I gave this book 3 stars as i enjoyed the whole concept of the story but i was really hoping to be more entertained but it seem to be a very flat kind of story. The whole part with the dragons was very interesting. I like how the books the children got from the palace library each had their own unique traits that fit with the child they were given to. I did feel that the one child who got stuck with the cryptic riddle book did more complaining about the book then he did really using it except for memorizing the prophecy. This series is great for little kids but it not even close to being on par with chronicles of narnia in entertainment value.