The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita Paul

I had never read the Dragon series by Donita Paul, so I was a little hesitant to pick up this first book by her. The Vanishing Sculptor is based in the same world as her dragon series, but new characters and new lands.

Tipper is the daughter of an expert artisan - who has disappeared. (Catch the title?) She has been selling his work in order to pay for the estate in which she lives.

One night, her father returns with two friends, a wizard and a librarian; but something isn't quite right. He keeps vanishing and then reappearing.

These four, along with Tipper's talking bird and little house dragons, set off on a quest to retrieve 3 of her father's sculptures in order to set things right with dad.

Paul continues her allegory with the God character being called another name. I'm not sure where the dragons fit in with everything and the character names were a mouthful. I couldn't find myself engaging with the story but that may be because I've not read her previous work.

This book would be a nice gift for fantasy lovers and young teenagers.

Be sure to check the book out at the Random House website here.



This book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing