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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
It took a while to get into this book but once I did, I really enjoyed the story. I thought it was a very original story with lots of comedic aspects.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Book 6 of my NEWTsReadathon2019 challenge! This satisfies the Acceptable level in Charms since it's got a gorgeous cover.
Sophronia is naturally gifted at getting herself in and out of scrapes. When her mother ships her off to finishing school, Sophronia soon realizes that this is more a school for covert operatives than it is about etiquette. There's some great steampunk fun with air pirates, and our heroine must save the day through her ingenuity and bravery. Overall, very cute! 3.5 stars.
Sophronia is naturally gifted at getting herself in and out of scrapes. When her mother ships her off to finishing school, Sophronia soon realizes that this is more a school for covert operatives than it is about etiquette. There's some great steampunk fun with air pirates, and our heroine must save the day through her ingenuity and bravery. Overall, very cute! 3.5 stars.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
I absolutely adore Gail Carriger!! This is the second book of hers that I have read and it was fantastic. So witty. I can't wait to get started on the second book in her Alexia Tarabotti series for adults. I read this as an audiobook and I though that the reader did an outstanding job of narrating. I will be looking for other audio narrated by Moira Quirk.
A original and beautiful steampunk setting for a very entertaining story! Loved it!
adventurous
lighthearted
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Sophronia Temminick is shipped off to Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality as a covert recruit--meaning neither she nor her family know it's actually a training academy for lady spies. Sophronia becomes suspicious during the journey to the floating school when their carriage is ambushed by flywaymen intent on stealing a mysterious "prototype" from Mademoiselle Geraldine...who turns out not to be the headmistress after all.
Sophronia's natural inquisitiveness and propensity for sneaking, er, exploring, lead her to make friends in unusual places--always useful when one wants to gather information and thwart nefarious plots. With help from her roommate, Dimity, a few of her fellow first-year students, and her friends Soap and Vieve, Sophronia discovers a demoted classmate knows more than she should about the missing device, and they collaborate to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
Carriger does a fantastic job of world-building, bringing to life a Victorian England where servants are mechanical, vampires and werewolves can be teachers, and a school can float courtesy of massive coal-fired boilers. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Sophronia's universe, and I look forward to the rest of the series. I will have to check out Carriger's adult series, now that I know this is a YA spinoff of that one.
For readers' advisors: setting doorway is primary, story is secondary, as the plot doesn't really ramp up until later in the book. No sex or bad language.
Sophronia's natural inquisitiveness and propensity for sneaking, er, exploring, lead her to make friends in unusual places--always useful when one wants to gather information and thwart nefarious plots. With help from her roommate, Dimity, a few of her fellow first-year students, and her friends Soap and Vieve, Sophronia discovers a demoted classmate knows more than she should about the missing device, and they collaborate to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
Carriger does a fantastic job of world-building, bringing to life a Victorian England where servants are mechanical, vampires and werewolves can be teachers, and a school can float courtesy of massive coal-fired boilers. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Sophronia's universe, and I look forward to the rest of the series. I will have to check out Carriger's adult series, now that I know this is a YA spinoff of that one.
For readers' advisors: setting doorway is primary, story is secondary, as the plot doesn't really ramp up until later in the book. No sex or bad language.