Adrienne's review of "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles"

I just finished this young adult series for my book club. There are four books in the series, "Dealing with Dragons", "Searching for Dragons", "Calling on Dragons" and "Talking to Dragons". I wouldn't say that these were my favorite young adult books I've read, but I thought they were really cute and easy to read. One thing I liked about them was that the main character, Cimorene, is a princess who is very un-princesslike. I love any book that teaches kids to not just go with the crowd. I'm all about nonconformity. Cimorene decides that being a princess is boring since it involves needlework and being prim and proper. She wants to fence and learn latin and basically do all kinds of things that aren't "proper" for a princess to do. To break away from this life she decides to go live with a dragon, which is considered respectable for a princess and will allow her to not get married to someone she doesn't like and give her the freedom to study and learn things that aren't considered proper for a princess to know. This puts her right in the middle of all kinds of trouble. The author, Patricia C. Wrede, creates a world that is very unique while pulling in a lot of traditional fantasy and fairy tale elements. The last book was my favorite in the series. It's actually about Cimorene's son and I felt like it had a little more depth and story line to it. These books are definitely a fun, easy read or something good to read with your kids since they're pretty light and don't really have a lot of romance or tragedy in them.