Dragon Games (2) (The Books of Umber)

Started slow, lots of set-up and review. You must read the first book of the series, Happenstance Found, to understand. But once the groundwork was laid this book took off. If you like Fantasy Action Adventure you should like this one. Ordered the Kindle edition of the 3rd in the trilogy, End of Time, as soon as I finished this one. The biggest flaw in my opinion is that the text to speech is not enabled for the Kindle, but this has nothing to do with the quality of the book just the convenience. Great read!

This was a wonderful sequel to the first book where Umber and Hap go on a adventure to see the Dragon game's and they kill a king who is without mercy or kindness they also discovered where to go to find out about meddlers

Every book by Catanese has the ability to draw the reader into this wonderfully constructed fantasy world. As far as this trilogy is concerned he hasn't disappointed. I own almost every other book he's written (waiting on my copy of The End of Time) and this is a wonderful addition.

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this is a great book. it has a good plot and a lot of detail. it is a great part of the series and i think it is the best of the trilogy.

This book gives you a closer look at the world that Umber and Happenstance live in as they go from one magical adventure to the next. The actual Dragon Games is just one of the adventures and my only negative is that the author maybe should have made the story more about this conflict (as it is the title of the book) or changed the title all together. The adventures come quickly to an end and of course as it does in the first book the book ends simarly to a serial soap opera leaving you with no choice but to buy the next in the series to finish the read which actually leaves me wondering why they didn't just put all three books into one book -- of course more money is to be made this way.

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Very fun story and loveable characters! Loved it and shared it with my favorite 10 year old. Highly recommend for young readers.

Hap und Lord Umber werden im zweiten Teil der Trilogie mit neuen fantastischen Gestalten konfrontiert, welche das Buch spannend und lesenswert machen. Bei der Auswahl der Figuren gibt es eine gute Balance zwischen bekannten und neuen Charakteren. Die Erzählung, obwohl sie viele unterschiedliche Episoden und Orte enthält, ist in sich sehr rund und erzählerisch spannend gestrickt, wozu auch ein oder zwei überraschende Wendungen beitragen. Auch wenn das Ende erahnbar ist, sagt mir die Kürze der Darstellung sehr zu. Nie hält sich die Geschichte mit unwesentlichen Dingen auf, die Handlung schreitet rasch fort und findet doch, wie die Reise selbst, wieder zum Ausgangspunkt zurück.Auch wenn Hap seine Fähigkeiten im zweiten Teil besser kennen lernt, bleiben noch viele Fragen für den dritten Teil offen.Der fünfte Stern bleibt verwehrt, da die Handlung dem häufigen Fantasyleser an einigen Stellen zu vorhersehbar ist. Auch den Titel finde ich wenig passend, da die Drachen tatsächlich eine eher beiläufige Rolle spielen.

I bought this for my son, and have just finished reading this myself. I do like to see authors turn out some original ideas, and Mr Catanese is certainly one of them. I enjoyed the first in the 'Books of Umber Trilogy' and will definitely be looking forward to the last in this worthy series. Full of bizarre and amusing characters, the story has a compelling plot, lots of mystery, cliffhangers, a bit of royal intrigue and murder, and uses an appealing language and style. My son, always a good reader, would have been able to understand this book perfectly at the age of about 8. But this is just as perfect for older teenagers and adults alike!