I loved this book. Once again Richard Due weaves the wondrous and enchanting tales of the Moon Realm. The Dragondain did not suffer from one iota of “sequel slump”; in fact, it picked up even more from The Moon Coin. In fantasy novels, one of the main things I look for is the world building, and the world of the Moon Realm is so realized, so complete, it could almost be a real place. Because of all the details, I found myself wanting to go back and look at the previous book, The Moon Coin, and remind myself some of the particulars.

Every once in a while you find a book that has all the elements of a story that you adore, is beautifully written, and is strong enough to stand on its own without the author feeling like they have to add some superfluous flashy love triangle or the popular paranormal creature du jour to get people interested in buying it. The Dragondain is one of those books for me.

While The Dragondain is targeted for the Middle Grade/ younger Young Adult audience, but can easily be enjoyed and loved by all ages. Now, due to the extent of detail, this is not a series where you can pick up the sequel without first reading the previous book (I guarantee you will be truly lost), but I cannot recommend you read this series highly enough.