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Blood of Dragons

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Avita Jay
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The final instalment of Robin Hobb’s Sunday Times best-selling series The Rain Wild Chronicles.

Dragon blood and scales, dragon liver and eyes and teeth. All required ingredients for medicines with near-miraculous healing powers. The legendary blue dragon Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon’s poet Selden Vestrit.

If Tintaglia perishes, her ancestral memories will die with her. And the dragons in the ancient city of Kelsingra will lose the secret knowledge they need to survive. Their keepers immerse themselves in the dangerously addictive memory-stone records of the city in the hope of recovering the Elderling magic that once allowed humans and dragons to co-exist. In doing so they risk losing their own identities, even their lives.

And danger threatens from beyond the city, too. For war is coming: war between dragonkind and those who would destroy them.

 Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Dragons Mythology Military

Critic reviews

‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R. R. Martin

'Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination' Conn Iggulden

'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers… what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics' The Times
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This performance is much better than the previous version of this book which was so bad that I had to return it. However I have to point out that they are LIVE ships not liv ships.

Pronouncing

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The different pronunciation of words to the previous books takes some getting used to, but you do after a while. What is unforgivable, to me anyway, is the lack of any pause between scenes, not even a breath! This tends to lose you for a moment until you can realise that it's not the same people talking or doing something, or you're suddenly in a different city altogether.
Wouldn't it be nice if all the books in a series were narrated by the same person.

Narrator annoying

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My gripe was that the space interval between the end of chapters or when changing scenes was very quick. It needs to be lengthened ever so slightly to act as an unconscious nod to a chapter change.
My other grip is that I was enjoying this story so much I didn’t want it to finish. Really enjoyed it. My four star overall was because of the lack of being able to identify when a chapter ends or starts from the reading.

Excellent pacy story. Holding your attention

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If you listen to a lot of audio books, then go for it. I didn't like rhat in a series that the story develops very slow, suddenly the end which should have been epic, was obviously rushed! You can't spend chapters and chapters analysing daily routines and love life of the characters (which isn't necessarily bad), and at the end give just a quick one to tell about what every one was waiting for... I get that Robin hob wanted to probably show the superiority of dragons, but at least, make it a bit spicier.
Also, why the change of narrators?
last one was more to the point but no pause between changes in paragraphs?

Anyway, not bad. I like the series so far and I enjoyed listening to the Rainwild Chronicles, but in comparison, it was the weakest series of the Realm of the Elderlings

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My Rating for the performance goes to the whole Series for changing the narrators.
The Last one was the best in my opinion, comparing to the others.

Not bad, but not great either

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What a absolutely fantastic conclusion, Blood of Dragons delivers to this epic series The Rain Wild Chronicles, this series is the stuff of every fantasy fans dreams. Every book from the farseer trilogy to this has captured my imagination from the beginning has just blown me away with the authors amazing storytelling. Robin Hobb creates characters and places and time lines that just capture your heart and soul. Her characters are so relatable, you feel every event, hardship and the emotional roller coaster Robin Hobb takes you on with them is just incredible. Words leap out of the page so well that it' feels more and more like watching a movie then reading. The only thing I disliked and disheartened me was having to put the book down. After finding the mythical dragon city of Kelsingra the dragons and their dedicated band of keepers can at last call a place home. The dragons have finally learned to use their wings and are growing into their graceful regalness. Their humans too are changing. As the mystical bonds with their dragons deepen our band of misfits have begun transforming into beautiful Elderlings that mirror the features that complement the dragons they serve. When a dragon is at deaths door by those who's greed for dragon flesh, this time it's personal and its time to go to war. Just brilliant, love the mixing of old and new characters between The Liveship Traders and The Rain Wild Chronicles. I very highly recommend, Now for the final Trilogy Fitz And The Fool, the bloody excitement....😁🐉💙🔥

Epic Goodness.

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