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bigotterbooks's review
5.0
What ho!! This quick read was so good I read almost the entire thing aloud to everyone in the room! Witty, charming, urbane and clever, the more-than-slightly clueless Reginald Worcester and his automaton Reeves are the best thing to happen to steam punk. Borrowing heavily and quite well from P.G. Wodehouse, this little gem offers Aunts galore in the first part as a missing time machine mystery is solved. The second half of the book deals with mysterious murders, more time travel, changed timelines and more H.G. Wells as Worcester & Reeves do their thing and solve the whole convoluted mess with panache and quite a bit of gin. An excellent addition to the series. 5 stars. I received a copy of the book-the review is my own.
jonmhansen's review
4.0
"As the poet says, ‘In the spring a young automaton’s fancy turns to thoughts of electrical appliances with shapely legs.’"
kasss's review
4.0
Ah, this book. I had no idea what to expect, wasn't familiar with author [a:Chris Dolley|169440|Chris Dolley|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1275930980p2/169440.jpg], and honestly didn't look into this book much beyond "HG Wells has a problem. His Aunt Charlotte has borrowed his time machine and won't give it back. Now she's rewriting history!" which intrigued me.
The book was a pleasant surprise! A little steampunk, a little Sherlock Holmes. Clever and full of action at the same time, and funny.
I also loved the characters. Once I figured out this wasn't the first book with Worcester and Reeves I was a little worried I was missing crucial information, but it didn't matter for this story (although I'm all the more curious about other stories now, like [b:What Ho, Automaton!|11097620|What Ho, Automaton!|Chris Dolley|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327934309s/11097620.jpg|16019636]).
(I won this book in a giveaway on LibraryThing.)
(Also, first review for a book? yay me)
The book was a pleasant surprise! A little steampunk, a little Sherlock Holmes. Clever and full of action at the same time, and funny.
I also loved the characters. Once I figured out this wasn't the first book with Worcester and Reeves I was a little worried I was missing crucial information, but it didn't matter for this story (although I'm all the more curious about other stories now, like [b:What Ho, Automaton!|11097620|What Ho, Automaton!|Chris Dolley|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327934309s/11097620.jpg|16019636]).
(I won this book in a giveaway on LibraryThing.)
(Also, first review for a book? yay me)
vesper1931's review
2.0
HG Wells, steampunk, time travel and Reggie Worcester, a gentleman’s consulting detective,with his automaton valet, Reeves, are hired to find a missing time travel machine
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