The Last Dragonslayer

I'm reading my way through Jasper Fforde's entire collection, so I have now come to his middle-grade fantasy books. I don't read a lot of books about magic and dragons, but I generally enjoyed this, especially as it definitely still has Fforde's trademark off-beat style, even if simplified a bit for his middle-grade audience. The protagonist is great, a responsible but behind-the-scenes girl who is thrust into the spotlight and discovers that she has a much larger role to play in the arrival of Big Magic. There's also a great collection of oddball characters, and the story is well-woven so that you're not quite sure whom to trust.

Since I don't read a lot of fantasy, though, I'm not sure how it compares with other books from the genre. I don't know if I would continue in the series if I wasn't trying to read all of his books, but I will likely continue on in the trilogy.