I'm a bit iffy on remembering the early plot, it was boring as hell. The only interesting thing was that dragons existed in this word, and one egg remained frozen by the last great ice age. Of course, it shows up in Trin's life. There wouldn't be much of a plot otherwise.
And did I mention there was time-travel in this book? Because there is. A set of twins from the post-dragon-caused-apocalyptic-future show up, each with their own different goals, yada yada yada, this is trope #8346, family members opposing each other with different sides of the same tale.
Trin is eventually captured by the one who wants to save the dragon, and is taken back the layer where the Draken, a dragon rights activist group also from the future, has set up camp with several orphans from around the world because dragons are in possession of another trope: Miraculous healing blood.
Things actually get entertaining when the Draken turn out to lead by trope#160: the crazy religious-governed power that plans to lead everyone into the apocalypse. Just like the Law route in SMT IV, just like so many other things. This is why this type of plot point has become a trope. It's over done.
I do like the words that the author has used throuought the book. It flows well, and that's what matters, really. If things don't flow well, then it's hard to read it. I will gripe about the love triangle between Trin and the future twins, though. I don't like romance ruining my action books, especially when it seems slightly shoe-horned in as this triangle does.
So, this book is the first in a planned series, is full of tropes and more tropes and even more tropes, and has a shoe-horned love triangle. It's a decent read, but the only thing in it that doesn't seem to be recycled-formula-for-popular-book-series-a-go-go is the fact that there's dragons. But they're a bit too underplayed.
So, this book is a giant meh to me. Maybe I'll go reread an old favorite after finishing this iffy, iffy book....
