Dragon Slippers

Dragon Slippers is the first book in Jessica Day George's trilogy of the same name.

This book's protagonist is Creel, the damsel in distress who can handle her distressing situation on her own.

Her aunt plunks her down in front of the cave of the local dragon, hoping that the resident knight in shining armor will rescue and then marry her. Creel, however, is not going to stake her life on some knight, and she manages to talk her way out of the dragon's den and into a new pair of slippers.

Then Creel sets off for the capital city, bent on hiring herself out as a seamstress.

Creel seems to have either the best luck in history, or the worst. Throughout this book, Creel meets another dragon, a high-maintenance princess, a dashing prince or two, a boss she really can't figure out what to expect from, a new best friend, and a traitor, not to mention she uncovers a history that has been buried and then lied about.

And then - war.

This book was a fun read. I'm not Creel's biggest fan; she makes a few mistakes where I truly believe she should have and could have acted better. But I believe she learns her lessons by the end of the book, and I am a big fan of some of the other characters. I also wanted to throttle the traitor long before I found out that character's status as a backstabber.

The world is also built really well and believably. George has worked out, and will continue to work out in the other two books, the culture very well; her inclusion of other countries has helped that conclusion too.

And even though this book is the start of a trilogy, it wraps things up pretty well by the end. Of course there are some loose threads we want answered, but this book could almost stand alone.