than just a few shifters. The ceremony is witnessed by many beings including felines, lupin and an assortment of shifters, long thought destroyed by the Mage. They are present to aid in the rescue of their friends and family.
Winging It is an easy read, as was Flying Blind. The continuing story of Zoe and the young Pyr, has me wanting to go back to the Dragonfire series, if only because I miss the excitement of the Firestorms with the adult dragons. The Dragon Diaries is a good series, with plenty of excitement and a story that will continue for along time. Zoe has the frustrations of most 16 year old girls, but being a dragon complicates matters to another degree. Sometimes, I wonder, if all teens thought the way these young dragons think, our teens would not be in as much trouble as they are today. They are responsible for their own lives as well as others, and it is nice to see, someone taking responsibility for their own actions. I am looking forward to Blazing the Trail—to be released in June 2012
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Reviewed by Sandy
Good review Sandy. I found the further I got into this series the more I liked it.
apparently this is a trilogy….Blazing the Trail is the final book….let’s hope she decides to write a few more…even a novella or two. 😉
Figures, just when you get into a storyline. Sighing.
Good review. Ah, youth! Difficult time period regardless if you’re human or not.
great review, Sandy. I need to finish Dragonfire, then move on to this series. I know i will love this series too.
Great review Sandy : And bummer if Blazing the Trail is the final book i have greatly enjoyed all of Deborah Cooke’s books she has some nummylishes Dragons going on in those books . Fingers crossed for more Dragon’s in the near future .
Great review Sandy hope this isn’t the last one. Zoe is a whole different Wyvern Love her and all the young Pyr.
Great review Sandy. Looks like I’ll be adding this YA series to my list of book to read. 😉
Thanks for the great review, Sandy.
And just FYI, The Dragon Diaries is a finite trilogy which winds up with BLAZING THE TRAIL next month. The idea here was that Zoë would come into her Wyvern powers at puberty, and would have to master them PDQ. It had to be a paranormal YA series, because Zoë’s 16. I did miss the romantic elements of the Dragonfire series (although I love Jared) and I’m not done with the other Pyr boys – I just think that they’ll come into their own when they have their respective firestorms. Still working on that… meanwhile, Dragonfire continues in October with EMBER’S KISS!
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