The Fire Within

The Fire Within is a lovely little novel written by Chris D’lacey and is the first book in the last dragon chronicles. It is a mild fantasy novel that is probably suited for light easy readers, no rush or chasing, or fighting is included in this book, the next ones aren’t as friendly. But let’s focus on this book with its easily loved characters and cute but mysterious plot.    

               

This is a book about dragons made out of clay. This novel begins with a letter to Liz Pennykettle written by our main character David Rain. He explains that he is going to a nearby college and needs a place to stay and is really glad that a room was available in her home. He says he is okay with cats, good with children, but he hasn’t seen any dragons lately and didn’t know if that was a problem. Arriving at Pennykettle household he meets the cats, Liz and Lucy Pennykettle (Lucy is Liz’s daughter) and the dragons. The dragons turn out to be clay figurines made by Liz in her pottery room dubbed the Dragon Den. David gets his own dragon which he named Gadzooks (a dragon holding a pad and pencil making him a writing dragon).

               

I would recommend this book for people looking for a calm fantasy novel. But be warned that the sequels become more dramatic/action centric so it not all happy go lucky all the time. Still I enjoy the series as a whole watching as all the characters progress together till the last book, which looks really good.  

Book Review by Morgan D.