Looks like this is my first Fab Finds for October, mostly because I have been trying not to acquire quite so much lately (without much success). However, this week (and last) I've only been worried about collecting a single series: the Magnificent Devices series by Shelley Adina.

I heard about it from a "greatest steampunk books" list, though where that list came from I don't remember. It's a fun, lightweight series of adventures. They often stretch credulity-- they are plotted within an inch of their life-- but the characters are so easy to love, and the adventures are so fun, I couldn't help but get caught up in them. They do start to wear a little thin near the end, but I chalk this up to reading them so quickly and without other books in between, rather than any actual lowering in quality of the stories themselves. They have a nice feminist slant, too.

I bought them all digitally, the first four in a box set, 5 and 6 in a pair, and the last two individually. (The first standalone volume is actually free- I was expecting disappointment, and ended up buying all of them).

A five year time jump where it feels like almost no time has passed. Not sure if it is genius or bad development.

Still hate the covers. Why does she look like a clown?

Whew! This book is plotted within an inch of it's life. Not a bad thing, but if we could just slow down for a chapter and take a breather, that would be great.

Oof. I suppose I should be grateful Adina waited until the 4th book to introduce a love triangle (quadrangle?), but I'm not a fan of them. At least she took the time to get me legitimately invested in the outcome. But the tension!

I need to slow down and drag this book out a little bit. I can't get the next in the series until payday, and this needs to last. I haven't gone through a series this voraciously since Parasol Protectorate (and this one is 3 books longer).