Jennifer, when I first heard about these books on the Regency yahoo chat group list, I thought the same thing. And what’s even better is that Novik’s execution of her idea is wonderful. After reading these books, I almost believe that dragons were an every day part of the Regency.

I thought some parts with the baby girl dragon were cute, but I’m worried she’ll turn into something like Simi in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter series. That character works my last nerve, and I’d hate to see this series derailed by twee.

I’m looking forward to buying the fourth book when it comes out. Her writing style is interesting — and very, very different from much of what’s on the market right now. I think we can safely say that each book has more semicolons by a long shot than any fiction published in the last ten years. :-) I’ve been in a huge reading slump this year, so I was very happy to discover a new author whose books I enjoy and can recommend to friends.