Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb

Ten months ago I finished reading The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb and I was not pleased with the novel. I now know that the reason Dragon Keeper was not as enjoyable as I had expected was because it was not even close to a full story, nor was it ever meant to be one. Dragon Haven is the amazing finish to The Rain Wild Chronicles. The Rain Wild Chronicles is the combined story of both The Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven. Each book is volume one and volume two.

In Dragon Haven, the characters were wonderfully full of depth, but not in a warm happy story kind of way, rather in a tragic and flawed way. Hobb takes what she builds up in her previous nine novels and amazingly delivers a rich tale that fans have been waiting to discover for years.

Don’t be thrown off by the name Dragon Chronicles. Hobb does not take lightly the idea of dragons. She has built an amazing back story around a world that is shaped by the presence of dragons. These creatures don’t lose any mystery because as a long time reader of Robin Hobb’s work, I can testify that dragons are the accumulation of years of world building and an immensely deep storyline.

I recommend that you read Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven one after the other. It is an amazing journey that new and seasoned Robin Hobb fans will celebrate.

Rating: 10 out of 10