I gave this a B- on All About Romance, so really this is 3.5 stars.With Tarnished, Karina Cooper gives readers the first installment of a steampunk series with great promise. However, for most of the book, promise is all we get as plot gets sacrificed somewhat to extensive worldbuilding and the layi...
This is an interesting steampunk novel that gives you quite the mystery and intrigue. The setting is creative and appropriately dark. So well crafted you can feel the air about you and the movement of the shadows as you cavort with Cherry in the dark underground of London. The character of Cherry a...
I don't usually read steampunk. It's not that I dislike the genre, but I'm still kind of new to it. Reading the blurb on this book, I found myself intrigued. Cherry St. Croix leads something of a double life. By day, she moves among London society, while by night, she enters the the soot-filled und...
4.5/5Tarnished is a delicious appetiser which left me hungry for more. It introduces you to dark, gritty and very visual steampunk London where Cherry St. Croix leads a double life.During days she is up above the black smog of London among the strange cluster of mansions for rich and privileged, br...
*Rating* 3.0*Genre* Steampunk*Review*Tarnished, by Karina Cooper, is the first book in The St. Croix Chronicles. It is also the first book I have read from this author that was unknown to me until I found this on Edelweiss.Tarnished is a steampunk/mystery/suspense novel that features 20 year old Che...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!After going through several (5 or more) steampunk novels last month I took a bit of a breather, only to be broken when I couldn't resist the synopsis for Cherry's first exploits and I am glad I did. Fun, easy and with a new outlook on alchemy and steampunke...
If you like steampunk, murder mystery, action, some romance, and a bit of magic, then you'll definitely enjoy this book. The pacing throughout this novel was spot on, never a dull moment. Even when Cherry was out in London society instead of collecting, there was still enough going on to keep you in...
This is a Quickie Review. For the full review, please visit The Romanceaholic.Expected Release Date: June 26, 2012Publisher: HarperCollinsImprint: AvonAuthor’s Website: http://www.karinacooper.comMy Source for This Book: EdelweissPart of a Series: Yes, Book 1, St. Croix ChroniclesSeries Best Read In...
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