Did Not Enjoy

 When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

I really wanted to like this book, but I just didn't. Alex was understandable, her fears relatable. But I just did not enjoy this. Part of the reason is because her father was the literal worst, well her step mother might have been worse, but she was so small of a role that it's debatable. Someone should have called CPS. I understand the librarians reasoning for not, but then why didn't she do more to help Alex. And like Alex I was slow to forgive Aunt Marla. She was so selfish. Everyone let down Alex. Everyone. She did a marvelous job taking care of Beatrice and her fear of her dragoning was reasonable. I'm glad Alex finally got a happy ending; she got to study what she loved, she married a woman that made her happy, and she had her dragon aunties, but she was also the only adult in this story, and she was forced to be an adult for the majority of it. I know this is classified as fantasy, because dragons. But, it's also giving sci-fi because of how much study went into the dragons. There were people studying why and how women dragoned. It was very science focused. But, unfortunately, that did not help me enjoy it.