There’s no magic or magic systems, no mysterious relics or quests, no coming of age farm boy set out to save the world since this isn’t high fantasy dragons are the only fantastical elements here.Īnd the dragons in this world are intelligent and can communicate with their handlers and crew, and their interactions are really fun to read, or more accurately, really fun to hear Simon Vance read because he’s got a lovely voice and he has different voices for all of the characters, but the dragons’ voices are by far the best. Some of my favorite moments consist of Laurence and Temeraire talking about books, battle tactics and strategies. The pair bonded over a short period of time and grew to become a funny, sweet, interesting partnership by the end of the book. The story reimagines the Napoleonic War years from the perspective of Will Laurence, an English captain, formerly of the navy, currently of the air force, and the dragon Temeraire which he took from a captured French ship. It was more a case of bad timing when I picked it up, too much going on and not enough time or energy to spare and all that, but I made it through, with a lot of help from the audiobook which was superbly read by Mr. Not the book’s fault though since it’s perfectly fine and well written for a historical fiction. Simon Vance to the rescue once again as he saves another book for me that I would have set aside for another time or probably indefinitely.
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