Here's a book worth sinking your teeth and talons into this spring. Dragon's Keep puts the fire and fear back into dragon fantasies all while building an excellent main character that isn't your average princess. This reminded me of the historical/fantastical girl fun I had when reading Catherine Called Birdy and The Princess Academy, and the page turning tension of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, BUT with crazy ass dragons and very complex adult and teen characters.

Janet is a star at bringing us the sights, sounds, and smells of medieval England. She then ups the ante with a wonderful new breed of dragon. I was spellbound on my couch while reading this--piles of dirty laundry and dust bunnies and unpaid bills engulfing me until I reached the end of the book. Not to give anything away, but Janet lets bad things happen to good people and I reveled in that! Such fun. Such terror.

Janet will be doing events surrounding the book's release on her group readergirlz site as well as a book event in Western Washington in late March. I'll be doing some new art for pages devoted to Dragon's Keep on her fantasy mini-site at www.janetleecarey.com. I'm so excited to work on envisioning Rosalind and her Wilde Island. Fun fun fun.

PS!

It got a starred review from Booklist (darn tootin!) and an awesome blurb from the MAN, Lloyd Alexander: "A rich medieval fantasy, a splendid weaving of bright and dark threads, constant surprises and startling turn of events; of brutalities and beauties, terrors and triumphs... A remarkable achievement."

Rock on Janet!!!

Jaime