Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have been a Pern fan since the early 90s, eagerly reading and re-reading every book that has been published but I am extremely disappointed with the quality of the series since Todd McCaffrey has taken over. I have kept reading, hoping for some improvement, thinking that things couldn't possibly get any worse but yet again with each new book I am proven wrong. With Dragongirl I felt like I was reading the perverted sex fantasy of a middle aged man. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a prude and I do enjoy romance and occasional smut in books from time to time, but not with 13-16 year old children as the very obvious focus. I determined that I would not buy another book by Todd but when Dragon's Time was published with his mother's name as co-author I decided it might not be quite so perverse and offensive. I have to admit, there wasn't as much obvious bed hopping and pubescent sex going on as in Dragongirl but that is the only thing to recommend this book. The plot was sketchy, following it was impossible and it stretched the imagination to the breaking point in the first two chapters. After that, nothing was believable. As long time Pern enthusiasts can attest, Anne McCaffrey has made several points very obvious in the original books and in her interviews... Watch Whers can't fly. Green dragons would never clutch even if they never chewed firestone. Gold dragons cannot digest firestore and cannot flame. Todd breaks every one of these ironclad rules and more in his books and takes Pern from a believable fantasy world to a farcical mess. If you love Pern, do yourself a favor and don't read this book. It will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.