In this sixth installment of the exciting Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly graphic novel series, Ruskin and his friends meet an ancient ice dragon.
Ruskin and his friends travel to Flatfrost for the Winter Festival, which is extra special this year because the legendary, ancient ice dragon has appeared! Being thousands of years old, the ice dragon is perhaps the only living creature who knew the original dragon king. She also unknowingly holds an important piece to the puzzle of who the dark forces are that have been plotting against Ruskin. Can Ruskin and his friends uncover the secret and keep the ice dragon safe?
We're finally getting closer to the meat of this overarching plot and it has my interest. The art style is still very cute but the character design of the humans was a little lacking, especially when there were giants in this volume and I couldn't tell the difference between them and the other normal humans. This was probably the weaker ones of the volumes but the characters were on solid ground and the plot was moving at a better pacing so I still give it three stars.
I think these dragons are so cute and I really want to love the story. But it's all just too safe and cozy. The villains too predictable. With many books for kids, getting the villains right - not too scary but real enough to make the plot stakes feel real - that's really hard. Also, the art is super cute but the coloring is a bit too bright....
The plot thickens! I feel like Quinn is finally hitting their stride and the last few books have all been successfully building the intensity towards the larger arc. My 7-year-old was grateful the snowmen had little flowers for noses or they'd be legitimately scary. It's also great to see Roke finally and fully accepted into the friend group.
I might have liked this better had I read the others in the series. I read the wrong Ice Dragon book, as I was supposed to read the one by George RR Martin. Oh well, this was decent, and I think if I were in upper elementary, I might enjoy it.
This was a noticable uptick in quallity, largely due to more complex plots and characterization, and some genuine surprising moments. However, its not as self-contained as the others.