A review by daumari
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

4.0

Stayed up late and finished this ~3 AM, whoops. The Lady Trent books have been on my to-read list for a while, and when I found one on remainder at the Book Bin, score! Marie Brennan blends the prose of a Victorian memoir (though definitely more readable) with similar-but-not-quite-Earth setting in which dragons exist but aren't very well understood due to rapid decomposition. A very quick read, absolutely gorgeous illustrations... am looking forward to the rest.