Dragons Beyond the Pale

Jane Austen's Dragons, Book 7

De: Maria Grace

Narrado por: Benjamin Fife

Smugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams. After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place.The she-dragons, though, are no match for what Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy finds waiting for him in London. Threats to the Order on every side, and Lord Matlock demands he keep them secret from Elizabeth. No one keeps secrets from Elizabeth.

In the meantime, Anne and Frederick Wentworth arrive in London with hopes of finally being accepted in good Blue Order society, unaware of the burgeoning maelstrom about to engulf them. Darcy manages to keep matters under control until a fairy-dragon’s prank unleashes sinister forces who perpetrate an unthinkable crime that could spell the end of the Pendragon Accords and usher in a new age of dragon war.

Can Elizabeth and Darcy, with the Wentworths’ help, restore balance to the Blue Order before the dragons decide to take matters into their own talons and right the wrongs themselves?

©2021 Maria Grace (P)2021 Maria Grace

Thrilling New Chapter

This one adds a kidnapping and pirates to an already wonderfully imaginative tale.

If you’ve gotten this far, don’t stop now!!

I Loved This

This was a great story. I enjoy these stories & all the types of dragons. In this one, one of the fairy dragons claim to be able to breathe fire. This causes someone to take interest in him and the result is he is stolen. There is also many other problems caused by this which forces all the other fairy dragons to attempt a rescue. This will keep you turning pages until the very end & you won't be able to put it down.

On the Brink of a New Dragon War

Such a fun series! As far as I can figure this one does not mimic a Jane Austen Storyline it's just a continuation of the characters and in the Jane Austen world that the author created. This one was quite fun with mystery, adventure and new dragons. As I have said in other reviews the author does take some liberties and has recreated some characters and relationships but it all fits in her alternate reality. These continue to stay free of any bad language, graphic violence and the romance element is kept very clean.

The narrator does a fantastic job with all the differentiations of character & dragon voices, all accents, and then his acting skills add so much to the fun of listening to these books.

**Highly recommend to Regency & dragon enthusiasts.**

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Engaging tale

A delightful mix of original characters and plot while keeping true to the inspiration from Jane Austen. Dragons beyond the pale are full of nail-biting action, politics, and the frustration of females in this era is crucial to the tale. As with each new book, we learn more about the world of dragons and the Blue Order. In this novel, we find water dragons and the abuse of the smaller dragons that are looked down on.
There is a kidnapping, and the blue order does not seem to care that one of the essential female Keepers needs to be found. Dragons Beyond The Pale is the seventh book in the series, and while long series seem to lose momentum, this one has not, and I eagerly want to continue with the tale.

Another excellent narration

This is, of course, another excellent story in the dragon tales. I look forward to catching up with the series with an audio re-reading of the Dragon Keeper’s Cotillion before proceeding into ones I’ve not read yet (thanks to long Covid). The consistency of the narration provides a seamless transition from one book to the next. Benjamin Fife is the best narrator I’ve listened to - and I have many that have been “read” in multiple genres.

Highly recommended!

The agreement between dragons and men is tested

To me, a good sign of world building is to create societal systems that more or less work but also can be critized within the story, and Maria Grace shows that is true of the Blue Order as we examine how this agreement seems to be leaning unfairingly toward favoring men over dragons.

Aside from the classist and sexist ways Regency society was not great, there's also the added dimension of humans simply not thinking like dragons and missing how they might be offending dragons with their persistent misunderstandings.

It was also a delight to see the dragon-hearing side of the Bennett family begin to heal after the way the family fractured in the first three books.

Although Kellynch has rapidly solidified his place as best dragon in my heart, though it's nice to see some redemption for Longbourne after his behavior those books.

Fife is always a delight with these, no notes.

A dastardly kidnapping and daring dragon rescue!

It was fun to see the dragons come together as a team, from the smallest to the biggest. I'm curious what's going to happen with the wyrms and sea dragons. The Blue Order doesn't appear to be the upstanding, benevolent organization it portrays itself as.
This was a more serious side to the novels. There has always been drama with dragons and strife among families, but with the kidnapping, things went a bit darker. The danger wasn't just risking making a father or sister unhappy. Lives were at risk, and the characters experience a whole range of emotions to go along with that.
Benjamin Fife was outstanding with this huge cast of characters.

Loved it!

Maria Grace writes Jane Austenesque dragons so darned well. I love the progression through dragon society with Elizabeth, Darcy, and their friends, both warm and cold-blooded. Once again, the narrator did an absolutely brilliant job.

Love it.

I absolutely love this series and the narrator keeps getting better and better. I am eagerly and imaptiently anticipating the next story in the series.

Entirely satisfying!

This may be my favorite of the series so far. Kidnapping, adventure on the high seas, the order in disarray, dragons taking things into their own talons--never have the stakes been higher. Darcy and Elizabeth's romance still thrills, Mrs. Collins and Anne Wentworth shine. The bad guys are badder and the ton is snootier, but all receive their comeuppance. "Touch her and die" goes to a whole new level. Love it!
Some language and a threat of assault.