This book takes place in a Victorian era world where steamships soar the skies over London, and where a young woman called Evvie the sparrow works for Ma Pether (think like a female Fagin). Stealing running,confidence games and keeping out from the eyes of the law are the essentials in her pr...
I got this ARC from Netgalley and this is my honest Review of it. Evvie the sparrow works for Ma Pether (think like a female Fagin) She prefers not to think about her childhood and focus on the present wich is hard enough She is approached by Holmfort who tempts her with the possibility of a...
I received this Kindle ARC through NetGalley from the publisher, Solaris Books. This YA steampunk novel was a pleasurable read, quick and quirky. The storyline interlinks two subplots. One is about Eveline, a fifteen-year-old orphan in Victorian England. Another is a paranormal tale involving fair...
Exceeds expectations!This book is just pure fun. Eveline Duchen has been orphaned and left to fend for herself on London’s gritty streets. She’s made a life for herself, of sorts – but that’s abruptly turned on its head when a grasping government agent plucks her out of her situation and places her ...
This one is right on the cusp of fantasy and sci-fi - a city filled with alien races, surrounded by portals to other planes which come and go mysteriously, and are not understood by anyone. Is this magic or a lost technology? But there is a certain amount of magic in this universe, both learned and ...
4.5/5Babylon Steel is a debut work of a British author Gaie Sebold and as far as genres go, - difficult to slide in a certain slot. It's a fantasy, but there are portals which allow all sorts of creatures to travel from world to world, so maybe it's sci-fi as well, but what's important, - it's a fan...
Brothel owner and operator and former mercenary Babylon Steel has religious zealots, the Vessels of Purity, driving off her business, tax problems, and a secret past she'd rather keep hidden when casino owner Darask Fain pays her to find a missing girl. Only every step she takes brings her a little...
This book started off incredibly slow for me and more often than I not I questioned why I was reading it in the first place. You see, I had been waiting for this book to come out so I was a bit disappointed that it took so long to pick up.You know what though? It's a grower. It grows on you and whil...
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