{"id":3247,"date":"2018-09-30T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T21:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2018-10-03T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T14:02:02","slug":"dragons-code-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/09\/30\/dragons-code-review\/","title":{"rendered":"5 stars for Dragon&#8217;s Code! Enter our $25 gift card giveaway to celebrate 50 Years of Pern!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Dragon&#8217;s Code, by Gigi McCaffrey<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>$25 gift card giveaway!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Keep reading for details!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t read any of Anne McCaffrey&#8217;s Pern series, you really need to start at the beginning. But don&#8217;t worry, you don&#8217;t have to read all 20-something titles before you get to this one! Just six: <em>Dragonflight<\/em>, <em>Dragonquest<\/em>, <em>Dragonsong<\/em>, <em>Dragonsinger<\/em>, <em>The White Dragon<\/em>, and <em>Dragondrums<\/em>. (Links at the end of the post.) There&#8217;s a bit of plot overlap between Gigi McCaffrey&#8217;s new one and the last couple, but if you&#8217;ve read the others, that&#8217;s part of the charm.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who have loved this series since it first came out (I&#8217;m not old enough to make that claim, but I&#8217;ve loved it since I first discovered it), you&#8217;ll feel the same way about this one that I do.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>5 stars, for bringing me back home.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Links for\u00a0<em>Dragon\u2019s Code<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MQFJxb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Amazon<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/book\/id1332431822?at=1001lNKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">iBooks<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/ebook\/dragon-s-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Kobo<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/dragons-code-gigi-mccaffrey\/1127785039?ean=9781101964750#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Nook<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Links for\u00a0<em>Dragonflight<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QiYwQ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Amazon<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/book\/id419979210?at=1001lNKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">iBooks<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/ebook\/dragonflight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Kobo<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/dragonflight-anne-mccaffrey\/1100225860?ean=9780345453952#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Nook<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Those six books are actually two different trilogies. My all-time favorites in the history of ever are <em>Dragonflight<\/em>, <em>Dragonquest<\/em>, and <em>The White Dragon<\/em>, which make up The Dragonriders of Pern series. Read them. Read them all. <a href=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/07\/26\/dragonflight\/\">They started me on the road to becoming a fantasy author.<\/a> (The <em>Dragonflight<\/em> ebook is just $2.99, by the way.)<\/p>\n<p>My <em>second<\/em> all-time favorites in the history of ever are <em>Dragonsong<\/em>, <em>Dragonsinger<\/em>, and <em>Dragondrums<\/em>, which make up the Harper Hall of Pern series. They&#8217;re set in the same world, but there&#8217;s more contact with fire lizards than dragons. Still, I&#8217;d gladly take a fire lizard pet if I managed to Impress one. (That&#8217;s a Pern thing.) And any excuse to visit Pern is a worthwhile venture.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Go read them all. Yes, right now. The review will still be here, I promise.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/ltbKep9Ce8dBS\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Gif: I'm waiting!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card*!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our blog newsletter!<\/a> Choose <strong>any<\/strong> of the options, from daily to only a few each year, or just sign up for our ARC list! New signups now through Monday will automatically be entered! (Entries will close at 11:59 pm EST on Monday night.)<\/p>\n<p>2. OR if you&#8217;re already getting our newsletter, just reply to any issue (or use the bookwyrms email at the very bottom of this page) with the phrase: &#8220;<strong>50 Years of Pern!<\/strong>&#8221; It&#8217;s that easy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a second chance to win,<\/strong> write to that bookwyrms email (it&#8217;s at the bottom of this page) with <strong>all four dragon codes<\/strong> we&#8217;ve hidden on the blog this month! (Not sure what you&#8217;re looking for? <a href=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/09\/11\/crystal-singer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <em>first<\/em> one was on this post!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>*Open internationally to US, UK, and anywhere Book Depository ships! US or UK winner will get a $25 gift certificate (or equivalent in pounds sterling) to the US or UK Amazon store. A winner anywhere else that Book Depository ships will get one book of their choice, valued up to $25 on Book Depository.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Great! You&#8217;re back! BEST BOOKS EVER, RIGHT???<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re as big a fan of the series as I am, you&#8217;ll understand me when I say (without any spoilers) that <em>Dragon&#8217;s Code<\/em> is like coming back home. The book follows one of the harpers, and while I personally prefer the dragonrider books, I admit I screamed a little every time I saw a familiar name. Reading about these characters was like returning to that one perfect summer from your childhood and seeing all your old friends again.<\/p>\n<p>The story is less traditional than you might expect, in that several scenes are more like side ventures that don&#8217;t really move the plot along. Normally, I&#8217;d dock a star for that, but in this case, they often involved a dragonrider fighting Thread, which made them my favorite chapters!!!! There are also several elements that rely on explanations found in those first six books, but since I&#8217;ve already mentioned that <strong>you should read them all because they&#8217;re amazing<\/strong>, that falls in the plus column, too (for avoiding unnecessary infodumping.)<\/p>\n<p>Like most of the harper series, <em>Dragon&#8217;s Code<\/em> is about a character&#8217;s internal journey, and it left me profoundly satisfied (and a little teary-eyed.) I hated having to say goodbye all over again, but, hopefully, it won&#8217;t be too long before the next one. Maybe even about dragons?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Bottom line: Fans of the Harper Hall of Pern series will be delighted by the return of beloved characters in this paradoxically nostalgic story about the importance of letting go.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>From the publisher:<\/h4>\n<p><b>A new hero emerges in a divided world as one of sci-fi\u2019s most beloved series\u2014Anne McCaffrey\u2019s Dragonriders of Pern\u2014relaunches with this original adventure from Anne\u2019s daughter, Gigi McCaffrey.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series, Gigi does her mother proud, adding to the family tradition of spinning unputdownable tales that recount the adventures of the brave inhabitants of a distant planet who battle the pitiless adversary known as Thread.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Using our links to visit Amazon supports us with a small percent of anything you buy during that visit, from books to major appliances.\u00a0<\/em><em>Nobody pays us to recommend anything. 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