Dragon Haven

Volume Two of the Rain Wilds Chronicles

By: Robin Hobb

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

“A full master of the epic fantasy.”
—Tulsa World

One of the world’s most acclaimed fantasists, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to the world of her popular “Tawny Man” trilogy with Dragon Haven—the second book, following Dragon Keeper (“Imaginative, literate, and compassionate from first page to last” —Booklist) in an epic adventure about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears them. Hobb, whose Soldier Son Trilogy (Shaman’s Crossing, Forest Mage, Renegade’s Magic) has won raves from critics, fans, and peers alike, returns to the Rain Wilds with Dragon Haven, and readers of Raymond Feist, Terry Brooks, and Lois McMaster Bujold will eagerly follow.

A solid entry

Not one of my favorites but this is a good entry in the series and moves further than I expected in a lot of areas, while the main plot sort of meanders.

As always, Hobb's protagonist is both interesting and many layered. In this case Thymara has both physical and mental changes that are interesting to see unfold. I also really love the other characters and the push and pull of their relationships feels very true to life. Many authors try to neatly arrange their characters into molds but I like that Hobb's people really feel like people.

Not her best

Do not like the speaker. Bird keeper parts are not necessary. Too much Hest and Cedric.

Too many sexual scenes.

I really like the idea of the story but this book dwelt a lot on Cedric and I didn't enjoy his part. I felt the sexual scenes were gratuitous with him and others.

A little slow, but good

This is probably one of the first book from Hobb that I wasn't too overly excited about, but I did still like it. It just felt a little slow for me at times. Still loving the series and the world and absolutely am going to continue the series though. I really love how The Rainwild Chronicles is filling in some holes and answers from previous books.

I love this series

I have spent the last 15 years trying to find this series after reading it on my Kindle. I love this story so much I will definitely reread this again and again