A review by aria_tsv
Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances by Trisha Telep

4.0

I enjoyed most of the stories in this book. The last three bored me a bit, but that's probably because I'm tired.
My favourites are probably: "Deadwood" (it's quite short, but very interesting), Under amber skies (Maria V.Snyder! Enough said!), "Wild magic" (I'm going to try reading Ann Aguirre if all her other stuff is as good) and "Code of blood" (because is set in Venice).
Of course, "The Cannibal fiend of Rotherhithe" was peculiar and wonderful too. "The Clockwork corset" was sweet and romantic. "The emperor's man" was pure fantasy. (No, really! Fantasy to the bone!). "Rude Mechanicals" was suprising, but I guess I liked it. The airship gemini was the one with the slightly suprising ending. (There is always one of those).
I didn't really like "Kind of the Greenlight City", "Chickie Hill's Badass ride" and "The Vast machine of dreams". And I guess "Tick, tick, boom" was okay.