Calling on dragons vs Talking to dragons: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Calling on dragons Calling on dragons Patricia C. Wrede · 1993 ★★★★☆ 3.9 259 pages · ≈ 4 h 48 m · Light
“Deep in the Enchanted Forest, in a neat gray house with a wide porch and a red roof, lived the witch Morwen and her nine cats.”

A fast paced, humorous YA fantasy. Cimorene, now Queen of the Enchanted Forest, her friend Morwen the witch, and various others search for the missing sword of the King. This is the third book in the Enchanted Forest…

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Cover of Talking to dragons Talking to dragons Patricia C. Wrede · 1985 ★★★★☆ 4.2 255 pages · ≈ 4 h 43 m · Light
“Mother taught me to be polite to dragons.”

A fast paced, humorous YA science fiction. Young Daystar, raised by his mother Cimorene at the edge of the Enchanted Forest, is sent out on an adventure with a magical sword, meeting a young fire witch and an immature…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Calling on dragonsTalking to dragons
Goodreads — 4.2 (37843)
Hardcover 3.9 (92) 4.0 (90)
Google Books — 4.5 (10)
Apple Books — 5.0 (9)

Reception

Calling on dragonsTalking to dragons
Ratings 92 37843
Editions 13 18
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 8395
Reading it now — 263
Written reviews — 1058
Wikipedia attention 205 263
Pages 259 255

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