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Altankhuyag Bayasgalan bayasgalan2711 — I have always been a fan of this series. A synopsis of the plot may seem a bit dull - but it was a real page turner. Great fun.

Doctor Nothing dw173d — I don’t know that I would call Kellan’s Dragons a romance. At least not at this point. But it is the first book in the “Dragon Wars” series, and all of the elements for a potential romance are there, so it will be interesting to see how the series develops. Kellan is a girl with some pretty intense psionic abilities. And, just in case you are like me and have no idea what psionics are, the term refers to using the mind to create paranormal phenomena (thanks Wikipedia!). Kellan has had this ability her entire life (think Roald Dahl’s Matilda on steroids). She is roped into government service so that she can psionically link to a dragon. The dragons are being used in a war against opposing governments, and it has been discovered that a bond between psion and dragon makes them better fighters. Kellan happens to be the strongest psion seen by the government in about 200 years. Naturally, they choose to pair her with a pretty intense dragon, but Jericho, another dragon, has other plans. Jericho is one of the oldest in the Compound, and though he isn’t terribly keen on the idea, he links with Kellan. Kellan, because of her intense mental abilities, can tell that Jericho is keeping something from her. While you do find out by the end of the book what that something is, it really wouldn’t do for me to tell you, now would it? Bottom line: this book is quite clearly the first in the series. It spends a lot of time creating a backstory that will inevitably come into play down the line. Like the pilot episode of most television shows, things were a little slow to get started, but towards the end, I was hooked. I don’t know if I can really explain why without spoiling you for the plot twist and the setup of the romance, but suffice it to say that I didn’t see it coming, even after reading the book blurb. It was well done, and I’m really hoping that I’ll get the chance to review the other books in the series when they become available. --Laura, The One Hundred Romances Project

Edain Hernández arqedain — this book was great fodder for my big list of reasons why i hate mary anne spier. so, mary anne takes a job babysitting for the kuhn kids. obsessive readers (& you'd have to be obsessive to even remember that the kuhns exist as characters in the babysitters club series; even in the book in which jake fell into the basement of a house under construction & was missing for three days, i was like, "who the fuck is jake kuhn?") may recall that the kuhn parents are going through a rather nasty divorce. jake is pretty bummed about being stuck in a house with all girls & not getting to see his dad very often. his best friend, buddy barrett, is in the exact same boat though--divorced parents, two little sisters. the difference is that mrs. barrett is going to be marrying franklin dewitt soon, & buddy will be getting a new stepdad & some brothers. buddy brings this all to the fore when he innocently invites jake to his mom's wedding. they have a big fight & jake confides in mary anne. mary anne thinks jake could really benefit from some kind of male rold model. she talks to logan about it & he offers to swing by some time while she is babysitting & spend some dudebro quality time with jake. mary anne agrees to this plan. logan stops by during mary anne's next sitting job. while mary anne stays inside with patsy & laurel, jake & logan hang out in the yard & play soccer. you may recall that logan is pretty athletic & jake is not so much (in one book, kristy refers to him as a "fatso," not even kidding). but jake WANTS to be athletic & is really impressed by logan's abilities & coaching tips. he's in a great mood after logan leaves & mary anne is pleased to see jake looking so happy. mrs. kuhn calls shortly for another sitter & says that jake specifically requested mary anne. soon mary anne is sitting for the kuhns pretty much around the clock, & logan stops by to play soccer with jake pretty regularly. the shit hits the fan when mrs. kuhn comes home a little earlier than expected one afternoon & discovers logan sitting in the kitchen with the kids, having a snack. she jumps to the conclusion that mary anne invited her boyfriend over--which is true, but not for the reasons mrs. kuhn thinks. jake tries to smooth things over by explaining that it's okay, logan has been over several times. mrs. kuhn is NOT pleased. mary anne wonders if she should explain that she was inviting logan over to spend quality time with jake because she felt he needed a male presence in his life (mr. kuhn has moved to texas). she decides that might sound like she's criticizing mrs. kuhn's parenting skills, so she chooses not to say anything. she just meekly goes home. neither logan nor jake say anything to help clarify the situation either. mrs. kuhn calls during the next babysitters club meeting & speaks with kristy. she expresses her displeasure at mary anne's hijinks. kristy is PISSED at mary anne for compromising the babysitters club's reputation & integrity that way. mary anne explains that it's not how it looked, but kristy is all, "it doesn't matter why logan was there. it doesn't look good to the client & you done fucked up, spier." (not an exact quote from the book.) all the other babysitters of course fall in line with chairman kristy & make mary anne feel like crap. remarkably, she manages not to cry. kind of shocking, coming from the girl who burst into tears when she found out that some of her sitting charges were going to have to give their dog away to some of her other sitting charges. all the sitters are worried about what will happen to their business once mrs. kuhn finishes telling all the parents in town that the babysitters club are a bunch of hussies who tote their boyfriends along on jobs, undoubtedly in order to better fornicate & sell crack to children. calls start to drop off & the calendar is looking pretty sparse, even though halloween is right around the corner & usually the club is swamped with jobs from parents too lazy to help their kids come up with costumes & go trick or treating this time of year. pretty much everyone silently blames mary anne. after about a week of this madness, mrs. kuhn stops by mary anne's house with jake in tow. she explains that she's been really busy & only just now had a chance to ask jake about logan coming by during sitting jobs. jake truthfully explains that logan just came by to hang out with him & play soccer, & that mary anne spent the time he was there watching patsy & laurel. mary anne confirms this & grudgingly explains that she felt jake could benefit from a male role model. mrs. kuhn couldn't agree more & is dumbfounded that mary anne didn't just come right out & explain sooner. mary anne says she was worried that it would seem like she was criticizing mrs. kuhn. mrs. kuhn disagrees & says that mary anne was being very thoughtful & generous. she apologizes for jumping to conclusions & calls logan to apologize to him too. mary anne asks how to deal with all the parents that have stopped calling the club since mrs. kuhn warned them away from the club, but of course, mrs. kuhn hasn't told anyone. the drop-off in babysitting jobs was just a coincidence. at the next meeting, calls pick right back up again. happy ending. also a story & ending that is almost 100% identical to stacey & the missing ring. sitter is accused of wrongdoing even though she is innocent, angry parent threatens to turn stoneybrook against the club, jobs stop coming in, club assumes it's accused babysitter's fault, accused babysitter feels sad & lonely, angry parents discovers truth, apologizes to accused babysitter, & explains that she never got around to making all those calls to other parents, jobs pick up again. boring. the B-plot is all about how the kids in stoneybrook want to make a haunted house for halloween. they end up splitting off into two separate groups because one group (jake, nicky pike, buddy barrett, etc) wants a funny haunted house, & the other group (haley braddock, vanessa pike, etc) wants a gross haunted house. the funny haunted house is in the kuhns basement, & the gross haunted house is at the pikes'. i think. maybe the braddocks'. anyway, both houses do well. logan helps with the funny house & alan gray helps with the gross one. it's all pretty tiresome. why this book makes me hate mary anne: she had a perfectly reasonable explanation for why logan was at the kuhns' & she didn't say anything because she feared hurting mrs. kuhn's feelings. it's nice to look out for other people's feelings, but maybe not when they're standing there calling you a whore. maybe then it's okay to offer a rational explanation for your behavior, regardless of feelings that may be hurt. she also compromised the integrity of the entire club, all because she couldn't bear MAYBE POSSIBLY hurting someone's feelings. mrs. kuhn would still be raging if jake hadn't explained the situation to her. jake probably never would have seen logan again, which would have led to far more serious hurt feelings than suggesting to mrs. kuhn that maybe her son would benefit from a male role model. jake already felt abandoned by his dad, & when logan didn't show up to his soccer game (because he & mary anne agreed it was probably best for them both to keep a distance from the kuhn family), he felt even more abandoned. that's the kind of shit people end up in therapy over. i think that's far more serious than telling mrs. kuhn something she probably already knows.