• League of Dragons

  • Temeraire Series, Book 9
  • By: Naomi Novik
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,900 ratings)

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League of Dragons

By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Naomi Novik delivers the final adventure in a New York Times best-selling series that has won fans of Napoleonic-era military history, Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, and Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures. Since His Majesty's Dragon, Captain William Laurence and his fearless dragon, Temeraire, have been battling Napoleon and his armies...and now the time has come to stop him for good.

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Feed the birds...

3.5 stars, with a value added five-star narration. Thus endeth the storied glories of Temeraire the Celestial Dragon and his most honorable companion, Captain Laurence. And thus endeth Napoleon's relentless pursuit of world domination.

A fairly good story. Many of my hopes came true, even though I wasn't completely satisfied. I love this dragon! Enjoyed the clever strategies Laurence employed to feed and motivate and discipline the hungry dragons, both the small ferals and the heavyweight Russians. Enjoyed seeing Laurence win the full approval of his peers in Europe, including Czar Alexander and General Bloucher (thus forcing the British Admiralty to play nice).

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The pacing is uneven. Important scenes are skipped over in a paragraph while trivia goes on too long. For example, the duel and subsequent recuperation went on and on, yet went nowhere. The "beautiful and marriageable peasant girl" scenes just did not fit.

The writing began well but became choppy, skipping right over key scenes. Temeraire never got to have his final showdown with the albino celestial, Lien. Where did that key scene go? The final battle (the alternate Waterloo) was curtailed and Laurence was cheated out of a solid gold honorable victory by politics — by two disgraceful but well-connected captains, and by Hammond, Talleyrand, and Meternich.

Strangers take central stage! I'd have MUCH rather spent time with key characters from prequels, both dragons and humans. It made little sense for Laurence to get a new crew at this point in the series — and for the most critical battles ever. He was assigned to lead some contemptuous but politically secure fools (captains Poole and Wendell). We saw almost nothing of Maximus and Lily and the old formation.

Tharkay disappeared from the text for a long time. Ferris's character arc simply stopped midstream. Was his name cleared? Demaine got mentioned a few times in passing, but his brother Sipho was completely excluded. Instead, we were treated to ANOTHER boring scene with Edith, the vapid woman who dumped Laurence in book 1.

Temeraire and Iskierka's egg hatched but I was disappointed in the dragonet Ning, despite her fearsome abilities.

Still, I enjoyed the book. Novik created a sense of sympathy for Napoleon (a feat!) and managed to maintain some slight credibility in terms of historical accuracy.

Yet so many loose ends: The Dragons Rights Act needs to be fleshed out and fully realized. Laurence and Temeraire need a place of their own. What will this valiant dragon do next? Gaze at sheep? The series does not feel finished. A global League of Dragons is only embryonic at this point.

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Satisfying end to a wonderful story

Naomi has brought us to a wonderful conclusion at the end of a inspired series. The books action ebbs and flows well, neatly tying up loose ends. The story has a satisfactory and neat ending. I am sad to see Temeraire coming to a close I have immensely enjoyed this series and will definitely pick it up again to enjoy the banter of dragons. I hope we get to see more of temeraire in the future even though this chapter is closed. The book does not linger in port as it were taking the reader on unexpected adventures. The combat does not drag on incessantly and this allows the reader to take a broader view of the state of Europe. I defiantly recommend this book to any that have enjoyed the series and highly recommend the series as a whole. I can't wait to see what Naomi thinks up next!

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Satisfying conclusion to a wonderful series

I have thoroughly enjoyed every book in this series, and this final installment lives up to the expectations set by its predecessors. The books are wonderful and the narration is superb. Top marks.

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LOVE this narration!

I lived reading the books but I really enjoyed listening to the audio books!
it brings a while other level of enjoyment.
I literally was laughing out loud in my car at some of the antics and dragon conversations. My only disappointment is I don't have another installment to listen to.

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A delightful end to the series.

Kind of a slow starter, including some unnecessarily random events. And the transition from Part 1 to Part 2 was a bit clunky and forced. By the end, though, I didn't mind so much. The dragons are as charming as ever and Lawrence as frustrating - poor guy. He's still a cross between Horatio Hornblower and Lord Ramage at heart and ends up having to play politics... and being good at it, too.

It was good to see some old favorites again - Jane Roland provides a hilarious "outside view" of Lawrence's antics and character, and Tharkay once again has exactly what Lawrence needs. Even Hammond manages to make himself useful. All in all a satisfying finale, even if it wasn't as strong as some of the earlier books.

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Great story

The only issues I had is that it felt like the author had to cut back the book, and chose the most important parts to do it with instead of parts that didn't have any real substance to the overall story. Side characters that were being fleshed out disappeared completely in this book which was disappointing, and due to the story leaving an unskilled butchers block feel it more feels like the story has another book along the way instead of a resolution. I'd love to have another whole series with their troubles with parliament, with exploration and seeing side characters brought to a close, a nice wrapping up addendum sort of book. I really didn't like the whole skipping over the end scene with nepolian and the albino celestial dragon, which would've given this a way better closing feeling, but I guess the author wanted to give it a lingering feeling.
Overall, highly enjoyed the story.

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Awesome series!

So sorry and sad to see this is the last book in the series. Will, Temeraire, and their supporting characters have made this a joy to read/listen to. I will sincerely miss these characters and stories. Crossing my fingers for another book someday. Awesome series!

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Sad to see it end

One of my favorite book series.
Took me forever to finish because my reading it because my reading time evaporated in recent years but, I’m glad to finally finish it.

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A wonderful ending to a favorite series

Finally an author who not only finishes their epic series, but does so thoughtfully with a satisfying conclusion.

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Marvelous final installment of a thrilling epic series

I came to the Temeraire Series after reading Novik’s UPROOTED (winner of the Nebula, Locus, and Mythopoeic awards) and SPINNING SILVER (winner of the 2019 Locus Award).

Only then did I search out her earlier work, discovered the Temeraire series, and fell in love. Novik’s world-building here overlays the fantasy of sentient dragons (many far more intelligent and well-spoken than humans) onto real history. Through its many volumes, I traveled the world and re-discovered the Napoleonic wars, the thousands-year-old Chinese empire, the horrors of the slave trade, the Incan civilization, the first of western encroachment on Australia—all through the eyes and sensibilities of both dragons and humans. It’s a fantastic journey.

And I can’t leave without saying thank you to Simon Vance, one of my two or three favorite narrators on Audible. He is, as always, perfect.

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