The Priory of the Orange Tree

So close to giving 5 stars - but where were the dragons?! The cover promises dragons and the book doesn't really deliver dragons.
That being said, I immensely enjoyed the story.
Most of the main protagonists are badass women with strong minds and still an openness to change and different thoughts (even if it takes a while to get there). It also doesn't happen that often in fantasy that there are middle-aged protagonists.
If read here and there that pacing was an issue for some; it wasn't for me but I only got around to read a few chapters at a time so I was always looking forward to get back into the story.
Having read the books in plot chronological order, it was nice referencing back to the history that I had read before, like Easter eggs. I can understand why this was first and then some mentioned historical figures got their own and fully fleshed-out story.
But again, where were the dragons? (#0 has way more dragon center-stage so I like that one better!)