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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
Alexia and the gang are back! Alexia is reeling after being separated from her husband due to an unexpected (and inexplicable) pregnancy. Carriger does a great job writing a realistic portrayal of a strong woman who is heartbroken and she never teetered into annoying territory. The characters continue to entertain, but unfortunately, my favorite character (Lord Akeldama) is entirely absent in this novel. I really enjoyed reading this story, but the ending felt a little predictable and I did not enjoy our journey to Italy as much as I expected.
4/5
4/5
I definitely enjoyed reading this the second time around knowing how it would end 😜
I'm very much enjoying The Great Parasolverse Readalong, since I had previously only read the Parasol books.
I'm very much enjoying The Great Parasolverse Readalong, since I had previously only read the Parasol books.
Alexia has returned from Scotland the scandal of the London season. Dismissed from her secret position on the Shadow Council of advisers to the queen, kicked out of both her husband’s house and her parents’ home, Alexia turns to her famous rogue vampire friend, Lord Akeldama, for answers. Unfortunately he’s disappeared, leaving Alexia with a short, somewhat cryptic message: “Leave England. And beware Italians who embroider.” Leaving London again with Madame Lefoux and her father’s trusty butler Floote, Alexia is chased through Paris and into Italy by vampires who want to kill her. Seeking refuge with the Knights Templar turns out to be a bad idea as they alternately ignore her, use her as bait, and then kidnap her, holding her prisoner. Meanwhile, back in London, Lord Maccon is getting increasingly inebriated, leaving his second, Professor Lyall, to hold the pack together and deal with the sudden disappearance of Alexia, Lord Akeldama, and all of Lord Akeldama’s drones. Luckily this is not the first time Alexia’s had to keep her wits about her, and with the help of Madame Lefoux and her scientist friend, Floote, a mysterious white werewolf who keeps showing up at just the right moment, and a beefed-up parasol, Alexia’s not going to stay kidnapped for long. Blameless has the strong characterization, familiar laugh-out-loud wit, and steampunk elements mixed in with history that had gone missing in book 2.
Only mid-way through chapter one and Ms. Carriger is making me happy with lines like: "...he kept the companionship of a large collection of such shining paragons of foppishness as to make any sojourn in his company on of unending visual delight."
This was the 3rd book in the Parasol Protectorate series and it was an enjoyable adventure. Ms. Tarabotti finally makes a move from the Great Island and the action never stops. That is one of the great things about this series. A lot of action and humour. I have discovered that the plot can tend to be glossed over a bit. For example, you get 3-4 pages of the entire point of the story. The rest of the book is just filled with non-stop action leading up to the 'great discovery'. And then we move on again right after the 'great discovery' so that the book can end and have you ready to move to the next one in the series.
At least that is the formula I have discovered. It is fun, but is also a bit weak in detail. Still enjoyable, though!
At least that is the formula I have discovered. It is fun, but is also a bit weak in detail. Still enjoyable, though!
Original review on Julalicious Book Paradise
Continuing the reading of this series, I just finished book 3 of the series. I won't lie, it wasn't the same since Alexia and Conall weren't together in this book, it wasn't the same, but the problems that kept following Alexia wherever she went made up for it.
While trying to stay alive, she tries to find more about the baby she's carrying which isn't easy because already a rare, history doesn't give much about female preternaturals. But we are talking about Alexia and where she shouldn't put her nose in, she will and she will find what she needs.
We meet again new characters in this book like Monsieur Trouvé who is Madame Lefoux's cousin and who's also an inventor. He wasn't there much in this book, but I'm really hoping to see more of him in the last two books of the series.
And Floote who is always more than what he seems to be. I really want to learn more about his past. We keep discovering more and more about him, but he's still keeping a lot of things from Alexia. I just hope that I won't end up hating him because so far, I really like him. He's really protective of her and I believe he does care for her; almost like if she was his own daughter. Perhaps, knowing her father made him feel the need to be there for her. Maybe I'm reading too much into it and will be thinking differently towards the end of the series, but for now, that's my opinion.
So the Templars make their appearance in this book and I'm really going to have to say that I do not like those guys. I do believe they think that their cause is justified, but I really feel like they are fucking stubborn and only think about their endgame and not caring about the consequences their actions could provoke.
Back in London, Lord Maccon is drunk and not really operational which is really a bad timing. He can always count on Lyall for taking the reigns back while their leader is incapacited. I feel like Lyall's path throughout the series is leading to something. I don't believe he could become an alpha, but I feel like he's preparing himself to do something big.
But back to the book, Lyall investigates into Lord Akeldama's disappearance and will find sources in unimaginable places such as Alexia's friend, Ivy, who is now married happily to Tunstell. I believe that I sort of guessed what had caused Lord Akeldama to leave London, but I didn't expect that turn of event when Lyall and Conall finally discover it and do something about it.
So that's kind of small for a review and probably vague and not making sense and I apologize, but I'm really trying to keep this spoiler free. I can't wait to continue Alexia's adventures because I feel a lot more is about to come for her.
Continuing the reading of this series, I just finished book 3 of the series. I won't lie, it wasn't the same since Alexia and Conall weren't together in this book, it wasn't the same, but the problems that kept following Alexia wherever she went made up for it.
While trying to stay alive, she tries to find more about the baby she's carrying which isn't easy because already a rare, history doesn't give much about female preternaturals. But we are talking about Alexia and where she shouldn't put her nose in, she will and she will find what she needs.
We meet again new characters in this book like Monsieur Trouvé who is Madame Lefoux's cousin and who's also an inventor. He wasn't there much in this book, but I'm really hoping to see more of him in the last two books of the series.
And Floote who is always more than what he seems to be. I really want to learn more about his past. We keep discovering more and more about him, but he's still keeping a lot of things from Alexia. I just hope that I won't end up hating him because so far, I really like him. He's really protective of her and I believe he does care for her; almost like if she was his own daughter. Perhaps, knowing her father made him feel the need to be there for her. Maybe I'm reading too much into it and will be thinking differently towards the end of the series, but for now, that's my opinion.
So the Templars make their appearance in this book and I'm really going to have to say that I do not like those guys. I do believe they think that their cause is justified, but I really feel like they are fucking stubborn and only think about their endgame and not caring about the consequences their actions could provoke.
Back in London, Lord Maccon is drunk and not really operational which is really a bad timing. He can always count on Lyall for taking the reigns back while their leader is incapacited. I feel like Lyall's path throughout the series is leading to something. I don't believe he could become an alpha, but I feel like he's preparing himself to do something big.
But back to the book, Lyall investigates into Lord Akeldama's disappearance and will find sources in unimaginable places such as Alexia's friend, Ivy, who is now married happily to Tunstell. I believe that I sort of guessed what had caused Lord Akeldama to leave London, but I didn't expect that turn of event when Lyall and Conall finally discover it and do something about it.
So that's kind of small for a review and probably vague and not making sense and I apologize, but I'm really trying to keep this spoiler free. I can't wait to continue Alexia's adventures because I feel a lot more is about to come for her.
What Happens: The third book in Gail Carriger's series focuses on Alexia leaving England for Italy after the entire country seems to find out about her "indiscretions." It's not exactly a vacation, since Alexia is hoping she can find someone to help prove that a werewolf and a preternatural can reproduce. Alexia isn't alone, Madame Lefoux and Floote accompany her on her trip.
Before she leaves, her family disowns her, Lord Alkameda and his hive disappear and someone has put out a "hit" on Alexia, meaning all vampires are trying to kill her.
In England, Lord Maccon is keeping himself permanently drunk, still under the impression that his wife is having another mans baby.
What I Thought: The book was written well as usual, Gail Carriger seems to have a knack for witty, clever writing. I was dying for the reunion between Maccon and Alexia, and for him to see the error of his ways – and I wasn't happy that I had to wait until the end of the book... but that was just my impatience nothing to do with Gail's writing. I like the fact that Alexia is such a strong character, she's always practical, even during capture. She never overreacts or panics, she thinks logically in the craziest of situations. I think this was another winner in the series. I can't wait to see what baby Maccon is like!
Before she leaves, her family disowns her, Lord Alkameda and his hive disappear and someone has put out a "hit" on Alexia, meaning all vampires are trying to kill her.
In England, Lord Maccon is keeping himself permanently drunk, still under the impression that his wife is having another mans baby.
What I Thought: The book was written well as usual, Gail Carriger seems to have a knack for witty, clever writing. I was dying for the reunion between Maccon and Alexia, and for him to see the error of his ways – and I wasn't happy that I had to wait until the end of the book... but that was just my impatience nothing to do with Gail's writing. I like the fact that Alexia is such a strong character, she's always practical, even during capture. She never overreacts or panics, she thinks logically in the craziest of situations. I think this was another winner in the series. I can't wait to see what baby Maccon is like!
I started this book pretty into it. Somewhere along the way with the Templars I just kind of lost steam. I say *I* because it might very well just be me. I ended up skimming a bit of the end. I enjoy Alexia and I'll definitely read more, but I don't know. Maybe I just enjoy the world.