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The Girl In the Steel Corset is jammed packed with the usual Victorians, evil madmen gone completely crazy, and your ever handsome nobles and crooked villains who capture your heart. But this book had a different side, with killer robots, speedy motorcycles, super medicines that repair your skin, and a heroine with a dark side and a punch of steel. This is not your normal Victorian mystery book...

The star of this book, Finley Jayne, is a young 'common' class lady with a split personality similar to that of Jekyll and Hyde. She is normally a kind, gentle woman who has a sweet nature, but when threatened she while lash out and become someone completely different, what some people might call a 'monster'.

I reckon this a totally brilliant, as usually the hero or heroine of the book is a perfect role model with their heart set on the 'good' side. But Finley is completely the opposite to these people, as when she is in one of her 'darker' moods, she is a violent creature who can injury someone pretty badly. And when finally she gets a grip on her sides, she makes herself come out ever better than before.

This book is similar to Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, as they both have themes of our history, but with added parts layered on top. It is a like a parallel universe, with the technology furthered advanced, and discoveries that could change the entire world as we know it.

This book has a scientific idea to it, as well as this magical place called the Aether. I think the scientific part of this book make all the characters abilities very plausible. The magical section of this story makes the plot go even further, and makes this book a whole lot more fun and creative.

If your the person who loves all these things and more, than this amazing steampunk novel is way worth to read, it is simply awesome!!!