Prepare yourselves for many short book reviews because I have to read 33 more books to reach 1,000 on my read-list and I'm ready to knock that out.
So, here we go. Book 1/33. [1] A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
It's pretty much what it says on the tin: A naturalist's look at dragons. Oh sure, there's a little drama and some plot, but I'm thinking that's not really what Brennan wanted to write about. She wanted to write about science and taxonomy and discovery, and she did.
It was...fine. Not really my taste, but the dragon-lore and dragon-science were well put together.
Mostly it made me realize I'm getting tired of female protagonists who don't fit the social mold of the times - instead they are BRAZEN and SMART and PRAGMATIC. Just...give me a girl who likes to knit sometimes, y'know? Credit where it's due though, this protag had a little bit more social understanding, and realized she really couldn't be effective if she eschewed conventions entirely.
The illustrations were pretty.
xo,
Devo
[1] Yes, I know it's a totally random number. Sometimes life doesn't fit neatly into boxes.
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