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Dragons of Pemberley by Maria Grace
#10 Jane Austen’s Dragons
Gaslamp Fantasy
Publisher: White Soup Press
Published: 4.27.22
Pages: 451
Rating: 4.5 stars
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
Sellers: Amazon
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Homecomings never live up to
expectations.
After a visit to London that nearly cost her everything,
Lady Elizabeth Darcy, Dragon Sage, desperately needs the solace of her country
home, Pemberley. Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy, knight of the Pendragon Order and
Keeper to Pemberley, counts the minutes until Pemerbley's walls protect his
family once more.
Their homecoming cannot happen soon enough.
Pemberley and its substantial population of minor dragons
welcomes them home with open arms. But those open arms contain more than happy
dragons.
Unexpected problems plague the estate and surrounding
county. Dragon-sized problems. Problems that might be too big for even the
Dragon Sage.
A fresh new gaslamp fantasy adventure in the engrossingly
intricate world of Jane Austen’s Dragons. Anne McCaffrey meets Jane Austen
perfect for dragon lovers and Regency-era fans alike.
Sophia Rose's Review:
After the stunning events of the last
dragon adventure and political intrigue within the Blue Order, Elizabeth Darcy,
the Dragon Sage, and her family are ready for a rest on their home estate. But, with dragons, nothing is ever easy so
the troubles begin nearly from the moment of their arrival. Maria Grace has penned a complex and
fantastic secret world of dragons blended with the Regency world of Jane
Austen’s novels. Detailed background and
twisting suspenseful plots are de rigeur and I was eager to make my curtsey to
the latest installment in the series.
Dragons of Pemberley is the tenth
entry in a closely tied series of Gaslamp fantasy books full of romance and
adventure. These are best read in order
and definitely this latest is a tough place to jump in and catch onto who and
what is going on.
The Darcys, Elizabeth’s sister Lydia,
Fitzwilliam’s cousin Richard, and a grumpy gentleman from the Blue Order
Secretary’s Office arrive with their entourage of servants and dragon
companions at Pemberley for a rest and time to see to estate matters. They discover that all is not in order or
well since poachers have attacked a dragon on the estate and the estate dragons
are unsettled by this and more. If that
weren’t enough, the Secretarial rep wants to conduct audits on Pemberley estate
and Matlock where Richard’s bitter, jealous older brother is keeper and Cownt
Matlock is in a fine pelter about the intrusion. Oh, and Elizabeth’s mother is screeching to
the heavens about Elizabeth’s neglect toward her and her other sisters and
Kitty has a questionable beau Darcy must suss out.
There are lots of plot threads, but
they are easily followed. I enjoyed the
secondary main plot thread with Lydia and Richard on a mission for the Order to
discover who is behind the increased activity of the poaching of dragon parts
and dragons in Derbyshire. Also, it was
fun seeing little fire dragon Pemberley growing up and establishing herself as
the main estate dragon much to Elizabeth’s consternation since the Dragon Sage
is struggling not to see Pemberley as the little dragon baby she helped since hatching. In truth, Elizabeth is struggling under the
need to delegate to willing and capable help as well as get past her pain in
never being enough for either mother or father.
Darcy quietly is there to support her even when she is mad at him.
The mystery of who is doing the dragon
poaching and working with unethical apothecaries was exciting. There were some good twists. I had part of it right, but still got some good
surprises along the way. With this
suspenseful part of the plot, the dragon politics and fascinating new dragons
to meet along with the human characters growing and learning to work together
and work on their relationships, I was enthralled as usual and had a sad sigh
to be finished with the book.
Thankfully, there are several more books in the series to draw me in and
captivate me. Gaslamp fantasy fans who
like an intricate dragon world don’t want to miss this series.
Author Bio:
Six time BRAG
Medallion Honoree, #1 Best-selling Historical Fantasy author Maria Grace has
her PhD in Educational Psychology and is a 16-year veteran of the university
classroom where she taught courses in human growth and development, learning,
test development and counseling. None of which have anything to do with her
undergraduate studies in economics/sociology/managerial studies/behavior
sciences. She pretends to be a mild-mannered writer/cat-lady, but most of her
vacations require helmets and waivers or historical costumes, usually not at
the same time.
She writes
gaslamp fantasy, historical romance and non-fiction to help justify her
research addiction.
She stumbled into
Jane Austen fan-dom in the mid ’90s with Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility
film, having somehow graduated HS without ever having read Austen. It was only
a short leap then to consume all of Austen’s works, in all their various media
forms. In the hopes of discovering more works by Austen, she stumbled into the
fan fiction forums, which naturally led to asking ‘What if…’ herself. Thirty
books later, she still asks that question.
With over
16 years of experience in teaching and public speaking, she is available
for workshops, book groups, speaking engagements and consulting assignments.
Please email for further details.
She can be
contacted at: author.MariaGrace@gmail.com
Website:
https://randombitsoffascination.com/
Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia
is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing,
piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments,
restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible
man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes
Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and
Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that
Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a
prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many
wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading
tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and
romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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I love what I've read of this series but I'm only on the 4th book.
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Things really started taking off after the first few. I'm excited to do this series for my SIAM pick this month and get caught up.
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