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The Clockwork Scarab - Community Reviews back

by Colleen Gleason
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The Book Junkie
The Book Junkie rated it 8 years ago
Loved it!
Bookish Things & More
Bookish Things & More rated it 11 years ago
ReviewClockwork Scarab is such a fun novel.  I love that we get dual points of view.Mina is very much like her Uncle Sherlock.  She has to have reasonable answers to everything that happens.  If logic doesn't fit she finds a way to make the information understandable.  Evaline is the next vampire hu...
Senator Recommends
Senator Recommends rated it 11 years ago
True rating: 4.5
Emily S
Emily S rated it 11 years ago
Oh, I have IDEAS about this. Can't wait to start the next book so that I can see how close I am to the truth. Great book!
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 11 years ago
I did want to like this book but I felt that there was a lot pushed into the story some of which felt somewhat forced.And then I lost the suspension of disbelief when on page 242 we have this eyebrow exercising sequence: ".. I smelled the essence of bitter almond..." "Cyanide." ... "yes I suspect it...
RefractedLight
RefractedLight rated it 11 years ago
What sort of devilry is this?! A mash-up of Holmes & Stoker, of reality and fiction?! Or rather a series featuring their young, spunky female relatives set in an alternate London — a London powered by STEAM?!?! Um… yes, please! If you follow this blog, you may know of my ongoing search for grea...
Resident H8er
Resident H8er rated it 11 years ago
(Originally posted at Dear Author.) I was a big fan of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. While her other novels, including those written under other pen names, haven’t worked as well for me, I’m still willing to give a new project of hers a try. When Jane sent me this, I was skeptical but game. T...
skylark
skylark rated it 11 years ago
E
Mommabears Book Blog
Mommabears Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Wow, this book had so many facets to it. I can't wait for the next one!
Reflections
Reflections rated it 11 years ago
This book is totally as fun as it sounds--a steampunk, Victorian-era, uneasy crime-solving partnership between awkward analytical Mina Holmes, niece of Sherlock, and impetuous vampire-slaying Evaline Stoker, half sister to Bram. It’s observation, deduction, and carefully laid plans vs. strength, sp...
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