Dragon Overnight

okay but a bit too predictableThis was only an okay addition to the series. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t as exciting or as well thought out or as well written as the previous books. It did tell a decent story but the fact that the other kids at the camp were from Sage Academy was too predictable. I think it would have been better for Nory and her father to know this beforehand. Being a headmaster, he would know what other schools would be around his students, he would insist. Would have been better had he known but was still was the disappointment of a father that Nory has accepted.I also didn’t care for the dragon whelp, Roarie, imprinting on Nory. An animal imprinting would not have been able to be switched as easily as it was done. Nor would a zoologist tolerate and be that understanding with what she did. At least, not until they were sure the whelp had bonded with one of the parental dragons, as hoped. Nory’s actions could have very likely caused the whelp to not form a bond with another dragon and might have led to its death. I know these are stories for younger kids, but I think shielding them from a truth about nature isn’t wise. It would be better for them to understand that if you did something like this in our world, the repercussions might have ended direly.I did like that Nory and her father finally spoke and that they each were able to express things about themselves and understand where the other is at emotionally. It’s very feasible that a 10 year old might be more accepting and understanding of a parent who isn’t a great parent. Such things happen, in real life. In my own I realized, at 6 years old, it was better my parents were better off divorced, then staying together. Children can deal with deep issues, if you let them. They don’t have to know all the specifics, but if you give them a chance to be heard, they can surprise you with their wisdom and advice. Such as Nory telling her father to call every Saturday and setting it as a schedule, as she understood, that’s something he needs to function.I wish they would have done more with Andres and his UDM. It was as if they just slighted him and then short changed his story. As he was saying he felt he was being treated as such from his friends, school and situation, then the writers did the same to his character. He didn’t have a great big story growth and understanding to help him with his magic, it just suddenly was there for him. I think it would have been better to get him there gradually, instead of he could die, and poof now he suddenly figured out how to fly better and didn’t need saving.It wasn’t a bad story and it had potential. It came across a formulaic and predictable though. Hopefully the future books won’t have this issue.