Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

Humans are invading!! Rosa Graytail, the rat, spreads this message in the dragon’s valley. Not many are willing to believe her, least of all, Sorrel the furry, mushroom-loving brownie. When the oldest dragon in the valley tells them all of a place where dragons can live in peace, the Rim of Heaven, located in the highest mountain range in the world, the dragons believe it even less. However, one young silver dragon, Firedrake, decides to set out to look for it, together with Sorrel. On the way, they pick up a homeless boy, Ben. Together, they set out on a dangerous journey, never made before and with spies flying around everywhere, who can they trust? They meet fabulous creatures and a terrible dragon-slaying villain, the Golden One. Do they make the trip, alive? Do they find the legendary Rim of Heaven? Only the book will tell you!!

This book was my first try at reading Funke’s books. It was very much like Eragon, dragon’s and the legendary dragon rider, fantasies, mythical creatures, terrible villains, spies and danger down every corner. If you liked Eragon, you’ll certainly like this!!

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Meggie and her father, Mo, are two book-loving individuals. In the past, when Meggie was three, Mo was reading aloud from a book, Inkheart, to her mother. Astonishingly, Mo read out four characters from the book!! Capricorn, the villain, Basta, the henchman, Dustfinger, the fire-eater and a furry biting marten replaced Meggie’s mother, two cats and a spider. Capricorn and Basta establish a village in the mountains and find another reader to read out the rest of the henchmen. Dustfinger makes his fortune as a fire-eater. Now, Meggie’s twelve and Dustfinger warns them of Capricorn. The duo hurry off to Aunt Elinor’s place to hide Inkheart. They don’t know that Dustfiger’s a double agent and Mo gets kidnapped and later Meggie and Elinor are captured too. Capricorn forces Mo to read out treasure for him. Dustfinger, realizing his sins, helps them to escape. However, Meggie gets captured again, along with Elinor, Dustfinger and Inkheart’s author, Fenogolio. Meggie discovers and Capricorn finds out that she, too, has the power to read things out of books. Together, Meggie and Fenogolio must do something to save their friends and themselves….time is running out and the executioner’s axe is waiting….

This book was awesome!!! I thought when Dustfinger helped them to escape, they had outwitted Capricorn. But they were back in the dreadful village again!! The last part was unexpected and the most exciting!! Don’t miss a chance to read it!!

Eragon-The First Book of Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Eragon, a young farm boy living in the village of Carvahall, is hunting in the Spine when suddenly, a sapphire stone appears in a clearing. Eragon, out of pure curiousity, ventures towards it. He takes it back with him and tries to buy some meat with it. However, the butcher refuses and Eragon returns home with it without mentioning it to his uncle, Garrow or his cousin Roran. Overnight, the stone, no the egg, hatches. A beautiful baby female dragon emerges, and with it, a legend is reborn; the legend of the Dragon Riders. Eragon hides the baby in the forest and it grows to an enormous size within a few weeks. He names her Saphira and they both find they can communicate with their minds. King Galbatorix, an evil Dragon Rider, the only one left with a dragon after the fall of the Riders, somehow hears of Saphira and sends his dreadful servants, the Ra’zac to Carvahall. They kill Uncle Garrow, but Eragon escapes. Together with Brom the storyteller, Eragon and Saphira travel to the Varden, a group of rebels determined to kill Galbatorix. On the way, Eragon learns swordfighting, magic, reading, writing and many more skills from the old storyteller. After facing many dangers along the way…Do Eragon and Saphira reach the Varden unscathed?? Read the book to find out!!

 This book is one of my favourite books. I loved the magic, action, mystery and suspense. It really put me on the edge of my seat, wondering until it drove me crazy, what would happen to Eragon and Saphira next. I hope Christopher Paolini will write more books in the future!!