I'm a dragon-crazy person, and this... definitely satisfies, to say the least. I LOVE this series. My full review is here, on Hot Stuff for Cool People.
This was a great book. Temeraire follows Captain Will Laurence, naval officer aboard the Reliant during the Napoleonic Wars. He's well respected, well-liked and professional according to the standards of the time. That's until he captures a highly-prized dragon egg from a French frigate, and is fo...
OMG! Where has this been all my life? It’s like someone looked into my head and mixed together disparate things I love but would never put together. The time period and basic situations of Horatio Hornblower…and DRAGONS! As in thinking, talking dragons that work as an anachronistic, fantastical air ...
Fantasy is one of my favorite genres. It allows authors to show their creative and limitless imagination through their books. So naturally I picked it up, thought it looked good and read it. Honestly, it didn't disappoint. I thought this book was pretty good. It had likeable characters, interesting ...
Throw a dragon in any book, and you're sure to catch my attention. After that, the writing has to keep it. We are introduced to the Nopoleanic Wars set in a world where dragons are used for aerial combat. Of the various breeds, the Chinese produce the best and most prized. When such a dragon is se...
The Good:I think I'm developing a preference for black powder in my fantasy. I really loved this book. I found it difficult to put down, which is an increasingly rare occurrence for me. This I think was due mostly to the excellent characterization and the very sweet, very true friendship between Tem...
It took me a long time to get around to reading this, which is a shame, because it’s delightful. If you like historical fantasy at all, you’re almost certain to enjoy this book. Will Laurence is a captain in His Majesty’s Navy at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and it looks a lot like the Navy yo...
Admittedly, I think this series was just tailor-made for me. I'm a fan of Jane Austen's novels, of CS Forester's Horatio Hornblower books and of Anne McCaffrey's Pern, and this book (and series) has elements of all those works plus the delightfully unique. These books feature an alternate history of...
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