A Natural History of Dragons

What do you do when you have a strong curiosity, a scientific kind, and undeterred determination, but are born as a person the world doesn't consider capable of such things? You make the right friends, convince them to let you travel with them and write a scientific journal disguised as a travelogue. 

This is a slow burner, as those with rich world building are. The presentation of the story is first person with a voice that draws one into the story. The narrator was fantastic, sounding as though the character was telling right here in the room.