City of Dragons

Executive Summary: Much like [b:The Dragon Keeper 4703450 The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1330079386s/4703450.jpg 4767778], this book is a lot of setup, but I still enjoyed it albeit probably the least of the series so far.Full ReviewThe Rain Wild Chronicles should really be a Duology rather than a four book series. This was obvious with [b:The Dragon Keeper 4703450 The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1330079386s/4703450.jpg 4767778] and [b:Dragon Haven 7011403 Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1263769185s/7011403.jpg 21457174] which felt like two halves of the same book.[b:The Dragon Keeper 4703450 The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1330079386s/4703450.jpg 4767778] seemed to have a lot of setup for the events of [b:Dragon Haven 7011403 Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1263769185s/7011403.jpg 21457174] and this one feels the same.Not a lot seems to really happen, but things appear to be nicely set up for the final book of the series.That isn't to say I didn't enjoy it, because I did. The scenes exploring Kelsingra were especially enjoyable. There were nods back to events from the Farseer trilogy (if you have a better memory/read those books more recently than I did anyways).I might have been happier if the whole book were simply exploring the “City of Dragons”. Of course Ms. Hobb needs to roll out her hated characters to make you grind your teeth, and finally seems to get around to really abusing her likable characters like she does in previous series.All and all excellent writing, characters and world building that just fell a little short on the plot development for me. I can't wait to jump into [b:Blood of Dragons 13109291 Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #4) Robin Hobb https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1341265576s/13109291.jpg 18282611].3.5 Stars.