A review by noranne
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

4.0

I was rather meh on the first book, but I am glad that I opted to continue because I enjoyed this one much better. It was a quick read with interesting themes on cultural relativism, self determination, and friction between friends/allies. Laurence is much more bearable in this book, and Temeraire continues to mature but is still pretty childish. The proposed solution seemed obvious to me from the start, but there were a couple unexpected wrinkles that kept it from being too predictable.