This did not seem like my genre at all, but it turns out I may not know what kind of books I like after all. The fact that I am far from a library with no means to pick up the next book in the series annoyed me so much I had to buy all five books, hoping they'll be waiting for me when I get home from my vacation. ![]() They may not all have been necessary (come ON, the bad guys have you captured and are torturing your friend - and you're trying to seduce your boyfriend? Alexia, you know better than that.), but hey, compared to a lot of others books I've read this year no twins fucked each other, so that was a plus! There are a lot of not nearly but definitely getting there sex-scenes in the book, but I thought they were hilarious, in a good way. Although, as we find out, she still suffers from a whole range of emotions, not all of them proper. Miss Tarabotti isn't your average Victorian lady, since she doesn't possess a soul. I found myself liking her sisters and airhead best friend, and I don't think they were treated too poorly by the narrative either. Oh, yes, Miss Tarabotti does suffer from the special snowflake syndrome, being soo much better than your average lady of the time, but this did not bother me as much as it could have. But the steampunk part intrigued me a little more, but even so I had no hopes of liking this book. Honestly, werewolves and vampires in Victorian London? Not really my thing. ![]() … ( more)īasically, I picked this book up because for certain reasons I figured it'd be good karma. Similarly, Peters fans who like SF, steampunk, or vampires/werewolves, might enjoy the Carriger series. The Amelia Peabody books are, of course, "straight" historical mystery, without the steampunk elements of Carriger's series, but I imagine that Carriger fans who read out-of-genre also will enjoy the Peters' series. Similar era, similarly cranky and forthright spinster protagonist, similar sort of love affair, similar witty dialog and observations. … ( more) lquilter: Without knowing, I'd imagine that Gail Carriger had read Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series (beginning with Crocodile on the Sandbank) before writing Blameless (et seq). ![]() Soulless is the first book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinki … ( more)Ģ9 1 Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ( nessreader, lquilter) nessreader: The heroine of Soulless has a similar outlook to early Amelia Peabody (but I should warn that the Peabody series is cosy crime/romance, with no supernatural element while Soulless is gleeful fantasy) Both have strong willed on-the-shelf spinsters who are active protagonists in their story. ![]() Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart? With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire â? and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. HTML: Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society.Īlexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |