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A review by daffz
Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger
3.0
I don't usually read books that are firmly in the Romance genre, but I made an exception for Gail Carriger because I love her work and I love the universe her books are set in. I think the fact that I'm not a huge fan of this genre as a whole did affect my rating, but it's still a fun and entertaining novella in my opinion.
Preshea isn't the most memorable character in Carriger's other series, but she was really well written in this novella. It rounded her out a lot and made me like her more than I did before. I also liked Gavin, and their romance was sweet.
I just felt like once the first half of the book was over, it went into a very smutty direction for a very long time. I was a lot more interested in the actual plot outside the romance than I probably should have been, and was waiting to return to that. It didn't have the most satisfying conclusion, but I'm aware that my focus was on the wrong thing.
I'd recommend this for people that like romance but also mostly if you're already familiar with Carriger's world, because I think some of the references to the supernatural larger universe would be confusing for people that just want a period romance. Still, even if you haven't read any of her other works you can give this one a try.
Preshea isn't the most memorable character in Carriger's other series, but she was really well written in this novella. It rounded her out a lot and made me like her more than I did before. I also liked Gavin, and their romance was sweet.
I just felt like once the first half of the book was over, it went into a very smutty direction for a very long time. I was a lot more interested in the actual plot outside the romance than I probably should have been, and was waiting to return to that. It didn't have the most satisfying conclusion, but I'm aware that my focus was on the wrong thing.
I'd recommend this for people that like romance but also mostly if you're already familiar with Carriger's world, because I think some of the references to the supernatural larger universe would be confusing for people that just want a period romance. Still, even if you haven't read any of her other works you can give this one a try.