As you might notice, I quickly got addicted to this series! Just finished book 5 - and especially enjoyed this one! Not 80% of travel again, but real progress for both of our main characters and crews - if the progress might not be for the good, it is another thing completely... It really was a step up again from the last two books, and I bought book 6-9 right away too now.

I've loved all of these book so far, but this one was my favourite. Excellent narration, as always.

Can I give this six stars? It's the best book in the series since His Majesty's Dragon, and I've enjoyed them all.No spoilers here, but I read this entire book with my heart in my throat. I came away thinking what an incredible commentary it was on how the right choice isn't necessarily the easy or popular one, and how making a moral decision can still exact an unbelievably high cost. I admire Novik so much for never taking the easy way out, for making her characters pay the consequences for th...

4.5 starsThere will be spoilers in this review for the last book in this series Empire of Ivory and the information the blurb on the back of this book provides.After being left on a bit of a cliffhanger in the last book I was relieved to finally have time to read this and find out about the consequences of Temeraire and Laurence's so called treason of preventing the slaughter of thousands of enemy dragons through poison. Temeraire and Laurence spend about I third of this book separated and it wa...

A stellar tale. Some fantastic battle scenes. And Laurence becomes a more real character, IMHO, as the consequences of his actions catch up with him.

So, at the end of Empire of Ivory, Laurence and Temeraire agree to commit treason to deliver a cure to a draconic plague to France -- Temeraire feeling that the lives of thousands of innocent dragons isn't worth victory of the war, and Laurence agreeing. Laurence then wishes to return to Britain, despite knowing he will be imprisoned or hanged for it, and Temeraire confined -- his own honor prevents him from staying in Europe, either as a French officer or a civilian. The book picks up several

Another excellent adventure for Temeraire and Laurence in which we see both much diminished as they have to deal with the unintended consequences of their actions in Empire of Ivory. No exotic climes in this instalment ; just a grey British winter to endure as the French invade Great Britain. Victory of Eagles is full of action and is a good deal grittier than the previous books, an aspect I really liked. The characterisations of both Temeraire and Laurence were both really well done as Temerair...

The circumstances were not ordinary. Laurence was a man already dead in law. After the way things ended in the last book for Laurence and Temeraire, I was a bit scared for them in the beginning of this one. This series proves that it’s not necessary to have romance as the main relationship between the characters in order for the story to be interesting.Friendship is an interesting relationship to explore in the books especially when it is between a human and a dragon. There was nothin

I enjoyed this installment of the Temeraire series, but I had to take a big break after book 4. This is the type of series that gets a little repetitive if you try to read the whole series at once, but it is still a great series that takes you to many different places in the world in the time of Napoleon. It is wonderful how well the fantasy element fits in with the history!

Another excellent installment, and a good in-betweener sort of book; Laurence and Temeraire spend the majority of the book dealing with the consequences of their actions in Empire of Ivory. Lien did make for a spectacular arrival toward the end, and Iskierka is unfortunately becoming something of an insufferable little brat. I adored her in Black Powder War and Empire but she truly seems to be wearing on Granby, which I'm not pleased about because I love him and he deserves all the good things.

With each book, I have a clearer understanding about what kind of series this is. I will never recommend this series to fantasy readers. If anything, I will recommend this series to historical fiction readers.Yes, there are dragons, a completely fantastical element that is the focal point in the storytelling. However, the dragons themselves have their own personalities and histories. The issues that occur in the story are military based and more in line with problems arising in historical fictio...

Out of the five Temeraire book I've read, this is my 2nd favorite (after book 1). Every time I read one of these books I fall in love with Temeraire all over again - best dragon ever! Not much else to say about it a this point -if you're considering reading Victory of Eagles, you already like the series.OH - PS - I love the narrator on the audiobook. He sounds exactly how I imagine Temeraire to sound.

4.5 Stars 🌟

Rating: 3* of fiveSeries books always run a big risk: They can feel "phoned in" or less than exciting to the writer; or they can feel place-holder-y, like the book is a bridge to the next one in the series, without an obvious and unique place in the series's created universe. A little of both happens here.I wasn't in any way doubting that Novik would take me back into Temeraire's alternative Earth with dispatch; she certainly did that. This is a writer who knows what mood she wants to create and...

This book is the 5th one in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. I found this a very enjoyable series. The little dragon is all grown up and working some things out on his own. His attachment to his human is still binding and very sweet. Speaking of his human, I really like Lawrence. Even with his British stiffness, he is easy to like and flexible to a certain extent. I think his personality plays well off of the other humans and even the dragons.

This book is 1/3 delight, 1/3 anxiety, and 1/3 'god, war is so stupid'.Delight: As much as I don't want Temeraire to ever be sad, and therefore am opposed to him being separated from Laurence, I really loved getting his POV in this book and getting to see him interact exclusively with other dragons. Not only does this broaden the portrayal of dragons as a whole, but it's fertile ground for him to develop and advocate for ideas of draconic rights, and with the gloves (talon sheaths?) off, make hi...

I made some pretty incredible noises when I opened this book and realized that I was getting TEMERAIRE'S POV -- but actually, oddly enough, that didn't end up being my favorite part of it! I wanted Temeraire's sections to be a little more distinct from Laurence's than they were, I think. I guess I'd just gotten so used to the idea that dragons think very differently from humans that I wanted that to be clearer in the narration.Laurence's enormous pit of despair at being a traitor was pretty fant...

Well, here we go. It definitely feels like we are getting close to the final stretch in this series. Victory of Eagles certainly has that “setting up for the endgame” feel to it, especially as the playing field starts to shift to equality, pretty much for the first time. England has always been reactive to Napoleon’s tactics and numbers, but we finally get a sense of strategy and forethought from our British military leaders (a nice switch).Picking up shortly where Empire of Ivory left off, we s...

Victory of Eagles is the fifth book in the Temeraire series. I really enjoyed this one, at least as much as the first book. Unlike the fourth book, there weren’t any niggling annoyances to distract me from a story that I had been otherwise enjoying. There was a small change in the storytelling format that I particularly loved. I’m going to put the rest of my review within spoiler tags so I can freely discuss some things in more detail.(view spoiler)[About half of the book is written from Temerai...

Naomi Novik continues her winning alternative history series with Victory of Eagles. For those fantasy fans who have not read any of her books, you should venture to the local library and get into the books because they are a wonderful combination of history and fantasy.In the last novel in this series, Laurence and Termeraire (his dragon) discovered a cure for an epidemic that was killing all of the dragons. Laurence brought a cure back to England but the lords decided in a little smallpox idea...