Yeah, they're like her babies, and after what happened to her family, can you really blame her? I laughed during the part where the dragons fried those weird twins that stole them.
Ugh, my parents are sometimes even bigger nerds than I am about stuff like that. They get hooked on things like Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Battle Star Galactica, and several other things. Anyway, the book was alright as far as I read and there wasn't as much discrepancy as you'd think in comparison to the show. I think the show could fit in a bit more of the main plot, though, if there weren't so many sex scenes. I find most of them pretty unnecessary.