Dragon Heir Reviews

The Plain Dealer, Sunday August 10, 2008
The Plain Dealer says, “The third installment, "The Dragon Heir," finds her "gifted" teens gearing up for apocalpytic battle amid political intrigue, fearsome weapons and warring guilds. All the while, the characters must struggle with their own identities and relationships…The author…is adept with teen culture. She moves effortlessly from slasher-film references to the quintessential fantasy trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings," to the works of Shakespeare. This strengthens both her narrative voice and her characters' dialogue, and adds subtly to the moral subtext of the series. ..The concluding battle is epic, as war engulfs the magical world. After three volumes and nearly 1,400 pages, its length, detail and gravitas are appropriate. ..Let's hope Chima is already back at work.

Kirkus
Starred review
Centuries of wizardly scheming, slavery and slaughter reap apocalyptic fallout in this final volume of Chima’s trilogy… Heroes and villains alike are swayed by achingly human motivations into disastrous choices with devastating consequences…The resolution is—like the end of childhood itself—tentatively hopeful, if not triumphant. A superlative accomplishment.

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