July Book Club discussion post

[writerlibrarian]

I hope you had fun reading Alternate history books.

This is the discussion post for all the books of this month.

Reviews and comments are encouraged.

The thematic for next month will be up later today.

Comments

Temeraire book 1 (no spoilers)

[writerlibrarian]

How much do I love this book? Does the fact that it only took half a day to get thru a hint. I haven't read any fantasy novel in a long time. Temeraire strikes a very good balance between the historical part (British - French wars Napoleon and Nelson) and the fantasy part : the dragons, the flying, the Corps. The family being born with Temeraire and his Navy Captain is wonderful to watch. The main character is an outsider being thrown in a world he doesn't know makes it easy for the reader to care, whoop, cry and cheer at the many twists and turns the story takes.