Release: May 10, 2011
Pages: 336
Source: NetGalley
Age Range: Young Adult
Elodie leaves her parents house and ships off to become an apprentice. But it is hard to find someone to work for, because they expect all money from her to be an apprentice.
Newly arrived in the town of Two Castles, Elodie unexpectedly becomes the assistant to a brilliant dragon named Meenore, and together they solve mysteries. Their most important case concerns the town’s shape-shifting ogre, Count Jonty Um: Someone is plotting against him. Elodie must disguise herself to discover the source of the threat amid a cast of characters that includes a greedy king, a giddy princess, and a handsome cat trainer.
I thought his new story by Gail Carson Levine, well known for Ella Enchanted was okay. I enjoyed reading it, but it didn't get me that much as Ella Enchanted and her other fairytale-like books.
The main character Elodie was believable, and the plot was too. But it just didn't have that magic sparkle that I so loved in her other books. But I think you should read it though if you have read her other books, how opposite this may sound. Worth a try for the imaginative plot.
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