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Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin
Buddy read with my wonderful friend, Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* =)

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****I reckon' I'm going to be spoilery!****

Once again I'm going to say, "Why did it take me so long to read this?" I love finding these little gems that I have had around FOREVER!

I fell right in love with Temeraire! And I love Laurence and his love for Temeraire, he really knew how to take care of his dragon! I want one too dang it. ❤

Laurence was a captain on a Naval ship when they found a French ship with an egg on it. Well, of
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Theresa
I loved it! It is exactly the type of fantasy that actually draws me: adventure, set in a reasonably recognizable historic past, and with minimal magic, sorcery, imaginary creatures. I can't wait to read the remaining series!

It is the Napoleonic Wars some months before Trafalgar, and HM Captain Laurence of the Royal Navy has not only captured a French warship and its dragon egg cargo, but inadvertently bonded with the dragonette when it hatches, naming him Teremaire after a great French man of w
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The Napoleonic War is the framework for this fantastical adventure tale that includes not only naval battles, but air combat aboard dragons. A French frigate is captured by a British ship, and among the spoils is a dragon egg – one that is about to hatch. Unfortunately, a newly hatched dragon must be harnessed immediately, and the person who harnesses the beast is forever bound to it. As luck would have it Captain Will Laurence is the person the dragon chooses to be his master, which means leavi ...more
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