As with the other books in this series, not a particularly challenging read, but a wonderful story. I've been reading plenty of slow-going non-fictions and long, drawn-out novels lately and this series was the perfect thing to give myself a little break without sacrificing quality.

Okay, so Merlin starts to get even more annoying in this book. He was only slightly annoying before, but in this one he just gets dumb and lets his emotions guide him more than usual. Not even the cool dragon makes up for the lack of characters in this book. Plot-wise, though, it's not half bad.

Although I liked the first two books better, this was still incredibly well written and full of adventure

This was the third in the series about Merlin as.a youth. There are life lessons along the way about our inter-connenctedness with all living things, and respecting the lives of all living creatures. A good story, and fun read.

Une autre aventure passée en compagnie du jeune Merlin. D'un point de vue individuelle, chaque aventure est divertissante, intéressante et contient suffisamment d'action pour accrocher un jeune lecteur. Par contre, l'éternel enjeu du temps trop court pour arriver à accomplir ça quête, et finalement le temps de faire beaucoup trop de choses en ce lapse de temps trop court, devient un peu ennuyeux et inutile. De plus, au niveau de la série, l'histoire globale évolue assez peu, trop peu à mon avis d'un tome à l'autre. Cela demeure une série que j'aime bien, qui se lit rapidement et que je vais certainement mener à terme, mais qui malheureusement contient quelque petite imperfection qui lui font perdre une étoile.

I am a definite fan of [a:T. A. Barron|4639989|T. A. Barron|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] his books are really good. Especially the Merlin ones, but that could just be because I'm a bigger fan of Merlin era stories than anything else.

Really enjoyed the third installment in this series, and I love that they've added another strong female character - Hallia was lovely in every sense of the word, but also not someone I would want to be on the wrong side of!

Excited to continue and see what else is in store for Merlin!