![]() Huge eyes, exaggerated features and especially very androgynous, sometimes emaciated-looking male figures. I love comics and graphic novels but I’ve never really warmed to the traditional manga style. I had a few qualms about the adaptation of this story into a manga. ![]() Now! They’re great fun and mix steampunk, vampires and werewolves and a hint of romance. If you haven’t read Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate novels, go and do so. I’m not going to go into the plot very much here. The experience was surprisingly fun though, and I intend to repeat it very soon. Apart from a couple of Sailor Moon books, I haven’t read a single manga in my lifetime. Now that the series is officially over (I’ve yet to read Timeless), I thought I’d venture into a different medium and try something almost completely new to me. Review: Acacia: The War With the Mein by David Ant.It’s hard to get enough of assertive Alexia Tarabotti.Review: Dead Boy Talking by Linda Strachan.The Nobel Prize for Literature and Picking Books B.Review: Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.Nihon No Kinyoubi (15) Review: Kwaidan by Lafcadio.Review: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson.There's something about the dress and the parasol and the hideous gray background that just scream interesting and exciting to me! Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?Ĭover Story: Honestly, it's the cover, more than the title or the summary or the reviews that I read, that originally had me wanting to read this book. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire - and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Summary: Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. So, in other words, if you're one of the few like me to be late in the reading of Soulless game, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? Get yourself a copy now. That said, there is mega chemistry between the two love interests, and Carriger did an amazing job of building that up throughout the book. And while Soulless is not over the top by any means, there's still a little more of that in it than would suit my tastes. I mean, my favorite love stories in books are those that end with one, sweet kiss. I know people like me are few and far between, but reading about "sex" really rubs me the wrong way. My biggest problem with this book was the occasional slightly racy love scene. Who can help but love a heroine who will, no matter what the cost, have her tea? And there is plenty of action and quirk hiding at every twist and turn for those of you out there that are action addicted. Even if you're not like me, though, once this book finally does get moving, it's fabulousness does not stop. ESPECIALLY if you're not used to reading things with lots of language and words that you might not understand (and therefore having to read through all of the descriptions). I have heard a lot of people say that it is slow to get started, and while I don't agree, I can understand where they're coming from. And while I do ENJOY action, if it's not done PERFECTLY, I sort of just glaze over it. Of course, I think one of the reasons that I liked this book so much is that I really enjoy a lot of build-up before any real action happens. I'm not usually one to go in for British humour (seriously - all those books like Georgia Nicholson that everyone think are HILARIOUS usually do little more than just annoy me), but somehow the humour in this book (and the occasional degrading of Americans and Italians) had me laughing out loud on a regular basis.įor someone without a soul, Alexia Tarabotti sure brings a lot of soul to this book - she is fun, quirky, strong-willed, opinionated, intelligent - put all of this together, and you've got the perfect narrator for a book including flamingly gay vampires, scruffy, uncontrollable werewolves, useful parasols, and hideous hats. It is the quirkiness, I think, that makes this book so unique, and the non-stop excitement that makes this book so fabulous. What I Have to Say: So while this wasn't my first foray into steampunk, it was my first foray into the genre known as steampunk romance, and let me just say: thank goodness I didn't let that little word "romance" scare me.Įverything about this book is quirky and exciting. Who Should Read It? Anyone into steampunk or quirk or hideous hats and parasols.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |