Dragon Round

Dragon Round is the story of Captain Jeryon, a naval captain who is on a mission to get needed medical supplies back to his plagued city. While the Comber is underway, it is attacked by a dragon. When dragons attack ships the ships rarely survive, but Jeryon manages to lead his crew in defeating the dragon but they sustain heavy losses. Jeryon wants to leave the dragon carcass behind so they can get back to the city with the medical supplies but his officers have other ideas and mutiny so they can render the dragon for its prized hide and bones. The Apothecary is the only one to stand against the mutiny, so the crew put both the Apothecary and Captain on a dingy with no supplies, oars, or weapons. They call it a "Captain's Chance", which to Jeryon it means his mates were too much of a coward to kill him outright.
I love Naomi Novik's books and The Dragon Round's description made it sound very similar. I really wanted to like it. However after the initial dragon training once they found his egg on the island, it started to lose me. It quickly became a story of vengeance which would have been fine but it seemed too easy. Also the characters who were the main characters throughout the first two-thirds of the book were barely present except in the background during the last third. Many new characters were introduced and took over the story as well. The concept was interesting but it lost me in the end by changing who the story was following. If it had briefly changed and returned to Jeryon or even the poth I could have stayed involved, but alas it did not. I wouldn't say it was a bad book, but when comparing to Naomi Novik's Temeraire series its comes up short.
I received this book for review at NetGalley.