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A review by abigcoffeedragon
Cold Copper by Devon Monk
4.0
This is such a well done series - I enjoy the time period and the play with Clockwork devices and turning the old Fantasy Tropes into newer, fresher ones.
This is book three, but this is NOT a trilogy, as the Epilogue opens the door for a follow on book (a total of seven, if I were a betting man, alchemically speaking of course).
At this point, if you have not read books 1 and 2, then you WILL see plot points revealed from the previous books.
I enjoy the Madder brothers the most. They come off as new world, or even our world, versions of Dwarves, with that same fun and humor that I like from my dwarves. This is all conjecture, as I do not know the root of the ideas from Devon Monk, but that is how they read to me.
There is romance, and the characterizations of two couples (one in book one and then a second in book two) which continue one here. It is not over-bearing, and played out believably.
My only true complaint is that with multiple story-lines going on at the same time, each chapter changes Point of View, which makes it hard sometimes to get into a characters moment, but it has been done well enough, and each chapter ends as it should, with a stab and twist to make you want to know what happens to them next.
I ended 2014 on a high note with Ink and Paper, and look forward to another year of great stories.
This is book three, but this is NOT a trilogy, as the Epilogue opens the door for a follow on book (a total of seven, if I were a betting man, alchemically speaking of course).
At this point, if you have not read books 1 and 2, then you WILL see plot points revealed from the previous books.
I enjoy the Madder brothers the most. They come off as new world, or even our world, versions of Dwarves, with that same fun and humor that I like from my dwarves. This is all conjecture, as I do not know the root of the ideas from Devon Monk, but that is how they read to me.
There is romance, and the characterizations of two couples (one in book one and then a second in book two) which continue one here. It is not over-bearing, and played out believably.
My only true complaint is that with multiple story-lines going on at the same time, each chapter changes Point of View, which makes it hard sometimes to get into a characters moment, but it has been done well enough, and each chapter ends as it should, with a stab and twist to make you want to know what happens to them next.
I ended 2014 on a high note with Ink and Paper, and look forward to another year of great stories.