It's a fun, different read. The series never won any awards, it's not that type of book, but I'm still sorry the author passed away after only 4 books. There's a lot of urban fantasy out there that's samey, and this one at least tried something different.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You know, for someone who loves fantasy, I don't think I have read many books about dragons. Would love to give it a try. Can you confirm if the books end in a cliffhanger or not?

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don't recall if this series does or doesn't, it's been a VERY long while since I last read it and I just started with the first.

My favorite "dragon" series has always been the Dragonriders of Pern, although that's sci-fi in fantasy clothing, and it also hasn't aged very well.

But some other "dragon" series are Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (which has some homages to the Dragonriders of Pern), Patricia C. Wrede's "Talking to Dragons" which is a part of her Enchanted Forest series (which targets a younger crowd and I also don't recall how it's aged). Melanie Rawn did a Dragon Prince trilogy and a Dragon Star trilogy, which were very good--but again I haven't reread them recently so I might see them differently if I read them today.

Robin Hobb's Farseer universe has dragons as a part of it, although she handles it in a very different way than most series do and it's subtle until the later books in the series.

I wish I had some good "this is finished AND has aged well" recs, but I honestly haven't read any dragon-centric things published recently. They might be out there, I'm terribly behind in my reading.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

I have read Robin Hobb. The first trilogy in Farseer universe at least, and I think I read a couple of Dragonriders of Pern when I was a kid.

Thanks for all the recommendations!