I was gifted the entire How to Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida Cowell, along with a Toothless & Lightfury stuffed animal, for Christmas from my Husband.

I’ve been trying to really get into reading and I’m a huge fan of the movies so when I got the books, I was so excited, I started reading immediately. I liked it so much, I finished it in less than a month, which for me was one of my fastest reads.

The movies, like a lot of movie adaptations, are nothing like the books. I knew that there would likely be differences but WOW… For anyone going into reading the books after the movies, know that the first movie is inspired by the first book. The only similarities are as follows.

Toothless’ name. There is a Monstrous Nightmare named Hookfang. The names Hiccup, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Gobber, and Stoick are used for characters. I am pretty sure that literally everything else in the book is different. Toothless is even a different species of dragon. I don’t want to spoil the book, so I won’t share anything else. BUT what I will say is that even though it was nothing like the movies, which I love, I also loved the book. However, I did have to separate the two and view them as their own stories, otherwise I might’ve been disappointed.

Overall, for me, this read is Five Stars, even though it may be for a much younger audience!

Now, it’s on to Book #2, How to be a Pirate.

-Serr.Kai • AQuill&Ink