mass market paperback, 400 pages
Published March 29, 2010 by Orbit.
Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can. She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.
This second book in the series uses more of the mystery genre than romance. And there's more steam-punk in this one.
This book has some janky places (a bit confusing in the action). But these books are light and entertaining.
I read the first book more than a year ago and had some trouble finding back into the story and the justification of various characters, but otherwise I liked it quite well.
I'm a big fan of Madame LeFoux. I'd like a series about her adventures and her various inventions.
Lord and Lady Maccon continue their odd life of paranormal bliss. But something is causing the pack to stop changing, and it isn't Alexia for a change. More sass, more bickering, and suddenly Alexia is off to Scotland in a dirigible to track down her husband at his ancestral home.
We get the expected steampunk elements tied neatly to the paranormal. Good stuff! Danger, deception, and plot twists abound. And we get a surprise ending that will get you to move book 3 up your TBR list, so well played, Carriger, well played. 3.5 stars because I didn't love it quite as much as book 1, but still very enjoyable.
Meine Rezension: amerdale.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/gelesen-gail-carriger-changeless/
A lovely bit of glorious fluff.
