A review by beccak
Arabella and the Battle of Venus by David D. Levine

3.0

More of a 3.5 star review. When Arabella's fiancée, Captain Singh, finds himself captured by Napoleon's supporters on Venus, Arabella rushes to the rescue. I didn't find this book as satisfying or well-paced as the first book in the series, but I adore Arabella. I also found some of the psychology a little...eh? As a result there's a bit of a romance thingy that I think is not well tied up. But the stuff about languages is neat, and I like the complexity with which Levine presents the Venusians, and the "aether" battles are super fun.