Review: Born To Be Dragon by Eisley Jacobs

Middle Grade

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup...

This is what Lord Edric wants you to believe. He will do anything in his power to see that humans never come in contact with dragons again.

However, he doesn't plan for Meia, the foster child who dreams of dragons, believing they are real.

Or Deglan, the ten-year-old dragon who bears the ancient mark that threatens everything Lord Edric has worked for. Join these two unlikely friends as they discover the truth behind a legend so extraordinary it will alter each of their lives... forever.

I have so sooooo much praise for this book! First of all, I want you all to know that I wanted to call the book You Taste Good With Ketchup . Oh, yes. It was. Of course, that's because the very first line of the book is by far my favorite!

Ms. Jacobs was able to surprise me with her plot and wow me with her characters. I fell in love with them. By the time our two characters met, I was 100% vested in both of them. They're charming and courageous and exactly the kind of people I'd want as friends.

However, that's where the book goes from feel-good-with-the-pals to just-plain-wild - in a good way! After the two main characters meet, it was all I could do to hold onto my seat, flip the pages and hope to Hades I didn't have to take a potty break because I wasn't putting that book down for anything!

The visuals! OMG! The visuals were simply stunning. I literally stopped, paused, re-read and just breathed the scene in. She captured it all. Sight, smell, taste, feel, hearing. It was all there in effortlessly written scenes waiting for the casual reader to inhale. I felt like I had stepped out of my world and into a whole other realm. One where dragons are real. @_@ And if you're careful, you just might meet one.

Just remember two things:

1. You taste good with ketchup. Be ware.

2. The dragon marks are contagious! Seriously! I'm getting one! On my arm! And I wasn't the first one, either!

Just warning you. Pick it up, and give yourself a few hours because you are NOT going to want to put this book down!