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The Tales of the Frog Princess #7
Dragon Kiss
Audun is a teenage ice dragon in love...with a human princess. Can he become human and win Millie's heart?
Audun is on a quest to find Princess Millie, and to become human in order to win her heart. But The Dragon King has set out a number of tasks Audun must perform before he is permitted to even try to woo Millie...and each one is filled with E. D. Baker's signature adventure and hilarity as this dragon-turned-human-turned dragon and back again battles sea witches and warlocks both familiar to readers of the series, and altogether new. A fantastic stand-alone fairy tale that brings new life to this wonderful series.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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E.D. Baker
48 books1,590 followersE.D. Baker made her international debut in 2002 with The Frog Princess, which was a Texas Lone Star Reading List Book, A Book Sense Children's Pick, a Florida's Sunshine State Readers List pick & a 2006 Sasquatch Book Award nominee. The Frog Princess inspired the Disney's Princess and the Frog!
E. D. Baker was born in Buffalo, New York and spent most of the next eighteen years in the Town of Tonawanda with her older brother and her parents. She married her husband while in college, and had two children a few years after graduating from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When her son was four, the family moved to the state of Maryland. With two young children at home, E.D. worked part time in her husband’s business and took writing classes at the local community college. She continued taking writing classes after the birth of her second daughter, but when she and her husband divorced, she went back to school and entered the SIMAT (School Immersion Masters in the Art of Teaching) program at Johns Hopkins University. After graduating, she taught fifth grade until her parents’ health began to fail. Her son had already graduated from college when E.D. and her daughters moved north to be closer to her parents. Having gained a new perspective on what is important in life, E.D. decided that it was time to believe in herself and devoted her time to writing. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was published in 2002. E.D. has written 25 books to date and has no plans to quite writing anytime soon.
Currently E. D. Baker lives on a small farm in Maryland where she and her family breed Appaloosa horses. They also have dogs, cats and goats.
If you have a question or a comment for E. D. Baker regarding her books, you can e-mail her at edbakerbooks@gmail.com and she will try very hard to reply to your e-mails. (Just keep in mind it may take a while before she responds, because she is working on a new book for you to enjoy!) For updates, announcements on upcoming books and daily posts by E.D. Baker be sure to follow her on Facebook.
E. D. Baker was born in Buffalo, New York and spent most of the next eighteen years in the Town of Tonawanda with her older brother and her parents. She married her husband while in college, and had two children a few years after graduating from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When her son was four, the family moved to the state of Maryland. With two young children at home, E.D. worked part time in her husband’s business and took writing classes at the local community college. She continued taking writing classes after the birth of her second daughter, but when she and her husband divorced, she went back to school and entered the SIMAT (School Immersion Masters in the Art of Teaching) program at Johns Hopkins University. After graduating, she taught fifth grade until her parents’ health began to fail. Her son had already graduated from college when E.D. and her daughters moved north to be closer to her parents. Having gained a new perspective on what is important in life, E.D. decided that it was time to believe in herself and devoted her time to writing. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was published in 2002. E.D. has written 25 books to date and has no plans to quite writing anytime soon.
Currently E. D. Baker lives on a small farm in Maryland where she and her family breed Appaloosa horses. They also have dogs, cats and goats.
If you have a question or a comment for E. D. Baker regarding her books, you can e-mail her at edbakerbooks@gmail.com and she will try very hard to reply to your e-mails. (Just keep in mind it may take a while before she responds, because she is working on a new book for you to enjoy!) For updates, announcements on upcoming books and daily posts by E.D. Baker be sure to follow her on Facebook.
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November 15, 2010
Enjoyed this quite a bit more than its predecessor, Dragon Princess, probably because Millie dooesn't feature much in it, the annoying, selfish princess with anger-management issues. She's more like Hazel, the first Green Witch, than her namesake, (see book 3) so why is she the heroine? Oh well. She doesn't deserve Audan, an young ice dragon who is brave without be too foolhardy, inquisitive without being stupid, helpful without being pushy, but idiot enough to fall for Millie, who hasn't shown she's grown-up yet, not even by the end of this book.
There was also the humor present in this last installment which was not present in book 5 -for example, the baby Dessica bird who thinks Audan is its "mama" *(too bad they didn't play on this a little more) and the worms who help Audan find the sea-monsters who "kidnapped" the giant's little girl (remember them from book 5, the inept parents who can't keep track of a giant toddler and need a dragon to help them). Nastia Nautica makes a brief show (nice to see she's still as nasty as ever from book 2) as do Klorine and Ratinki, my two favorite witches who don't show up nearly enough.
Some loose ends left in this book. I wish the ice dragon society had been explained a little more. Are they ever going to resolve the feud between the fire-breathing and the ice dragons? Are Francis and Zoe going to get together? (They don't even show up here, which is just as well, since Zoe disturbed me past reconciling after eating an ice monster in book 5 at the Blue Witch's castle. By the way, she's living with Mudine now, but what happened to her original kingdom? She just abandons it? Does that mean there's a new blue witch somewhere, or does only Greater Greensward get a new witch?) Do Francis and Zoe get their own book later, morphing into a vampie meets witch thing? I hope not. Leave well enough alone. Besides, it's depressing, getting to know Grassina and Chartreuse, their funny mean mother, brave Emma and sweet pudgy Eadric, and then watching them all grow old, get gray hair, and not even by able to raise a decent kid. I love the first 4 books, but I'm ending the series in my mind there. Sorry, Audan, I liked you, but not enough to stomach Millie.
There was also the humor present in this last installment which was not present in book 5 -for example, the baby Dessica bird who thinks Audan is its "mama" *(too bad they didn't play on this a little more) and the worms who help Audan find the sea-monsters who "kidnapped" the giant's little girl (remember them from book 5, the inept parents who can't keep track of a giant toddler and need a dragon to help them). Nastia Nautica makes a brief show (nice to see she's still as nasty as ever from book 2) as do Klorine and Ratinki, my two favorite witches who don't show up nearly enough.
Some loose ends left in this book. I wish the ice dragon society had been explained a little more. Are they ever going to resolve the feud between the fire-breathing and the ice dragons? Are Francis and Zoe going to get together? (They don't even show up here, which is just as well, since Zoe disturbed me past reconciling after eating an ice monster in book 5 at the Blue Witch's castle. By the way, she's living with Mudine now, but what happened to her original kingdom? She just abandons it? Does that mean there's a new blue witch somewhere, or does only Greater Greensward get a new witch?) Do Francis and Zoe get their own book later, morphing into a vampie meets witch thing? I hope not. Leave well enough alone. Besides, it's depressing, getting to know Grassina and Chartreuse, their funny mean mother, brave Emma and sweet pudgy Eadric, and then watching them all grow old, get gray hair, and not even by able to raise a decent kid. I love the first 4 books, but I'm ending the series in my mind there. Sorry, Audan, I liked you, but not enough to stomach Millie.
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June 20, 2014
I have liked E.D. Baker's other books. This was the weakest of all the ones I read. I wasn't a huge fan. I loved The Frog Princess series #1-4.
February 20, 2020
THIS book about a dragon boy who has to face a string of quests and trials to learn to shapeshift into a human? for love?? THIS was formative.
idk why this one hit so much harder than the rest of the series. i think the books following emma stretched on too long, so it was very refreshing when millie was introduced as the new protagonist. and she was exciting because she wasn't just a second edition of emma, she was confident and a bit bratty (we love a dirtbag princess), no talent for witchcraft, but also had the hugely funny problem of accidentally turning into a dragon all the time? and then THIS book that's suddenly an entirely different perspective on the world that's been vaguely built up over the course of the series, the perspective of a dragon and not a princess, and most of the book is him traveling around this world and discovering new types of magic and having shenanigans. i remember that is was really grounded compared to the rest of the series, focussing on how audun adapts to problems and creating a really engaging coming of age story. it's a journey of character development above all else. the fact that he's a dragon is just a bonus.
this was really Extremely formative and i think it started a whole dragon reading phase.
idk why this one hit so much harder than the rest of the series. i think the books following emma stretched on too long, so it was very refreshing when millie was introduced as the new protagonist. and she was exciting because she wasn't just a second edition of emma, she was confident and a bit bratty (we love a dirtbag princess), no talent for witchcraft, but also had the hugely funny problem of accidentally turning into a dragon all the time? and then THIS book that's suddenly an entirely different perspective on the world that's been vaguely built up over the course of the series, the perspective of a dragon and not a princess, and most of the book is him traveling around this world and discovering new types of magic and having shenanigans. i remember that is was really grounded compared to the rest of the series, focussing on how audun adapts to problems and creating a really engaging coming of age story. it's a journey of character development above all else. the fact that he's a dragon is just a bonus.
this was really Extremely formative and i think it started a whole dragon reading phase.
July 13, 2024
After 14 years, I've finally read the oldest book on my physical TBR. I used to love this series, when I was about 12. And I devoured all of them. But by the time this book came out, and I bought it, I guess I was kinda over the series, and I grew out of it and just never really wanted to read it. But I was looking for something light and fluffy to read today, so I picked this up and read it in one sitting. Was it stupid? Yes. Was it sweet and nostalgic? Also yes. This is obviously for someone much younger and I do think this series got progressively worse and repetitive and it went on, but it was still nice to revisit this world after so many years. And to finally get it off my TBR shelf!
May 22, 2025
idc about audun so it took me way too long to get through it. this book was also a (slightly) painful reminder that this is intended for literal children. like the previous books have such cool stuff going on but you can really tell that this is supposed to be for children. i really wish this would’ve been a novella instead of an entire book, but i don’t think that would be fair seeing as graywood got an entire book on their relationship. i feel bad saying this but i just don’t really care for this book that much.
December 25, 2014
This book irritated me more than the others. The writing seemed more simplistic than the others, occurrences seemed more forced. Things were more trite. But it is geared towards children, and Baker avoids killing anyone as much as possible (has anyone died in any of these books?) even though it would be the most logical course of action for certain characters to simply be eaten and done with. Millie really annoyed me, extremely so, even though she was only there for about 10 pages. I wanted to slap her upside her stupid blond head. And the giants? I rolled my eyes so hard I thought they'd fall out of my head. Ugh.
May 14, 2010
If I had to read a book with romance in it I would definitely pick this one, no contest. It isn't all about romance though (one of the reasons I like it) it actually has a lot of adventure in it. Ranging from nasty old sea witches that try to kill animals for their own nefarious reasons, to Dirty little boys (I mean girls ;) that smell so bad no one wants to go near them. This book has lots of made up creatures and items that are both fun, nasty, and humorous to make this an awesome story!
January 16, 2018
I actually really enjoyed this book, much more than the previous one, although it did focus more on Audun than Millie. At least Millie wasn’t really whining and complaining and being a bit of a brat like she was in the previous book. I did have a few minor problems with it, but overall it was really good. I almost want to keep it, but I was already planning to donate it to my local library, along with the other books in the series that I purchased, because I have very limited shelf space, and I have already had it off my shelves for a year waiting to be reread so that I could donate it. I suppose that if I ever wanted to read it again I could always get it from the library, especially since I’m not sure that I would read it again since by that time I probably will have forgotten what happened previously.
If this book had been as bad as the previous one, I probably would have decided to dnf the series, since I have read up to the last one that I own, and even though I put a lot of effort into finishing the series after all these years I feel loke it wouldn’t be worth it to try to finish. The main reason I wanted to try to finish the series is because I owned several of the books and I wanted to read them one more time so I could get them off my shelves and make room for books that were meant for my age level. I do think I will read the remaining 2 books, even though I am in a dilemma since I don’t own the 8th one and neither does my library.
Spoilers!
I feel like in the beginning, Emma would not just whisk Millie away from Audun like that, especially considering that her grandmother did basically the same thing to Grassina and Haywood, and she saw how it affected her aunt. True, she didn’t transform her into an animal and banish her to parts unknown, but Audun didn’t really know what happened to her. I also feel like she would not react so badly to her daughter being in love with a dragon considering the fact that she and her daughter are basically part dragon, and Millie and Audun met and fell in love under similar circumstances to Emma and Eadric. If anything, she would have just told Audun that he needed to have more time away from Millie to make sure that it was true love, rather than using magic to force them apart. I felt it was very unlike the Emma that we know based on what she experienced.
I also feel that Audun learning to turn into a human happened too early in the book. It should have happened a bit later than it did.
It was nice to see some characters again like Nastia Nautica and the giant family and Olebald, but I wish we had seen more of Zoe and Francis and even Simon-Leo. I do feel like I want more adventures from this next generation, that I don’t want the series to come to an end. I feel like it is on par with the first few books, whereas the one before this, The Dragon Princess, really wasn’t, and felt like it was dumbed down and written for a younger audience.
There was one more thing I found problematic, which is repeated throughout the series, is the author pushing the ideal that when a couple loves each other they should get married, and as soon as possible. This was true between Emma and Eadric, Millie and Audun and even Grassina and Haywood, to some extent, although they were forced to wait because of Grassina’s mother and the family curse. This is true even though the characters are quite young. Millie is only about 16, but she’s rushing to get married. The same was true for Emma. I feel like it is not a good thing to be teaching young girls that if they love someone they have to marry them right away, even if they are young. I wish the characters decided to wait a few years before they married, because it would send the message that a person can love someone but they can wait for marriage and not have to marry immediately. I almost want to take away half a star for that, but I won’t because it’s a problem throughout the series and not just with this book, and I really liked the book so I feel like it deserves higher than 3.5.
If this book had been as bad as the previous one, I probably would have decided to dnf the series, since I have read up to the last one that I own, and even though I put a lot of effort into finishing the series after all these years I feel loke it wouldn’t be worth it to try to finish. The main reason I wanted to try to finish the series is because I owned several of the books and I wanted to read them one more time so I could get them off my shelves and make room for books that were meant for my age level. I do think I will read the remaining 2 books, even though I am in a dilemma since I don’t own the 8th one and neither does my library.
Spoilers!
I feel like in the beginning, Emma would not just whisk Millie away from Audun like that, especially considering that her grandmother did basically the same thing to Grassina and Haywood, and she saw how it affected her aunt. True, she didn’t transform her into an animal and banish her to parts unknown, but Audun didn’t really know what happened to her. I also feel like she would not react so badly to her daughter being in love with a dragon considering the fact that she and her daughter are basically part dragon, and Millie and Audun met and fell in love under similar circumstances to Emma and Eadric. If anything, she would have just told Audun that he needed to have more time away from Millie to make sure that it was true love, rather than using magic to force them apart. I felt it was very unlike the Emma that we know based on what she experienced.
I also feel that Audun learning to turn into a human happened too early in the book. It should have happened a bit later than it did.
It was nice to see some characters again like Nastia Nautica and the giant family and Olebald, but I wish we had seen more of Zoe and Francis and even Simon-Leo. I do feel like I want more adventures from this next generation, that I don’t want the series to come to an end. I feel like it is on par with the first few books, whereas the one before this, The Dragon Princess, really wasn’t, and felt like it was dumbed down and written for a younger audience.
There was one more thing I found problematic, which is repeated throughout the series, is the author pushing the ideal that when a couple loves each other they should get married, and as soon as possible. This was true between Emma and Eadric, Millie and Audun and even Grassina and Haywood, to some extent, although they were forced to wait because of Grassina’s mother and the family curse. This is true even though the characters are quite young. Millie is only about 16, but she’s rushing to get married. The same was true for Emma. I feel like it is not a good thing to be teaching young girls that if they love someone they have to marry them right away, even if they are young. I wish the characters decided to wait a few years before they married, because it would send the message that a person can love someone but they can wait for marriage and not have to marry immediately. I almost want to take away half a star for that, but I won’t because it’s a problem throughout the series and not just with this book, and I really liked the book so I feel like it deserves higher than 3.5.
July 19, 2018
I really liked Dragon Kiss because of how far Audun went to be together with Millie. That's true love right there. (It helps that Audun is a dragon which makes the story a bit more emotional since he's gotta do some tasks to turn into human.) One thing I didn't get was why Millie was so suspicious about Audun when he was human. She was so mad at him and didn't believe him when he said that he'd had to earn the right to become human. To me that seemed like she was just being stupid but I guess she had her reasons to be suspicious since she came from such a magical family. Another thing I kinda disliked wasn't how King Stormclaw used Audun to do things that he hadn't had time to do but how the dragoness Hildie acted. She kept introducing her suitors to Audun as if trying to make him jealous which first of all did not work, but second of all, as if she didn't care about her suitors in the first place. I mean, who shows off other people (or dragons) and tries to make their crush jealous? That just doesn't work.
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November 20, 2019
I have loved this series for so many years and every time I reread it I fall in love again. This series is charming and full of adventure and the sweetest little puppy love romance. I enjoy reading from the boy's perspective in this installment. It adds a welcome respite from so many Princess Views. Audun's determination to complete his tasks and prove his love I can't help but cheer for his every victory. The only complaint I have with Millie and Audun as a couple is that they are not together long enough for to form an attachment to them as a pair. The previous books really took the time to flush out Emma and Eadric together and I missed that character connection. However, I am a grown woman reading their story and not an early teen-therefore I am definitely not the target audience and I can say with certainty that it didn't bother me the first times reading through almost 10 years ago. A lovely story and a charming series.
December 15, 2025
Ahoy there mateys! I found this middle grade series because of Katherine Kellgren who is my favorite audiobook narrator ever. I was also excited because I love Frog Princess retellings. This series has nine books which follow Emma, the frog princess, and other members of her family. Emma kisses the frog and turns into a frog herself!
I absolutely loved books 1 to 5, thought books 6 to 8 were just okay, and really enjoyed book 9. I love Emma who is not your typical princess. I love her quirky family. There are lots of fun side characters like fairies, snakes, ghosts, crabs, dragons, mermaids, trolls, etc. These are romances in that the princesses find their true loves but with twists. For example, one prince is a frog, one is an otter, and one is a dragon. There is another couple that is a typical bat and an vampire. The books are sweet and a lot of fun. I don't own the whole series but I could see myself listening to these again in the future. Arrr!
I absolutely loved books 1 to 5, thought books 6 to 8 were just okay, and really enjoyed book 9. I love Emma who is not your typical princess. I love her quirky family. There are lots of fun side characters like fairies, snakes, ghosts, crabs, dragons, mermaids, trolls, etc. These are romances in that the princesses find their true loves but with twists. For example, one prince is a frog, one is an otter, and one is a dragon. There is another couple that is a typical bat and an vampire. The books are sweet and a lot of fun. I don't own the whole series but I could see myself listening to these again in the future. Arrr!
July 28, 2020
I enjoyed this book, and I appreciated the author's attempt to keep things fresh by showing us a new character and focusing on his lifestyle and experiences (while still making regular references to the familiar characters that we already know and understand). There were some interesting plot twists and turns as is usual with this series. I did miss hearing more about the main characters, but I suppose we have already heard so much about them by this point that it was probably better to learn about a new character for this book.
July 19, 2019
Audun can't stop thinking about Millie, so he sets off to see her again. Millie's family will not allow her to date a dragon. Audun, instead of being heartbroken, sets off to learn how to become human so he can still be with Millie. He takes on a water absorbing bird, a sea witch, a wizard, a roc, and a war in the desert. All just for the chance he can learn how to change into a human to be with the girl he loves. Awe!!! It was really good.
October 15, 2024
I really enjoyed this story! It pulled me in from beginning to end and held my attention the entire time. I loved getting more of Aldoon this time and from the ice dragons perspective and world. Aldoon is on a mission to be with Millie and he has gone to the King of the ice dragons to ask for help on how to change into a human so that he can be with Millie easier. In order to gain the approval to do that he is sent on different quests by the King and his council that he has to complete. I really enjoyed getting to see the different side of the ice dragons from the fire dragons and really getting to know Aldoon better. This was well written and engaging and I had a lot of fun with the story and the characters, both old and new. It might be okay to start in this one but I would recommend reading the book prior to this one as that is the one that starts Millie and Aldoon's journey of falling in love.
The narrator did a good job with this and bringing the characters to life.
The narrator did a good job with this and bringing the characters to life.
February 12, 2018
This book was fun and exciting. My children wished that Millie was in more of it. It was different than the others, following a dragon around rather than a human or a frog. It did seem to be rather the same pattern as the other books, though that didn't matter to the children enjoying it. And I didn't really care either, because it was light and funny and enjoyable.
April 13, 2020
This is by far my favorite book in the whole series, Audun is so adorable I can't help but laugh at how much he goes through just to become a human to be at Millie's side. This is the longest book on the series so far but that made me happy. I can't wait to read the next book in this series. Happy Reading!
July 28, 2023
I have read all the books in the Frog Princess series, and Dragon Kiss is different from the others. I like the books that focus more on Emma and Eadric, but this one was still good. Audun's point of view is more interesting then the other characters because he is a dragon. I loved this book and I would encourage everyone to read Dragon Kiss.
May 5, 2020
This is one of my all-time favorite books. This shows the length people are willing to go for love well written. A young ice dragon in instant love with a human princess. He will struggle for his love.
January 26, 2025
This is a nice story about a dragon named Audun. He takes on three tasks given to him by his elders. In return, he gets to learn how to become a human. He wants to become a human because he fell in love with a girl who can become a dragon. A sweet love story.
March 21, 2025
Genres: Middle grade/Fantasy
This was a solid 2 stars for me. I wasn't ever pulled in. Probably because it felt overly simplistic. Now I did like the positivity in this. So for that, I added a star. Now that brings this to 3.
This was a solid 2 stars for me. I wasn't ever pulled in. Probably because it felt overly simplistic. Now I did like the positivity in this. So for that, I added a star. Now that brings this to 3.
December 12, 2025
I liked this more than the last one, but I still feel like I would just rather read more about Emma/Eadric? I like that they’re still in here but I prefer them being the main focus. That being said, I liked the growth in the new characters and being able to get to know them better.
August 14, 2018
Love it, sign of true love. Audun work hard for Millie. They destiny are to be together..
November 26, 2018
Great! : )
June 21, 2019
This book is everything and more I love it from the bottom of my heart and I can read this over and over and over again without it failing me the author of this book really did a great job
July 1, 2019
I believe it was this book’s cover that got me into the Frog Princess series. I’m happy that it did.
Enjoy :)
Enjoy :)
September 12, 2019
I liked Audun's story, though I'd have liked to see more of Millie and co in it.
October 22, 2019
Audun is such a sweet character 🙂
February 2, 2020
I think I accidently started with this one. It's definitely one of my favorites.
July 31, 2020
Read as a kid
December 4, 2021
Dragon Kiss by E.D. Baker – This one reminds me of the Princess in a Glass Tower/Hill troupe. Lots of quests and a fun coming of age plot! Happy Reading!
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