Kiss of Steel London Steampunk Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Bec McMaster Alison Larkin Tantor Audio Books
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Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it's the last safe haven. But at what price? Blade is known as the master of the rookeries - no one dares cross him. It's been said he faced down the Echelon's army single-handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood craving he's been quicker, stronger, almost immortal. When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She's so...innocent. He doesn't see her backbone of steel - or that she could be the very salvation he's been seeking.
Kiss of Steel London Steampunk Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Bec McMaster Alison Larkin Tantor Audio Books
First off, don't let the cover fool you. Honoria would never dress like that. Despite her far more modest dress, she still is a strong and independent person.Overall a good story. Blade is an excellent character. Honoria is ok. Her stubbornness does tend to keep her feet on a path well after she should have started looking for other options. That got pretty frustrating in the middle of the book. Thank goodness her younger sister is more pragmatic and gave her a talking to.
The world is interesting. It's the 2nd time I've read a book where the nobility of England and Europe have become vampires and the like. It's a very interesting way to weave the supernatural into history while being able to keep a lot of the history the same. There were things renamed and changes in history, but I felt they were all organic to the story and not just changes for change sake.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.
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Kiss of Steel London Steampunk Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Bec McMaster Alison Larkin Tantor Audio Books Reviews
I thought I was getting Steampunk, but this is really more Vampire-romance-fantasy genre than steampunk. Personally, I'm quite over the whole vampire thing, so I found this a little disappointing in the sense that I was expecting something else. For a series subtitled "London Steampunk." there isn't really much for hardcore Steampunk fans except for a few odds and ends of mechanical articles (not even an airship to be found!), and even then they don't figure much into the story. But, my preferences aside McMaster does write a fine vampire romance. The world building is very good, as is the whole background of the vampire "virus" that plagues the inhabitants of this alternate London. If alternative Victorian vampires are your thing, you won't be disappointed.
Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this book and I didn't quite understand the blue bloods for the first quarter of the book and even now I wouldn't mind a bit more of a background on how things in this world ended up they way they did. The story took a little bit to really get going which isn't surprising for a first book in a series but by the 30% mark I was intrigued and hooked. I couldn't put this book down. I loved Honoria and Blade both as individual characters and together. Honor was a really strong female character who would do whatever it took to keep her family safe. Although she could be very stubborn it made sense within the context of the story. Blade was also a very strong character who built a place for himself in a world that would like to see him destroyed. He had a dark side but he also had a vulnerable side when it came to Honor and those he considered family. The relationship between the two built at a great pace and just really worked for me. I enjoyed the overall plot and the secondary characters (especially Will). I thought the concept between the blue bloods and vampires was somewhat unique and interesting and although the steampunk portion played a small part in the book it added to the atmosphere of the book. This is a book that stuck with me and I could actually see myself re-reading it at some point. I will be reading the next books in the series! In fact I originally borrowed from kindle and I enjoyed it so much I went back and bought it!
I dont have an answer except I have to say I was a bit burned out on the whole vampire / demon possessed novels and thought this fell into the same catagory ... Goodness, was I wrong!!! This is one amazing, absolutely superb book that turns all the usual vampire tropes on their heads, adds a goodly wallop of steam punk regency England and stirs it up with a lovely measure of romance
I like Steam punk but sometimes the pollution and muckiness of the world's they create kinda put me off, but this didn't do that. It had me enthralled from the first page - right to the end. The writing was gritty and tight and the romance was very soothing to my soul.
I think the heroine was one of my favourite female protagonist after a long time. Usually we have heroines who are portrayed as smart and independent but then they become TSTL when they dont know how to draw the line between independence and knowing when to swallow pride and take a little help to save the day. I mean - we all need help sometime in our life and true intelligence is knowing when. The incident with the gun when the heroine first meets the hero and then later when she offers the business arrangement ... sigh ... I actual felt my blood prickle inside my veins and goosebumps form with the latter incident almost making me miss my bus stop. I actually went and re-read it again after I finished it - taking time to savour the story and writing
Why did I leave it in the TBR pile for so long? Stupid, silly me!! Don't make the same mistake - buy this book and read it.
First off, don't let the cover fool you. Honoria would never dress like that. Despite her far more modest dress, she still is a strong and independent person.
Overall a good story. Blade is an excellent character. Honoria is ok. Her stubbornness does tend to keep her feet on a path well after she should have started looking for other options. That got pretty frustrating in the middle of the book. Thank goodness her younger sister is more pragmatic and gave her a talking to.
The world is interesting. It's the 2nd time I've read a book where the nobility of England and Europe have become vampires and the like. It's a very interesting way to weave the supernatural into history while being able to keep a lot of the history the same. There were things renamed and changes in history, but I felt they were all organic to the story and not just changes for change sake.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.
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