A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir of Lady Trent
Marie Brennan
978-0765331960
Alternate-Europe Fantasy of Manners/Exploration
This was an amazing book. I sincerely hope that "Lady Trent" continues to document her adventures in the pursuit of scientific advances on the subject of dragons (and that she does NOT continue to suffer the same losses *sniffle* in said pursuit).
Absolutely pitch perfect. The sparklings, the early adventures, the strictures of society, the culture shock, the descriptions and events, the DRAGONS... marvelous.
The ONLY slight objection I have is that the pace picks up ALARMINGLY in the last 5th, moving nearly instantly from businesslike mystery investigation to a disturbingly brisk "chase/resolution/flash-forward/sequel teaser/THE-END" *pant-pant.* Considering the important events occuring in said time-period, I felt a bit at a loss to absorb and process each event before being rushed along to the next.
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