by Gail Carriger
In that way that two strong, bold personalities often have children that have wispy, paler personalities than themselves, Prudence is a pale imitation of Connel and Alexia Maccon in Soulless. It's not for lack of trying, but Carriger's attempts at giving Prudence (Rue) her own eccentric personalit...
Another rollicking romp though an alternate Victorian world full of fun and adventure and wonderfully clever banter. :) In this book, the first volume of The Custard Protocol, we meet Prudence, the all-grown-up daughter of Alexia and Lord Maccon and the other grown-up little ones from the Parasol...
Prudence Akeldama is a very special child, a meta-natural with the power to steal the powers of vampires and werewolves and child of three of the most powerful people in the British Empire – she is destined to be change the world The first mission of which is for her and her merry band of friends ...
10 Things I loved about Prudence This review was originally posted on Bookish Things & More
I love the Parasol Protectorate books - they were the first steampunk romances I really got into, and they had me laughing out loud while still caring very much for Gail Carriger's characters. I didn't really get into the YA Finishing School prequels and got stuck in the middle o...
Prudence The Characters Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) The Story Unfortunately Prudence failed to capture the magic of her mother for me. I tried to give it more time as I remember it taking about 3 chapters to get into Soulless. But, I’ve learned that time is short and my...
You'd think that after eight books and two series, Ms. Carriger would have beta-readers and/or editors who could help her determine which homophone to use, but alas, this is not the case. While I love the world she created, I hated being flung out of it every time I saw "where" instead of "were", "...
Prudence is Gail Carriger at her effervescent and (yep, I'm going to pun) buoyant best. This first book in the Custard Protocol series re-introduces a more mature Lady Prudence (Rue) Alessandra Macon to the reader, as she sets off on a tea related mission for her adoptive father, Lord Akeldama. Al...
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