A review by rebeccadupont
The Shadow Revolution: Crown & Key by Susan Griffith, Clay Griffith

3.0

Fair book, enjoyable but not very inspiring. We had basically 3 leads, 2 men and 1 women; with a minor man and woman as well. Our ‘rake’ lead guy was, of course, the most powerful with his rare magic 'scribe' ability. The lead girl was tough and smart but of course ended up kidnapped and needing to be rescued; also, of course, laid the grounds for romance between the two. There was a lot of fights that mostly involved smashing stuff and werewolves; some interesting inventions and uses of alchemy. I enjoyed the Victorian location, the occasional steampunk feel, our main villain werewolf being female and the homunculus angle. But all around it was pretty pale ale, non original historic era fantasy.