His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik

Not a bad little fantasy piece. The presence of dragons is inserted into the British/Napolionic wars. Dragons basically provide air support for the naval and land troups. The story is told from the perspective of a formal naval officer that bonds with a rare Celestial Chinese dragon after it hatches from an egg that he takes from a French frigate. He is forced to leave his aristocratic life, parents, and love interest to become an 'aviator' - inserted into a totally different world where (gasp) women can also be aviators and crewmen are informal. The captain and the dragon learn together who they are and how much they depend upon each other.