Each has a distinct personality, but unfortunately, those personalities are pretty much laid out in detail after about book four, so the series finishes up by shifting the scene and the similar scenarios (Laurence is disgraced, Laurence is reinstated, etc.) to exotic locales. That fatigue, if indeed it existed, comes partly from the two protagonists, William Laurence and Temeraire, the intelligent dragon. In fact, Novik herself seemed a little tired of the setup (which also involved some alternate history) by the end and wrote a wonderful fantasy, “Uprooted,” before finishing up the Temeraire series. Those who haven’t read all the books (think Patrick O’Brian’s “Aubrey and Maturin” series, with an air war added in), though, are better served by beginning with volume one, “Her Majesty’s Dragon,” and shouldn’t fear stepping aside when the series is no longer that much fun.
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