![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His reactions to female aviators, the tension between him and Riley over the slave trade. Naomi Novik has done her research thoroughly - not just the period-specific cultures of each country and continent they visit in each book, but the more ordinary cultural details that form Laurence’s world. Such utterly devoted love and co-dependence, with a healthy degree of strong protectiveness - it will do me in any day of the week.Īlso, I am a complete sap for historical fiction written this well. Principally this is due to Laurence and Temeraire’s relationship (as well as the relationship between nearly every other captain and his/her dragon). Like only a half-dozen other series’ worlds that I’ve encountered since my childhood, I literally want to crawl inside and seal up the exit after me. If it were possible to pour their contents into something that could envelop me bodily, like a bathtub of tapioca pudding, I would strip off all my clothing and wallow in it during every free hour I had. I am in no way prepared to write formal reviews of Temeraire books, particularly the second and third. ![]()
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