The Girl in the Steel Corset (The Steampunk Chronicles #1)
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Review: The Girl In the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles #1)
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The Girl in the Steel Corset is a wonderful book, in summary.
The plot is quite interesting, with nothing more to be said. The ending isn't too amazing or too surprising. She fights, she wins. The usual stuff in a 'Happy Ever After' book. No major cliffhanger or anything! However, the dialects are wonderful! I love how Kady Cross brings you back in time to experience the eighteen hundreds. You figuratively 'time travel' back to the past.
Finley, the main character. Naturally suspicious of everything, she's no match for the dashing, manipulative Griffin King, who can manipulate minds and feelings. (King manipulates Finley to trust him). Finley is caught up with a plot. Queen Victoria is going to be replaced by an automaton, Queen Victoria look-like. The mastermind behind the plot is watching every move Finley makes. How will she ever save Queen Victoria and her new friends, even if they don't trust her?
Griffin King, an orphaned duke, is handsome and quite attracted to Finley Jayne. He's busy trying to solve his internal battles and later external. With dreamy looks and his parent's death haunting his mind, he's the Batman of the eighteen hundreds. With the gadgets. Alas, no cape, no fancy suit, no mask, no secret identity. And the Machinist, the evil and nutty mastermind and the Joker of the age, is watching his every move.
Jack Dandy, the bad boy of the block. He's the one who grandmothers and mothers tell you to stay far, far, far away from. With a charming personality and ladies man suave, Jack Dandy will have all the female readers swooning with delight. And the Machinist is watching his every move. (Gasp!)
The villain, Machinist, is clever. He is a true Joker and madman of the Victorian Era. He's a clever man who doesn't play by the rules. He's hidden and hidden well. He's mysterious. He's the Machinist.
Rating: Four out of five
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The plot is quite interesting, with nothing more to be said. The ending isn't too amazing or too surprising. She fights, she wins. The usual stuff in a 'Happy Ever After' book. No major cliffhanger or anything! However, the dialects are wonderful! I love how Kady Cross brings you back in time to experience the eighteen hundreds. You figuratively 'time travel' back to the past.
Finley, the main character. Naturally suspicious of everything, she's no match for the dashing, manipulative Griffin King, who can manipulate minds and feelings. (King manipulates Finley to trust him). Finley is caught up with a plot. Queen Victoria is going to be replaced by an automaton, Queen Victoria look-like. The mastermind behind the plot is watching every move Finley makes. How will she ever save Queen Victoria and her new friends, even if they don't trust her?
Griffin King, an orphaned duke, is handsome and quite attracted to Finley Jayne. He's busy trying to solve his internal battles and later external. With dreamy looks and his parent's death haunting his mind, he's the Batman of the eighteen hundreds. With the gadgets. Alas, no cape, no fancy suit, no mask, no secret identity. And the Machinist, the evil and nutty mastermind and the Joker of the age, is watching his every move.
Jack Dandy, the bad boy of the block. He's the one who grandmothers and mothers tell you to stay far, far, far away from. With a charming personality and ladies man suave, Jack Dandy will have all the female readers swooning with delight. And the Machinist is watching his every move. (Gasp!)
The villain, Machinist, is clever. He is a true Joker and madman of the Victorian Era. He's a clever man who doesn't play by the rules. He's hidden and hidden well. He's mysterious. He's the Machinist.
Rating: Four out of five
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Definitely a must-read
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If you are a person who is a fan of automatons, completely crazy madmen, Victorians, and handsome nobles vs. ruggedly handsome villain, then you have GOT to read the Girl in the Steel Corset.
Finley Jane is a commoner. I wouldn't say she's normal though. She has a "split personality". Normally she is timid, kind and peaceful. And sometimes, she is not. She will change completely when threatened, revealing a darker, rage-filled nature and weird abilities like super-strength and hearing and things like that. Some people might even call her a "monster".
Her job at the start of the book is being a maid to a family of nobles with a not-nice son. After she is assaulted by him, she changes into her darker personality and flings him across the room with enough force to crack the plaster, after which she promptly runs out of the house and gets hit by a duke, Griffin King, on a motorcycle. Being the perfect gentleman and having a "feeling" about her, he takes her home. There, Finley meets Emily, the resident genius, Sam, a huge man with super-strength and a troubled mind, and Jasper, an American guy who can move very fast. VERY fast.
While living in Griffin's house, Finley starts to realise that none of them are normal, and that is okay. She starts to accept who she is, and what she is capable of. And mix that all up with another love interest, a dashing villain, andyou've got the perfect mixture.
I loved Finley as a heroine. Instead of being set on the good side, she sometimes has a taste herself of what it is like to be violent and pretty much evil. And then when she finally gets a grip, she doesn't lose track of who she was at the start of the book, either.
The pacing of this book was great too. It didn't reveal everything too quickly, or go so fast that I couldn't follow, but neither was it so slow that I was thinking about other things. Plus all the different points of view were in strategic spots, not in random places just so that it made the writing easier for the author. We got to be in everyone's minds and get a good view of how they feel and see the world.
One thing that bothered me a bit was that it just didn't seem all that plausible that there could be so many modern kinds of things in the 1800's. Emily was a teenage genius, but the number of things she invented and how similar it was to today's things just didn't seem very plausible.
I definitely recommend this novel to anyone who is a fan of steampunk (even if you're not, still give this book a try, you might be surprised!). It is awesome!!
Finley Jane is a commoner. I wouldn't say she's normal though. She has a "split personality". Normally she is timid, kind and peaceful. And sometimes, she is not. She will change completely when threatened, revealing a darker, rage-filled nature and weird abilities like super-strength and hearing and things like that. Some people might even call her a "monster".
Her job at the start of the book is being a maid to a family of nobles with a not-nice son. After she is assaulted by him, she changes into her darker personality and flings him across the room with enough force to crack the plaster, after which she promptly runs out of the house and gets hit by a duke, Griffin King, on a motorcycle. Being the perfect gentleman and having a "feeling" about her, he takes her home. There, Finley meets Emily, the resident genius, Sam, a huge man with super-strength and a troubled mind, and Jasper, an American guy who can move very fast. VERY fast.
While living in Griffin's house, Finley starts to realise that none of them are normal, and that is okay. She starts to accept who she is, and what she is capable of. And mix that all up with another love interest, a dashing villain, andyou've got the perfect mixture.
I loved Finley as a heroine. Instead of being set on the good side, she sometimes has a taste herself of what it is like to be violent and pretty much evil. And then when she finally gets a grip, she doesn't lose track of who she was at the start of the book, either.
The pacing of this book was great too. It didn't reveal everything too quickly, or go so fast that I couldn't follow, but neither was it so slow that I was thinking about other things. Plus all the different points of view were in strategic spots, not in random places just so that it made the writing easier for the author. We got to be in everyone's minds and get a good view of how they feel and see the world.
One thing that bothered me a bit was that it just didn't seem all that plausible that there could be so many modern kinds of things in the 1800's. Emily was a teenage genius, but the number of things she invented and how similar it was to today's things just didn't seem very plausible.
I definitely recommend this novel to anyone who is a fan of steampunk (even if you're not, still give this book a try, you might be surprised!). It is awesome!!
Murderous robot rampage
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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!!!
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!!!
Tired of vampires and werewolves? Try bloodthirsty robots
(Updated: June 23, 2012)
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Previously published on my blog: http://fictionfervor.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/review-the-girl-in-the-steel-corset-by-kady-cross/
I admit, when I first read that synopsis, I was scared. I was scared of just another fake novel that had the same plot and same characters and same everything (which just so happens to be like an outline for paranormal romances today). But then, what I got in return exceeded my expectations by far.
The Girl in the Steel Corset is a completely original novel with completely original characters and completely original plot and completely original romance. It’s so completely original that I adored the complete thing so completely.
First of all, our protagonist, Finley? Yeah, even though she’s battling this dark side of her, she’s amazingly nice and sweet at times (unlike her dark side, who throws a full-grown man across the room). And I love her sense of humor (on both sides, good and bad). She’s kick-butt when she’s in full dark-mode. (That’s how she threw the full-grown man across the room.) All these aspects make me love her (both sides).
And the romance? Oh, I’m definitely on Team Griffin. No offense to Jack Dandy, but even though Jack is such a sweet (and dangerous!) guy, Griffin is even more so (on both counts, I’d say). Griffin is unbelievably sweet to Finley (first saving her and then taking her into his household) and dangerous in that he’s pretty determined in finding his parents’ murderer. Not to mention trying to stop this guy from creating robots that are murdering people across the country.
I loved this plot. It kept me on edge constantly, wondering what was going to happen next. And that cliffhanger ending is definitely going to make me yearn for its sequel.
Fast-paced and constantly on edge, The Girl in the Steel Corset is a must for any reader tired of vampires and werewolves. I mean, why not try bloodthirsty robots?
Source: ARC/galley received from publisher for review
I admit, when I first read that synopsis, I was scared. I was scared of just another fake novel that had the same plot and same characters and same everything (which just so happens to be like an outline for paranormal romances today). But then, what I got in return exceeded my expectations by far.
The Girl in the Steel Corset is a completely original novel with completely original characters and completely original plot and completely original romance. It’s so completely original that I adored the complete thing so completely.
First of all, our protagonist, Finley? Yeah, even though she’s battling this dark side of her, she’s amazingly nice and sweet at times (unlike her dark side, who throws a full-grown man across the room). And I love her sense of humor (on both sides, good and bad). She’s kick-butt when she’s in full dark-mode. (That’s how she threw the full-grown man across the room.) All these aspects make me love her (both sides).
And the romance? Oh, I’m definitely on Team Griffin. No offense to Jack Dandy, but even though Jack is such a sweet (and dangerous!) guy, Griffin is even more so (on both counts, I’d say). Griffin is unbelievably sweet to Finley (first saving her and then taking her into his household) and dangerous in that he’s pretty determined in finding his parents’ murderer. Not to mention trying to stop this guy from creating robots that are murdering people across the country.
I loved this plot. It kept me on edge constantly, wondering what was going to happen next. And that cliffhanger ending is definitely going to make me yearn for its sequel.
Fast-paced and constantly on edge, The Girl in the Steel Corset is a must for any reader tired of vampires and werewolves. I mean, why not try bloodthirsty robots?
Source: ARC/galley received from publisher for review
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