Book Review: Changeless
After devouring Soulless, I have been aching to read Changeless by Gail Carriger. And I was not in any way shape or form disappointed.
I am almost at a loss of what to say about how much I adored this book. I laugh out loud, giggle, smile, and enjoy the witty banter of Alexia and her husband so immensely. Then add in the delicious mix of steampunk and the undead and, once again, I read the book in less than 24 hours. And this book, even more than the last, has the most teasing ending... thankfully, I know that Ms. Carriger's next book, Blameless, already has a cover and I believe a release date.
Needless to say, I am impressed with Ms. Carriger's style of writing, her excellent vocabulary, and her love of tea. I said in my last post that if she continued to write this way she would be in my top ten favorite writers and she most definitely has earned herself a spot.
I hope you all heeded my review of Soulless and picked it up as I had. Because you must read the second, which I do not doubt will make you crave the third as I am now. Desperately. There is even a teaser chapter in the back of Changeless that is going to haunt me until the release of Blameless. :)
So go!! Read!! Buy!! Enjoy!! And let me know what you think!!
The information from Amazon:
Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.
But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can.
She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.
I must also compliment Ms. Carriger (and probably her agent/editor/publisher)'s choice of titles. They are excellently done. I like that they are simple, to the point, and make sense (at least, once you read the story). That is always a boon.
I am almost at a loss of what to say about how much I adored this book. I laugh out loud, giggle, smile, and enjoy the witty banter of Alexia and her husband so immensely. Then add in the delicious mix of steampunk and the undead and, once again, I read the book in less than 24 hours. And this book, even more than the last, has the most teasing ending... thankfully, I know that Ms. Carriger's next book, Blameless, already has a cover and I believe a release date.
Needless to say, I am impressed with Ms. Carriger's style of writing, her excellent vocabulary, and her love of tea. I said in my last post that if she continued to write this way she would be in my top ten favorite writers and she most definitely has earned herself a spot.
I hope you all heeded my review of Soulless and picked it up as I had. Because you must read the second, which I do not doubt will make you crave the third as I am now. Desperately. There is even a teaser chapter in the back of Changeless that is going to haunt me until the release of Blameless. :)
So go!! Read!! Buy!! Enjoy!! And let me know what you think!!
The information from Amazon:
Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.
But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can.
She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.
I must also compliment Ms. Carriger (and probably her agent/editor/publisher)'s choice of titles. They are excellently done. I like that they are simple, to the point, and make sense (at least, once you read the story). That is always a boon.