LitPick Review
The Dragon Holder is about a young warrior named Liam who goes out hunting and finds a mystical, wounded bird with a strange egg. Liam shoots the almost dead bird to put it out of its misery and carefully retrieves the egg. Once he gets home, he shows the egg to his cousins, Hope and Destiny, who are powerful mages at the school of magic. As soon as they see the egg, they go to the Light Mage who tells them that they have found the first dragon's egg for a long time. Liam, Hope, and Destiny are also told to evacuate the house as soon as the dragon was born. The story is about Liam's adventures trying to fight off the Brotherhood (the group trying to take over) and raising his baby dragon.
Opinion:
Since I’ve never read a book in this style of fantasy, I eagerly await the next book. The reason I chose this book is because I liked the sound of the title; I like stories of dragons. I would probably give this book 5/5 stars although it is has some gruesome parts where lots of people die. Because of this, I recommend it to more advanced readers. The plot of the book is pretty well done, though I felt some parts of the story were not necessary. I felt like there was too much focus on the side characters which seemed added for length, and only gave a little to the story plot. The main character, Liam, was written well and I could picture him going on adventures with his dragon, Shade. The Dragon Holder is also a lot like the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, so if you enjoy that series, try it!
