What an amazing author Deborah Cooke is. I just finished reading Flying Blind for the second time, and I loved it just as much, if not more, than the first go around. The writing flows so smoothly, the pace is steady from the onset, and then it picks up and never slows down. There wasn't a moment of boredom, and that isn't the easiest thing to come by. The setting for the story was very vivid. I could close my eyes and be there with Zoe and the gang. 
 Speaking of Zoe, she is one of my favorite protagonists in YA. Her voice is very real. She speaks and acts like a fifteen year old should speak and act. She is very funny, sarcastic. She does not hold back. When things take a turn for the crappy, she doesn't mope and whine about it. She takes action, and thinks things through. She makes mistakes, but she gets stuff right, too. She's tough. I love her to death. The other characters in the book are well written, with very distinct personalities. I knew who Nick was, and Garrett, Liam and Isabelle. They had strong voices as well, and they are fiercely loyal. They are a great group of friends. They work together, and it is fun to see. The love interest, Jared was a great character as well. We didn't really get to know him too well in this book, but what I did get to see I really liked and I hope there is more of him in Winging It. 
 All in all, I think this book completely deserves the five stars that I gave it, and I do not have a doubt that books two and three, Winging It and Blazing the Trail, will be just as worthy of those stars. Take a chance with this series. If you didn't like dragons before, Flying Blind will light a fire for you! (Hehe. I am such a dork)