Mr Ceridwen and I have been listening to audiobooks on our (somewhat long) drive up to the cabin, which has been generally enjoyable. We got through the entire "Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire" series, which was absolutely a great time. Good narrators, very interesting alt-history, a semi-twist ending I ...
This first novel in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series is a fun-filled steampunk adventure. Eliza D. Braun is a field agent for the Ministry in a fantastical world filled with all manner of steam-powered gadgets and devices. Due to her knack for disregarding authority and blowing things u...
I really rather enjoyed myself while reading this book - its hard to pinpoint why though? maybe the complex characters? not only did they keep secrets from themselves as well as each other but from the reader as well! which i must say is rather talented! The world was fascinating, I love the whole O...
I really wanted to love this book, I'm a kiwi girl, the heroine is a kiwi girl. With explosives. How could I not love that? But it's really just ok. (ETA, it failed to push my buttons so hard I actually forgot the title of it and had to come back and fix this post. Heh.) Some of the high spots ar...
PHOENIX RISINGPIP BALLANTINE & TEE MORRISAPRIL 26, 2011STEAMPUNKMASS MARKET PAPERBACK, EBOOKMINISTRY OF PECULIAR OCCURRENCES BOOK 15 STARSIn Victorian England, the Queen has developed a secret society, The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, to deal with the unexplained and the eerie. But the Ministry...
Having heard Pip Ballantine occasionally on some podcasts (notably Metamor City) I kept hearing her voice when Eliza D Braun spoke, and it brought a smile to my mouth, however I loved Wellington Thornhill Books. He is such a great character, but then again I may be a little biased, he's such a cool ...
I greatly enjoyed this romp through steampunky England. Eliza Braun our sassy, kick-ass heroine is a little over the top - not quite crazy but certainly on the edge. She abhors authority and basically just does her own thing regardless of her orders. Due to a particular screwup, she is relegated t...
3.5 starsIt started with a bang, a female agent saving the damsel err gentleman in distress. With characters named Books and Braun this steampunk book was delightfully fun, witty, and full of great snark as the main characters were getting to know each other. Then slightly 3/4 the way through the b...
What a fantastically fun book! Is the writing in this the best? No, not really. In addition to a lot of show-don't-tell stuff, there are also a number of inexplicable grammatical and punctuation errors throughout that made me wonder if they'd done the final edit before compiling the e-book.Are the c...
I had a very good time reading this fun steampunk adventure. The main characters (partners, Wellington Brooks and Eliza Braun) were a great pair with a lot of chemistry. The pacing and the voice were just right, and the details, from the clothing to the steampunk gadgets, hit all of the right button...
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