The reason why I decided to read this novel is solely because I loved the character design of the girl in the cover.
And as a collector I had to own all 3 volumes, and it certainly helps that this series is only 3 volumes because I don't think I would be able to keep reading much further.
In the surface, Dragon and the Ceremony seems like an interesting and unique fantasy story with a good mystery behind it. And I do agree that the first volume sets up a really good mystery story, one that I honestly haven't seen done in any other LNs before.
But I don't really think this novel needed a continuation. In my opinion the first volume is the best one and the other two are decent but not that great.
I think my main problem that I have, is that it was just a chore to get through this series, each novel felt like it was way bigger than it needed to be, but maybe it's just my attention span, because I know each chapter has a piece of the puzzle that will be later revealed in the end.
In terms of story the first volume is really good, it sets up this fantasy mystery about ancient Dragons and the main characters have to research if the myths are true.
It's honestly really good, but it seems the other two volumes just follow the exact same formula as the first one.
The main characters discover a legend or myth, they go to a town to investigate, and there they hear about rumors or ancient tales, and by the end they discover what's really going on.
That's pretty much all that this story has, yes the characters have interesting backgrounds and the novel goes deep into their characters but that's mostly what I enjoyed from this series.
I recommend this series for anyone who likes fantasy and mystery, but to anyone looking for a tale of heroes and action, this is not really it.
Overall it's a good story, it could just have been shorter.
