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A review by kairosdreaming
League of Dragons by Naomi Novik
3.0
League of Dragons is the last book in Novik's Temeraire series. I've been reading the whole series, although I haven't reviewed the last few just because they themselves were formulaic (not a bad thing necessarily), and I felt like anything I had to say was repetitive.
But that being said, I wanted to have some thoughts to close out the series and so figured I'd weigh in on this book. The characters are still mostly delightful (Temeraire especially of course), the rewrite of history mostly compelling, and the war scenes and maneuvers still mostly tedious to read through.
I don't want to give spoilers but I was a bit dissatisfied with the ending. It seemed like a lot of lead up in the series just to kind of fizzle (at least for me). While I recognize that author may be leaving room to continue with the series in some way, at another time, I just wanted there to be more epilogue type information.
Regardless, I did enjoy the series overall and think it was a nice way to explore alternative history. Because who doesn't love a dragon?
Review by M. Reynard 2022
But that being said, I wanted to have some thoughts to close out the series and so figured I'd weigh in on this book. The characters are still mostly delightful (Temeraire especially of course), the rewrite of history mostly compelling, and the war scenes and maneuvers still mostly tedious to read through.
I don't want to give spoilers but I was a bit dissatisfied with the ending. It seemed like a lot of lead up in the series just to kind of fizzle (at least for me). While I recognize that author may be leaving room to continue with the series in some way, at another time, I just wanted there to be more epilogue type information.
Regardless, I did enjoy the series overall and think it was a nice way to explore alternative history. Because who doesn't love a dragon?
Review by M. Reynard 2022