A review by ubalstecha
Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook

3.0

As an airship captain, Yasmeen has learn to not trust me who tell her they love her. Too often, they want what she has and are not to be trusted. Even the legendary Archimedes Fox tried to take over her ship once. Yasmeen tossed him back into zombie infested Venice for that. Now he's back, and pulling her into a web of assassins, debt and rebellion. With her ship destroyed, she has no choice but to work with Fox, but can she keep her principles in the face of such a situation.

Another great Steampunk romance from Brook. Again, her world build is rich and just fun to fall into. Her main characters are nuanced and believable. What she needs to work on are the secondary characters. The ones in this book, with a few exceptions, verge on the cartoonish. The sex scenes move closer to the romance fiction norm than in the first book.

Worth picking up.