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Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik, book five of the Temeraire series. A historical fantasy series that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars in a world where sapient dragons exist, and each country has their own draconic air force as part of their military. It's tricky to talk about book 5 in a series without having a talk around the previous books, but I will say that I'm still enjoying the series.

I've read a few wrestling books and this was one of the better ones. It makes a good companion piece to Hitman providing a different angle to several events, wrestlers and territories covered in Bret Hart's book. As a criticism the general tone of the book is negative. Time is spent on numerous scandals and the book does not shy away from the grime of professional wrestling and the people within it.

Still good though!

Randin said:

Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik, book five of the Temeraire series. A historical fantasy series that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars in a world where sapient dragons exist, and each country has their own draconic air force as part of their military. It's tricky to talk about book 5 in a series without having a talk around the previous books, but I will say that I'm still enjoying the series.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the Temeraire series, I wish there were more like it (that were not complete trash). Book 6 was the only book that was a pain for me, primarily due to
I finished the latest book in the Cradle series, Bloodline last week. It... was a disappointment? Way too much time spent on things that detracted from the series and not enough focus on the characters that have made the series good. I would rate it at a 4/10, while all of the other books in the series have been 6/10 or 7/10. If you like 'progressive fantasy' and/or martial arts magic, the series as a whole is good.

I am now reading 'Dead Sea' by Tim Curran.