diffyqgirl 's review for:

Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik

4.0

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I really dislike plague books as a general principle (nothing against the book itself, that's just a personal bias). However I managed to enjoy this anyways because of the really interesting way that the book handles colonialism. The book does a good job of walking the line between making Laurence's views not feel too inauthentic for his time and upbringing, and making them palatable to a 21st century reader. History goes rather differently when dragons are involved... :)

Laurence and Temeraire continue to be delightful.