Ahoy there mateys! This book deals with dragons so I always wanted to read it.  The book has a wonderful beginning where Creel's aunt wants to sacrifice her to a dragon so a knight will save her and raise her out of poverty.  Creel thinks this plan is stupid but isn't too worried because no one has seen a dragon in centuries.  Surprise they exist!  Bigger surprise she doesn't get eaten.  She wins a magic pair of shoes.  She then goes to the city to make a new life, gets involved with other dragons, and gets into trouble.  I loved that the dragons all have different hoards - shoes, stained glass, dogs!, etc.  I liked a lot of the minor characters too.  Creel spent a lot of time oblivious or annoyed.  The plot was uneven.  Good beginning, very slow middle, and fast ending.  I did love the dragons but not enough to read the rest of the series. Arrr!