The Dark Victorian: Risen is set in a steampunk London with magic and paranormal aspects. Jim, an agent of Prince Albert’s Secret Commission, is given a new partner: Artifice, a Quaker and artificial ghost (meaning that she can turn incorporeal at will). All agents of the Secret Commission were once...
I found this a little muddled at times, especially towards the end of the novel. That said, the characters are well drawn, the world building is solid, the idea inventive, the wordplay quite funny, and the ideas interesting. I do wish the plot had been a little tighter. Still, enjoyable.
It had the appeal of novelty; too rushed to be really gripping and fully satisfying, but overall entertaining. “The Dark Victorian” is a paranormal mystery with a hint at an f/f romance that may be developed in the next installments. The world is Steampunk-like : England is protected from Evil by ...
Risen, the first book in Elizabeth Watasin's The Dark Victorian series, is a brilliant tale of mystery and the paranormal intertwined with the Victorian era. Art, short for Artifice, is an artificial ghost, a women who died and was resurrected to work for the Secret Commission. Paired with Jim Dasta...
**Thank you A-Girl Studio and Netgalley for providing this in exchange for an honest review** HRH Prince Albert's Secret Commission is a branch of law enforcement full of Raised beings who fight the supernatural during Victorian London. The newest member of the commission is Artifice (Art). She ha...
(I got a copy courtesy of NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.)This novel is quite a short one—too short, in fact, for the scope it seemed to want to reach. Maybe it's a case of "first book in a series syndrome". Anyway, I found the premise interesting, but kept wishing it went deeper into s...
Artifice and Jim are agents for Prince Albert’s secret commission. Condemned criminals, they have been risen from the grave with a combination of dark magic and esoteric science to be the crown’s agents in fighting criminal dark magic that threatens the city. Someone is raising the dead and their ...
A rogue re-animationist is causing mayhem in the streets of 1880's London, reanimating the dead to all sorts of deadly, nefarious deeds. But the Crown has their own weapon to fight back. The Secret Commission, an arsenal of supernatural beings, has been established exactly to help fight such crime. ...
In this gothic steampunk novella, we have the pleasure of meeting Jim Dastard and Artifice, two agents for Prince Albert's Secret Commission. But they are not your standard investigators, even in this Victorian era. Jim is a cigar-eating skull who wears a top hat, while Art, his most recent partner,...
4 Stars. Buy it Self purchase, kindle. First Impression: Amusing and fun. What a strange little book. Don’t get me wrong, I love the author (Elizabeth Watasin) She has these wonderful ideas, but I was lost a lot of the time with this book. Some of the British terminology was lost on me. The ...
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