His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire Series #1) by Naomi Novik
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Web ID: 14352488Great Read - Addictive
My wife bought the first book on a whim while on travel and now we've got the whole series. She's on book 3 now and very eager to read them all. Very well written and just draws you in. Great fantasy mixed with history.
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Superb Dragon Story
This book was so well written, told from the perspective of Captain Laurence as if he were speaking from his time period, so the language is very sophistocated. Took me a few pages to adjust to the language/sentence structure (after being used to our modern, lazy, 'slang' English), but once I got used to it, this book became just a treat. Much better as a debut novel than many others, the scenes - the people and the dragons, and the locations - came to mind in my imagination. I loved the conversation between Laurance and Temeraire, and how confused Temeraire was about the customs. The battle scenes were excellently described; the dragons we were introduced to each had their own personalities; and the tragic scenes were heartbreaking. I'm very glad there are 9 books in this series, and I can't wait to read them all.
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