I think I made a really nice, simple, summary when I was discussing this book: "Too much if Tess. Too little dragons." It's true. I really liked Tess in the beginning, but she grew to be kind of a lackluster character and the book just dragged on. Another observation which ruined the book for me were the description of the dragons. Do they have chameleon eyes?! "One eye swivelling back, the other on me..." (pg 351), and the constant mention of "eye cups", I couldn't help but think of these dragons with derpy eyes facing different directions! Derpy dragons don't make for a very powerful or majestic image. Alas, this sequel was nowhere near as good as "Dragon's Keep".