Murder on the Serpentine: Thomas Pitt Mystery 32
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The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 32nd novel...
Childhood and Cinema
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Since its inception the world of cinema has embraced the image of the child and both extended and...
The Modern Peasant: Adventures in City Food
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This is the winner of the Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the year award 2014. Inspired by those who...
Fire Stations
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The architecture of Britain's fire stations is not a simple story of form following function. The...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
2 stars for The Strange Case... and 3 stars for The Girl in...
I wasn't sure what to expect with this. It isn't my usual sort of read, though I have read quite a few steampunk books (Lindsay Buroker mainly).
Some aspects of this book I really liked, like the different abilities of Griffin's friends, the storyline was also quite intriguing although I figured out who the bad guy was by about half way through.
Things I wasn't so keen on: the steel corset only came into play after the half way point; I was expecting it to be part of Finley from the start. And the romance. I know that in Victorian times it wasn't acceptable to be left alone with someone of the opposite sex without a chaperone and to just be all in your face with love and romance but I read for the romance and although you know they have feelings for each other, nothing actually happens.
I don't think I'll be continuing the series.
Merissa (12339 KP) rated Lord of the Last Heartbeat (The Sacred Dark #1) in Books
Sep 10, 2019
What a fantastical world Ms Peterson has invented, with a hint of American Civil War era, coupled with the English Victorian period, this was a great combination of worlds. And yes, I realise I may have the time periods wrong, but that is what it reminded me of!
I loved how the story for both Rhodry and Mio came out slowly, the reader learning bits and pieces of it until it all fell together. Their relationship was the same way, a slow burner with temptation and resistance.
This was an intriguing tale, with plenty of mystery and misdirection thrown in. An amazing cast of characters helps to move the story along.
A wonderful start to the series, and I can't wait to see what happens next. Absolutely recommended by me.
A Likely Story
7.5
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enn McKinlay, the New York Times bestselling author of On Borrowed Time, returns to coastal...
Father and Son
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Father and Son stands as one of English literature's seminal autobiographies. In it Edmund Gosse...
Finding Ashley
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In Finding Ashley, a deeply moving novel from the number one bestseller Danielle Steel, two...
The Man of Property
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The classic tale of a wealthy English family—and a jealous husband who will stop at nothing to...