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When Lokants get involved in our worlds, it always means trouble.
They’re impossibly powerful, and …
This book resonates strongly with the second book in the series.
Draykoni do not die. Not truly. Not forever.
So we thought. We have been proved …
Yet I quite like the good old characters.
Orlind. Locked behind impassable mountains, buried under the weight of a vast — and terrible …
This book wraps up the trilogy, but more books are added afterwards. It was ok, if memory serves.
Once naught but a legend, the fearsome draykoni have returned to the Seven Realms.
For …
Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'. Normal girls don't lose time, or have something inside …
It was deadly, but at least it wasn’t one of his fancy inventions.
— The Strange Case of Finley Jayne by Kady Cross (The Steampunk Chronicles, #0) (87%)
Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'. Normal girls don't lose time, or have something inside …
A short thrilling adventure full of mystery. I highly recommend this prequel but unfortunately the same brilliance didn't go on into the next installment of this series.
A steampunk fantasy adventure brimming with wit and fun.
Caspar Goldstein: a rich, charming steamcar …
The story starts up a little slow but suddenly things start happening, and a real adventure starts. It felt like at about the same time the characters came alive as well. Although the first chapters weren't all that promising, I ended up enjoying this thoroughly.
The Drifting Isle Chronicles is a shared steampunk world, where multiple authors have written their books. This was my first encounter, and I'm looking forward to reading the others as well!
Content warning Generic statement about the ending.
The short prequel "The Strange Case of Finley Jayne" was an exiting steampunk adventure, but unfortunately this didn't live up to the expectations.
Too much teenage love stories and superpowers.
The ending was quite dull too.
"Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a …
These are some great surrealistic stories.
"Blood drive" is my all time favorite short story. It has a beautiful touch of philosophy.
Legends tell of creatures the size of houses, with wings as vast as the sails of great ships. Their scaled …
The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct …
The concept of humanity taking refuge in a metro in a post nuclear war world is truly interesting. However the story built into it was medicore at best. More or less random "plot twists".
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published …
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A …
This book ended up in my hands by chance, but now I realize that it was really a stroke of luck. A beautiful story of art and life itself.
The content is great but the notes are linked poorly (at least in the Kindle version). In the end there are plethora of helpful notes explaining ancient things, but they are only linked backwards. I.e. not from text to footnotes but from notes to text, making their discovery hard.