Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Reviewer: Jay
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About The Book
Doc thought treating grumpy house cats was challenging — until her latest patients torched everything she thought she knew.
When Dr. Jordyn Blackstone stumbles upon an injured dragon, she can’t resist helping the creature. Before long, dragons from far and wide seek her expertise, and they’re not exactly the kind to sit still for shots.
With dragons suddenly very real and no dragon-care textbook in sight, Doc can’t help but question her sanity while she develops dragon medicine on the fly. Amidst dodging horrid dragon breath and fiery sneezes, Doc discovers that the dragons trust her with not only their own lives, but the survival of their entire species. No pressure.
Doc rises to the challenge, even though the work is tough, messy, and dangerous. But dealing with disgusting dragon snot is the least of her worries. To protect her extraordinary patients from being hunted to extinction, Doc must keep them secret — or risk not only their safety, but also her career, reputation, and clinic going up in smoke.
Dragon enthusiasts and fans of House in the Cerulean Sea, Legends and Lattes, and The Lady Trent Memoirs will be enchanted by The Dragon Doc Tales!
The Review
This book is both delightful and fascinating. It’s written by a veterinarian, who brings in depth knowledge of veterinary practice to this account of becoming a veterinarian to dragons.
Dragons, we learn, are not magical, just very good at camouflage and therefore rarely seen. People who claim to have seen them are regarded as insane, or at least having hallucinations. A dragon vet needs to be resourceful, resilient and very practical. She (or he, though the two in this book are both female) must also trust dragons and be trusted by them.
The descriptions are lovely, and are backed up by a few illustrations by the author’s son, and the medical procedures are meticulously described. We learn a lot about the life of a vet and a good deal about the legendary creatures treated.
The book is very well written and the reader is drawn into the story and into a belief in dragons. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. Highly recommended reading. For anyone who takes dragons seriously, or is just curious about them.
The Reviewer
I’ve been doing book reviews on my website, crossposted or linked to various social media, for a few years. I read a number of genres but I really enjoy all kinds of speculative fiction so thought I’d like to share my views with you. I love sci fi and other speculative fiction because of the way it can, at its best, make us see ourselves in a new light. Quite apart from the exciting stories, of course! I used to be an English teacher, and I’m a writer (fantasy) so I can be quite critical about style etc. but I hope I can also appreciate properly some books that don’t appeal to me personally but might be simply perfect for others. I have, obviously, read widely, and continue to do so.
