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Book Review of Dragonwatch: Master of the Phantom Isle (Book #3) by Brandon Mull

For months now, my kids have been counting down the days until the release of Dragonwatch: Master of the Phantom Isle. I’m not joking. It’s serious business at our house! And I may or may not need to draw a name to decide who gets to read it after me because there may or may not have been a big argument about it. Yeah, let’s just say the kiddos are super excited about this book. I am too! This is such a fun series. I’m glad Brandon Mull decided to keep going with the Fablehaven story because it definitely wasn’t finished. This book, though, has me worried! What about Seth? Is he ok? Does he remember anything? I’m super excited to share my book review of Dragonwatch: Master of the Phantom Isle (book #3) with you! Enjoy!

Blurb:

“Cursed by the Key of Forgetting, Seth has lost all memory of his past—his relationships, his experiences, and who he really is. For now he will align with his new mentor, Ronodin, the dark unicorn, who takes him to the Phantom Isle, the secret gateway to the Under Realm. Though Seth is not formally a prisoner, Ronodin wants to use him and his shadow charmer powers for his own dark ends.

Kendra is frantic to find her missing brother, but the quest will take her and her companions, including Warren, Tanu, and Vanessa, far from Wyrmroost to Crescent Lagoon—a recently fallen dragon sanctuary made up of many islands and underwater domains. Its caretaker has regained a foothold on one of the islands. If Kendra and her friends can save that sanctuary, they might uncover the answers they need to rescue Seth.

With each sanctuary the dragons overthrow, Celebrant, the Dragon King, comes closer to the dawn of a new Age of Dragons. With the forces of darkness on the march, can Kendra and her allies gather enough power to win the epic dragon war?”

My Book Review:

The first part of the book is torture to read! Seth, the mighty Seth, can’t remember anything. Ahhhhhh! Let’s just say that he doesn’t make very good choices. Seriously. Torture. I just wanted to scream through the book to remind him who he is. It’s a different experience to take a character you think you know really well, and have him show up completely different. It’s not his fault, of course, but still. It makes you want to cry.

I love that some of my favorite characters make appearances in this book, along with a couple new favorites. And some NOT so favorite. Boo to Ronodin. The characters in this series are some of my favorites: Vanessa, Tanu, Warren, Kendra, Seth, Bracken, and Newel and Doren are the best. I’ve come to like Knox, Tess, and Calvin too. The characters make the series. They really do. It’s so fun to watch them work together, problem solve, and help each other. I love Kendra’s fighting spirit. Although she comes a little close in this book, she never gives up. I love that she cares so much for Seth that she never stops asking about him and fighting for him. She never doubts him. I think we can all learn a lot about how to treat each other from Kendra.

This book is intense! Dragons, betrayal, sanctuaries falling, characters dying, barrels and canoes, sacrifices, giant pearls, friends, enemies, everblooming flowers, and so much more! Does Seth figure out who he really is? Do Kendra and Seth get control of Wyrmroost? Does everyone work together to get the dragon sanctuaries back? Do they all stay safe? So many questions! Must.Read.This.Book! If you like Fablehaven and the first two Dragonwatch books, you need to read Master of the Phantom Isle!