Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
This is the first book in The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and I would say that it's generally aimed at pre-teens/teenagers, but I don't see why that should stop anyone reading it.
The story follows Princess Cimorene (pronounced Chi-mor-een, according to Google Translate) who is bored with her traditional royal life, and what's deemed as "proper", in common terms, she's a tomboy. So, she runs away to live with dragons.
These aren't typical dragons, they're not seemed as evil. These are clever dragons, logical, each has their own characters.
There is a wonderful undercurrent of humour running through this book, and a great use of language. The characters could be fleshed out, though I imagine this happens over the course of the books, but I find the characters very likeable.
The advantage of this being a book aimed at teenagers, is that it's not overly complicated. you can simply read, put it down and pick it back up without too much thought of who-what-when-where-how-when?
Peace, love and all that jazz. xo
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