Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure.
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Hiccup really shows what he is made of in this book and
in my mind this kid is a true hero. I think it is a crying shame that he is
constantly living with this constant doubt hanging over him. Worried that one
day his father will see that he is not fit to be his heir (despite everything
that he has done) and replace him with his cousin.
But when it comes down to it he has the nerve and the
heart that a chief needs to keep his people safe. His cousin is very happy to
act the leader but when it comes down to it he doesn’t want to face the dangers
of the job. This is shown clearly when Hiccup stands up when an enemy tribe
leader demands to know who the heir is. (by the way this ain’t no comical
enemy, this is a ‘I will kill you if I can’ kind of enemy’)
In this book we have the introduction of a new villain,
Alvin the Treacherous – and something screams at me that he is going to be a
recurring villain because, as we all know Villains. Just. Don’t. Die!
Not a let-down at all guys. Lived up to the first book.
Haha, I was glad to see your review for this, knowing the second book lives up to the first book just makes me want to get my hands on them more!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!