Tag: steampunk
Series on Sunday: The Aeronaut’s Windlass and Zeroes
This post features a couple of the series books I’ve read in the last few months. I read some of these a while ago, so I’m afraid these reviews will be pretty brief. Two more to come next Sunday. The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim…
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
This is a strange, complicated story, involving time and mind-reading and intricate clockwork. Pulley’s debut novel is artfully written and most importantly, the characters are well-drawn – except where they’re meant to be mysterious. I will say I struggled a bit with the last…
Series on Sunday: Mini-reviews of series books
Trying something new this month! I rarely review series books, unless it’s the first in a series. So I thought I’d do a set of mini-reviews instead. (Note: minor spoilers ahead since two of these reviews are for the second book in the series.)…
Books in Series: a Mid-Year Round-Up
In the last couple of months I’ve read more than series books than usual. I don’t like reviewing series after the first book, because (1) it’s too spoilerish and (2) because series books are usually pretty fluffy and there isn’t much to say about…
Carriger Gets it Right: A Review of Timeless
This is the fifth (and final) book in Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series, and since I’ve written about the series here and here, I don’t have a lot to add, except this was one of my favorites. I enjoyed it for two reasons, the…
Review: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Spring-Heeled Jack is pretty much what you’d expect it to be – it’s good, fun steampunk set in an alternate version of Victorian England. The “twist” is that it actually explains how the alternate reality came to be. It also involves a whole cast…
It’s Monday; What are You Reading?
“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what you’ve read the past week and planning to read next. War and Peace, that’s what! I’m feeling the need to actually finish this book. Now…
Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
This book is a loose “sequel” to Priest’s Boneshaker, meaning it can be read on its own and the characters only intersect at one point in the story. This book is quite different to Boneshaker in tone, pacing and story. I enjoyed both books…
Pregnant heroines and Gail Carriger’s Heartless
At the same time as many of my friends are having babies, a lot of my favorite series’ heroines are getting pregnant as well. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this: I don’t want my heroines to have…
Review: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Do you ever think you know where your review is going, and then it turns out to be completely different? This was one of those for me. I’m late to the Cassandra Clare party — most readers of steampunk and urban fantasy have been…
Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
It’s freezing outside and winter-cold-season inside. The only good thing I can say about that is I’ve had LOTS of time to read lately. This year’s ugly winter cold has meant slowing waaayyy down. And the thirty degree weather and my recently-repaired fireplace means…
Review: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
In my last post, I recommended a book called Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld. Westerfeld is one of my favorite YA writers. He’s written the Uglies and Midnighters series, and this latest series is set in 1914 in a steampunk version of World War I….
