Blood of Dragons audiobook

Check out my YouTube channel where I show my instant reactions to reading fantasy books as soon as I finish the book. An absolutely wonderful read. By far the best book in the Rain Wild Chronicles sub-series, and one of the best books in the entire Realm of the Elderlings seriesAs I went into this book, I had some major trepidation. This sub-series of the Rain Wild Chronicles has been my least favorite in the Realm of the Elderlings series, and has repeatedly been criticized by fans of the series. I thought the 3rd book in this series was good, but the 2nd book was one of the worst books I have ever read - and when I read the top reviews on goodreads for this 4th book I had to scroll down to find any 5 star reviews. But what I read pleasantly shocked me, as this book was an absolutely amazing conclusion to this story arc and on it's own was a tremendously enjoyable read. The problem with the previous books for me has been that their pace has been too slow, and there was too much of a focus on teenage romance. And while the teenage romance did exist in this book, it was toned down to an acceptable degree, and the pace was greatly expanded - at times being blisteringly fast and difficult to put down.Without spoiling anything, the Rain Wild Chronicles has been about the epic journey of newborn dragons who are extremely malformed and appear to be destined to die early deaths. There is a King of a rival country who is dying and needs dragon parts in order to get healthy again, so he is chasing these dragons as they go on a quest to find a new home. And the journey of the dragons has involved outcast humans who are helping the dragons to both find this new home, and to find their own place in a world that despises them. All of these storylines come to extremely pleasant conclusions in this series and make the journey, while a rough road at times, well worth it. At one point I suggested that people may want to skip these books and simply read a synopsis of them to move onto the other books that are so highly rated, but you would be doing yourself a tremendous dis-service by doing that.

Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicle,#4 Ream of the Elderlings,#13) by Robin HobbA shadowy future awaits for the protagonists. Nothing is sure. After all, the dragons and their keepers managed to reach the mythical city of Kelsingra. But they have ended up in a world that echoes endlessly with a long history. Moreover, they need to search for specific medicine to heal dragons. And greedy humans are hunting the dragon's body part. The story is filled with full of dangers that lead to unbelievable adventures. A lot of characters in this series and Hobb brilliantly handled them. This series is far better than I expected and has a satisfactory conclusion for the series. Humans could never accept the world as it was and live in it. They were always breaking it and living amongst the shattered pieces. Entertaining.

Definitely not my favourite series in the Realm of The Elderlings but Blood of Dragons was my favourite book in the Rain Wild Chronicles overall.This series ultimately just didn't have as many characters that I loved as I'm accustomed to from Robin Hobb and the latter books in the series felt disjointed, cutting away from the bulk of the action in most cases.I did enjoy the reappearance of some of the characters from Liveship Traders but it then felt like the book was taking on too much, making it feel further disjointed.I did still have a good time with this one, just in comparison to the rest of Robin Hobb's books, it fell short for me.

Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles #4), Robin HobbBlood of Dragons is a fantasy novel by USA writer Robin Hobb, the fourth and final book in The Rain Wilds Chronicles. Previous novel: City of Dragons.The dragons and their dedicated band of keepers have at last found the lost city of Kelsingra. The magical creatures have learned to use their wings and are growing into their regal inheritance. Their humans, too, are changing. As the mystical bonds with their dragons deepen, Thymara, Tats, Rapskal, and even Sedric, the unlikeliest of keepers, have begun transforming into beautiful Elderlings raked with exquisite features that complement and reflect the dragons they serve. ...تاریخ نخستین خوانشعنوان: خون اژدهاها (اژدهایان) (وقایع وحشی باران کتاب چهارم)؛ نویسنده رابین هاب؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21مدنباله ی کتاب پیشین است؛ اژدهایان و گروه نگهبانان ویژه ی آنها، شهر گمشده ی «کلسینگرا» را، پیدا کرده اند؛ موجودات جادویی یاد گرفته اند، تا از بالهای خویش استفاده، و در حال تبدیل شدن به وراثت سلطنتی خویش هستند؛ انسانهای آنها نیز، در حال دگرگونی اند؛ با ژرفتر شدن پیوندهای عرفانی آنان با اژدهایان، «تیمارا»، «تاتس»، «راپسکال» و حتی «سدریک»، که ناهمانندترینِ از نگهبانان است، بدل به پیرمردهای بسیار زیبایی میشوند، که دارای ویژگیهای دلپسندی هستند، و انگار مکمل و منعکس کننده ی اژدهایانی میباشند، که به آنها خدمت میکنند؛ ...؛تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 03/03/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

4.5 stars- My favorite final book in a Hobb series. I officially am not here for RWC hate

I really enjoyed this book while I was reading it, but once it was done I just found it to be a bit underwhelming, which is something I'd never say about any of Robin Hobb's other trilogy endings. The writing is classic Hobb, where it is incredibly enjoyable to read and all of the characters are completely unique and entertaining. There's also a bit of character torture going on here, but it's really only one character, as all of the other good main characters have it pretty easy in Blood of Dragons (which is surprising considering Hobb's track record). The one thing I didn't love about the character development (everything else was great) was that Hobb had a strong tendency in this book to pair up all of the human and dragon characters together like a matchmaker. I'm sure that it's bound to happen when a group of young people (and dragons) go on an adventure and start a new settlement, but it felt a little forced at times. The story for Blood of Dragons is pretty basic, where the dragons and new elderlings continue to grow/change and they have to deal with the threat to all dragonkind from Chalced. That's basically it beyond all of the different character interactions and development. I expected a bigger climax from the confrontation with Chalced, but because of the chosen viewpoints and the style of storytelling for this section, which mostly occurs with a character recollecting what happened at a later date, it was just a bit of a letdown. Still, the events in this book have really changed the world, and the future books by Robin Hobb could be very interesting. If you've read the previous books in The Rain Wilds Series, you should definitely read The Blood of Dragons, as it does pretty nicely tie all of the different plotlines in a knot. However, I'd defintely advise a new reader to start with Hobb's Farseer or Liveship Trilogies.

Things can be broken, or lost. All a man can keep for certain are the things in his mind and heart. Apasionante final de serie. Tiene partes que me parecieron insustanciales, algunas que son bastante aburridas, no obstante, hay otras que son muy buenas. Afortunadamente, estas últimas son las que conforman la mayor parte del libro. Satisfactorio cierre para esta saga de transición. ¡Ahora a reencontrarme con Fitz!

4.75 starsngl this is such a comfort series for me now

Throughout this series, Robin Hobb took a slightly different approach. Without differing much from her well-known style, which relies more on the description and development of the characters than on the plot itself, she preferred to write more concisely and thus give the books a somewhat faster pace. In this way, he gave us a story with emotional depth but at the same time very fascinating.As always, she created multidimensional and true characters that in her own magical way come to life in front of us and make us love or hate them. In this, I especially like the role that dragons play in the story. I feel as if they were used to explain in a symbolic way the motives and actions of humans. And by themselves of course they give another tone to the whole series with the very interesting interaction they have with each other.To say something special about the last part, I think it ideally closes all the issues that arose and makes us close the book feeling satisfied. An excellent ending of a very beautiful tetralogy that kept my interest undiminished from the beginning to the end.Σε όλη αυτή τη σειρά η Robin Hobb ακολούθησε μία ελαφρώς διαφορετική προσέγγιση. Χωρίς να διαφοροποιηθεί ιδιαίτερα από το γνωστό της στυλ που βασίζεται περισσότερο στην περιγραφή και στην ανάπτυξη των χαρακτήρων παρά στην ίδια την πλοκή, προτίμησε να γράψει περισσότερο περιεκτικά και να δώσει έτσι στα βιβλία έναν κάπως πιο γρήγορο ρυθμό. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο μας έδωσε μία ιστορία με συναισθηματικό βάθος αλλά ταυτόχρονα και ιδιαίτερα συναρπαστική.Όπως πάντα δημιούργησε χαρακτήρες πολυδιάστατους και αληθινούς που με το δικό της μαγικό τρόπο ζωντανεύουν μπροστά μας και μας κάνουν να τους αγαπήσουμε ή να τους μισήσουμε. Σε αυτό μου αρέσει ιδιαίτερα ο ρόλος που παίζουν οι δράκοι στην ιστορία. Νιώθω σαν να χρησιμεύσανε για να εξηγήσουν με ένα συμβολικό τρόπο τα κίνητρα και τις πράξεις των ανθρώπων. Και από μόνοι τους βέβαια δίνουν έναν άλλο τόνο σε όλη τη σειρά με την πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα αλληλεπίδραση που έχουν μεταξύ τους.Για να πω και κάτι ειδικά για το τελευταίο μέρος, νομίζω ότι κλείνει ιδανικά όλα τα θέματα που προέκυψαν και κάνει εμάς να κλείνουμε το βιβλίο νιώθοντας ικανοποιημένοι. Ένα εξαιρετικό τελείωμα μιας πολύ όμορφης τετραλογίας που μου κράτησε αμείωτο το ενδιαφέρον από την αρχή έως το τέλος.

I might have been a touch disappointed with the first three novels in this quartet - I found the characters less engaging than Hobb's usual fare, the plot was extremely slow moving, there was a love triangle of all things which just did not interest me, and there just generally didn't seem to be much going on.Luckily, I reckon this final installment was far more Hobb-y. Finally, there were lots of things happening, with a sense of drama and jeopardy which had been sorely lacking in the previous books. For the first time in this series, I genuinely cared about what would happen to some of the characters. While I still don't feel close to this series' protagonists, like Thymaria or Alise, some of the secondary and returning characters (Selden and Chassim!) really had me on the edge of my seat. The ending is good - a nice classic Robin Hobb ending which I'm very happy about because I can't wait to see how the huge dramas that happened at the end of this novel will affect the last Hobb trilogy. Overall, Hobb saved the best for last with this series and while it not's quite on the same level as her previous works, it's still enjoyable and I love how the world is expanding and growing.