Rating: Swearing and kissing, I guess,
but only in minor quantities.
4 Lemons- Lemon ice
Summary: In an alternate steampunk
past, three girls work as assistants to powerful London society men.
Mainly they're ignored, seen as ornaments rather then thinking, you
know, people. But, as these things often happen, they keep running
into each other, as well as the dead bodies in a string of connected
murders. There's (and yes, I'm doing the listing format a lot now.
It's useful when describing several characters.) :
-Cora, who works for Lord White who
when he's not working in parliament is a inventor of deranged
weapons, a former flower seller with a nasty temper,
-Nellie the flirty magicians assistant
who can pick any lock and scale any building,
-And finally Michiko an immigrant from
Japan who has no choice but to work for her horrible boss in a job
because it's the only way she'll be allowed to fight.
So it's up to these intrepid three to
save the day, have some fun, and kick some serious-
Review: Okay, I'll admit. I'm biased.
It's a steampunk book! So if you're not in the mood for gadgets,
goggles, and gizmos, though I know almost no one who isn't, you might
like this book slightly less. The characters are varied and each of
the girls has a distinctly different personality rather then the
sadly prominent cookie-cutter generic brand to satisfy all, which
ends up leaving everyone feeling 'meh'. Also, it's funny so there's
that too. Once again, unfortunately, my favorite part was something
that will ruin the book if I say it... so... twiddling our thumbs
here. Okay, it was kind of annoying how all of them were constantly
described as being pretty. Yes, that probably got you places in
London society, yes, it's a fantasy, yes, I'm all for a positive body
image, yes it makes sense in Nellies case, but I'd like more books
where the heroine either a) just, you know, isn't described as either
ugly or pretty and I bring up the ugly thing because dear Lord (Note:
Doesn't happen in this book, another positive thing) if I read b) the
hero tell her she's ever so pretty and it turns out she's secretly
the most beautiful thing in the world ever.
Okay. Off topic. This is a good book,
if with minor faults and I suggest trying it.
