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waclements7's review against another edition
4.0
A solid middle book for a trilogy. The characters continue to grow and develop and the storyline follows that started in the first book and leads to the final book, but wraps up with a satisfying conclusion (I really hate cliffhangers!). I don’t think these could be read as stand-alone books—they are dependent enough on the previous book for background that I think the richness of the experience would be lost and the character development wouldn’t mean as much. I’m really enjoying them.
crystalisreading's review against another edition
2.0
As much as I loved the first book in the series, was how much I was equally bored with this book. really, seriously bored, and only finished it because I had purchased it on Kindle, and was halfway through it already. The opening sequences in Mareux aren't too bad, but Taya and Cristof have no chemisty in this book. Mostly the author tells us how much they love each other, and Cristof flops around helplessly in his new Exalted restrictions, and Taya acts like his nanny. The mystery wasn't very engaging, either, and the story in general got bogged down with even more technical/ science jargon and explanations than last book. It finally got more active and interesting near the very end, and set up an interesting scenario for the last book--but not interesting enough to justify buying it, or even wanting to read it if my library did have it. oh well, at least I enjoyed the first book and got to experience another aspect of steam punk. Now on to something more fun and enjoyable, hopefully.
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