George does a good job with the world and I especially liked the bittersweet feel to the idea of dragons being controlled. I think the concept of it is great I like the dragons, the slippers, the conspiracy, and the rest. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy Dragon Slippers as much this time around. Recently, I’ve been having a desire to fill my life with dragons, so I picked it up again. When I first read Dragon Slippers a couple of years ago, I loved it. For in a country on the verge of war, Creel unknowingly possesses not just any pair of shoes, but a tool that could be used to save her kingdom…or destroy it. But even Creel could not have guessed the outcome of this tale. And it’s Creel who walks for days on end to seek her fortune in the king’s city with only a bit of embroidery thread and a strange pair of slippers in her possession. Yet it’s Creel who talks her way out of the dragon’s clutches. True, when Creel’s aunt suggests sacrificing her to the local dragon, it is with the hope that a knight will marry Creel and that everyone (aunt and family included) will benefit handsomely. Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories. Many stories tell of damsels in distress who are rescued from the clutches of fire-breathing dragons by knights in shining armor and swept off to live happily ever after. Dragon Slippers, by Jessica Day George, was published in 2007 by Bloomsbury.
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