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Part two of Mating Flight picks up slightly after the first book ended. Trest was conquered at the end of the previous book, and there’s plenty of problems as they don’t realize it yet.

Related problems are actually something of the central pillar of book two, even though its peripheral to the central conflicts of it. It’s a neat trick, and done well here.

This book handles the bulk of the twelve-year period of the flight, and the time scale stretches out as there is less immediate excitement and more long-term projects take over. This also happens as the various dragons settle down with a better idea of who they are and how they want to relate to other people.

And this very unconventional mating flight comes up with unconventional answers. It is something of a celebration of found families, among other things.

The mating flight itself provides a nice mechanism for coming full circle, as it comes to an end, and the members of the flight arrange their official positions as adults in draconic society. This helps round out the novel in a very satisfying way, and hold things together for the conclusion. Overall, this is a great duology to get.