This was an interesting twist on Pride and Prejudice. Only some people can hear dragons, and in the past, the nobility of England made a treaty with them, where some dragons would have keepers appointed from the nobility, and would be attached as caretakers to their estates. So Longbourn is a dragon, and Elizabeth and Mary are the only two children that can hear dragons. So some of Mr. Bennett’s exasperation with his wife and other daughters if their inability to fully live in his world.
Mr. Darcy comes into this because someone (immediately obvious if you’ve read P&P) has stolen the egg for Pemberley’s new dragon, and he must find it before it hatches. Mr. Bennett is ordered to help, but he’s appalled that anyone could let an egg get stolen. Darcy is appalled by the way Longbourn is being kept, with no male heir. Lizzy’s not sure what to think of the whole thing.
This book only actually goes up to the Netherfield ball, so the author is definitely ready to take her time with the story. It’s a great set up, I’m definitely interested to see where it goes from here.