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Heartless by Gail Carriger
Nov. 28th, 2011 09:51 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Lady Alexia, Soulless, is at it again – only this time the trouble in the air is not her fault.
When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband’s past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux’s latest mechanical invention and a plague of zombie porcupines – and Alexia barely has time to remember she just happens to be eight months pregnant.
Will she be able to figure out who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it’s too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf’s clothing? And do they really have to take up residence in Lord Akeldama’s second best closet?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Having greatly enjoyed Gail Carriger’s previous three books in the Parasol Protectorate series, I found this a bit of a disappointment. There’s a lot of set up here, which made for a plot that meandered a little too much but my main problem was the Madame Lefoux sub-plot which just seemed entirely out of character for her based on the previous books. I think that the changes that are in place by the end of the book are interesting and I’ve got high hopes for the next book, TIMELESS, but this book never rose above okay and it left me a little disappointed.
When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband’s past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux’s latest mechanical invention and a plague of zombie porcupines – and Alexia barely has time to remember she just happens to be eight months pregnant.
Will she be able to figure out who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it’s too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf’s clothing? And do they really have to take up residence in Lord Akeldama’s second best closet?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Having greatly enjoyed Gail Carriger’s previous three books in the Parasol Protectorate series, I found this a bit of a disappointment. There’s a lot of set up here, which made for a plot that meandered a little too much but my main problem was the Madame Lefoux sub-plot which just seemed entirely out of character for her based on the previous books. I think that the changes that are in place by the end of the book are interesting and I’ve got high hopes for the next book, TIMELESS, but this book never rose above okay and it left me a little disappointed.
