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Oct 24, 2012
Cora
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During the Napoleonic Era, a British Navy Captain and his crew conquer a French ship. After boarding the French vessel, they discover it was carrying an extremely valuable dragon's egg. When the egg hatches before the ship is able to return to England, the ship's captain must bond with the hatchling or risk losing the dragon for England. However, by doing so, the captain finds himself with no choice but to leave the Navy and join the Aerial troops. I really enjoyed reading this historical fantas
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It's not easy to choose an audiobook that my whole family wants to listen to:
--Husband, who rarely reads anything less than 100 years old
--Me, an easy date since I read everything
--A 12 year old boy, who wants action, fantasy, and a reasonably plot-driven narrative
--A 9 year old girl, who doesn't want too much action and cares a lot about characters and their inner feelings
This book was a perfect fit for the whole car for a long drive. I knew it was a success when different people kept asking to ...more
--Husband, who rarely reads anything less than 100 years old
--Me, an easy date since I read everything
--A 12 year old boy, who wants action, fantasy, and a reasonably plot-driven narrative
--A 9 year old girl, who doesn't want too much action and cares a lot about characters and their inner feelings
This book was a perfect fit for the whole car for a long drive. I knew it was a success when different people kept asking to ...more
Such a clever alternate history tale! There was no such thing as Aerial Corps during Napoleonic Wars IRL, of course, but in an alternate universe, there were dragons...
An exciting opening with the British Navy taking a French frigate as prize with a surprising find of a dragon egg on board. However, it is about to hatch with no land being in sight. The dragon must be harnessed immediately upon hatching, however, and so, with his sense of duty to country, Captain Will Laurence became the chosen h ...more
An exciting opening with the British Navy taking a French frigate as prize with a surprising find of a dragon egg on board. However, it is about to hatch with no land being in sight. The dragon must be harnessed immediately upon hatching, however, and so, with his sense of duty to country, Captain Will Laurence became the chosen h ...more
This was an interesting alternate history of WWII where the air force included fighting squadrons using dragons.
Loved the first half when it was more about exploring the new world for Laurence. I was less jazzed about the war-focused latter part. Turns out I don't like my dragons battling each other.
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4.5 stars I completely fell in love with Temeraire!!
Lexile 1030L
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18.0
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18.0
Aug 31, 2009
Arlene
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2009
Betty
marked it as dnf
Dec 13, 2009
Leigh Ann
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Dec 14, 2010
Yohanna Yuni
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Nov 18, 2013
Heather
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Jun 19, 2014
Micha
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