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Original Title:	Aerie
ISBN:	075640391X (ISBN13: 9780756403911)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Dragon Jousters #4

Aerie (Dragon Jousters #4)

Mercedes Lackey

Hardcover | Pages: 291 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 5454 Users | 121 Reviews

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Title	:	Aerie (Dragon Jousters #4)
Author	:	Mercedes Lackey
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 291 pages
Published	:	October 3rd 2006 by DAW Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Dragons. Fiction

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Four word summary: Better than I expected!

So while my wife, Millie, was in labour with our daughter, I read four books (it took a while). It's been a bit trickier to find time to get those four books reviewed since then (we also have a hyper toddler).

I doubt many people will read Aerie without having first read the preceding three books in the trilogy. I jumped straight in here because Millie was still reading book three, Sanctuary, so she'd bought this with her, and I needed something/anything to keep me distracted after finishing Deepness in the Sky.

For a young-adult story about dragons 'n' that, my expectations weren't high.
But you know what? It's not bad at all!

Books 1 and 2 are very good (I'm reliably informed). Book 3 is pretty solid, but book 4 (this one) is the weakest of the series. If that's the case, I'm kind of tempted to read the whole series - except I'm not taking on any new series until I've cleared what I've got on my plate - because this was a pretty solid three.

This book follows a group of Jousters - dragon riders. I gathered enough from Aerie to fill in a lot of the backstory. Slave-boy finds a dragon egg, hatches it and raises it by hand. In doing so, he revolutionises the dragon-rearing and riding community - most dragons are caught fully grown and resist their human riders. He then plays his part in uniting two warring kingdoms against meddling evil mages, and wins the love of a high-born priestess who can talk to dragons (and became a Jouster). At some point there's also the founding of a new city and the discovery of an abandoned ancient system. Somewhere in that, Slave-boy also becomes Chief Jouster.

Which brings us to this story. What impressed me most, is the dragon-love, which shines brighter than the plot or the characters. The characters have all finished their main growth-arcs, and are settling into the day-to-day work of the plateau - good, but nothing special. The plot is a kind of post-trilogy tack-on that escalates too quickly, to try and out-do the previous climaxes, but doesn't have sufficient conflict points along the way to build enough momentum - instead it just ramps up abruptly. But the dragon-love is spot-on!

You know how young-teen girls can become enraptured with every aspect of horses? Riding, grooming, feeding, petting, mucking-out, training, etc, etc. The dragons are the horses, and taking them hunting, grooming, training, housing, etc - all these aspects of dragon-care seem to earn just as many lines as the adventures they go on together.

It's light. It's breezy. And I don't regret reading it - win!

After this I read: Hideous Creatures

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Four word summary: Better than I expected!So while my wife, Millie, was in labour with our daughter, I read four books (it took a while). It's been a bit trickier to find time to get those four books reviewed since then (we also have a hyper toddler). I doubt many people will read Aerie without having first read the preceding three books in the trilogy. I jumped straight in here because Millie was still reading book three, Sanctuary, so she'd bought this with her, and I needed something/anything

This book, along with the previous 3 was OK, the author tries but sadly for me just doesnt quite get there.... maybe more a set of books that are aimed at the young adult market, they were not sophisticated enough for me. And this 4th book climaxed and ended very abruptly. If you want a great set of Dragon books read the books by Robin Hobb which are rich, detailed, emotive and amazing.

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Always pick Mercedes Lackey!Compelling characters,well developed plots and interesting social constructs. Also knows sentence structure acnd grammer- an increasing rarity!Trust this author.

Nice ending to the series. This was a re-read for me, and still really fun.

Derivative and disappointing Borrowed Egyptian gods et al, only slightly disguised clingfire and pale copies of Pern dragons could not lift this book above the level of formulaic pot boiler.Lackey writes well and often plots well, but I could wish she knew her limits.