#Soulless by gail carriger full
#Soulless by gail carriger series

It is also in the vein of Peabody and Emerson, and nothing lights my fires like a good love-hate relationship. The mystery is fun and interesting, but I think my favorite part of the story is the budding romance between Alexia and Lord Maccon. She can dine with poncy vampires and snark back at werewolf Lord Maccon and get away with it. It also allows her to take advantage of her soulless stateвЂ“in this world, oneвЂ™s propensity to becoming a supernatural creature is based on the amount of soul one has Alexia is rare in that she has no soul, and so her touch can negate supernatural powers.

Being a spinster suits her better than having to adhere to societyвЂ™s expectations for marriageable young ladies would.

As a spinster, Alexia can get away with behavior that would make her airheaded mother and sisters faint, and I love her almost gleeful acceptance of her social fate. I had loads of fun with the society-shirking that Alexia and Lord Maccon both excel at. But to me, the resemblance seemed more like inspiration or an homage, and the story takes a different enough tack from the Peters formula that I wasnвЂ™t bothered by it at all. Lord Maccon is big, blustery, and grumpy, much like Emerson. Much like Peabody, Alexia is a spinster who carries a parasol and even looks something like Peabody. I did pick up on the similarities, but unlike Ana and Thea, it didnвЂ™t bother me at all.

#Soulless by gail carriger series

The wonderful Book Smugglers brought up an interesting point in their joint review, that Alexia and Lord Maccon reminded them both very strongly of Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe Emerson, the main characters in Elizabeth PetersвЂ™s wonderful series of Victorian Egyptian mysteries. It does fit under a very broad umbrella of fantasy, though IвЂ™d like to again bring up my wish that publishers would start using the bigger blanket term of speculative fiction. IвЂ™d quibble with the horror classification, as these days werewolves and vampires do not horror make. Unfortunately that wonвЂ™t fit on the spine, so itвЂ™s classified as a Fantasy/Horror. Soulless is a Victorian paranormal mystery romance with a few shakes of steampunk thrown in for flavor. ItвЂ™s another fun blend of genres, much like Leanna Renee HieberвЂ™s The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker. I have to say, I enjoyed the hell out of this book. ItвЂ™s kind of panic-inducing, how much stuff I have to do this month. As a friend of mine just said, November is the cruelest month for graduate students, and itвЂ™s definitely being a right bastard to me. )Дrive by review time! I apologize for the briefness of this. This review is based on a copy I bought myself.

#Soulless by gail carriger full

SOULLESS is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. Can she figure out what is actually happening to LondonвЂ™s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart? With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire - and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Second, sheвЂ™s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. This intoxicatingly witty parody will appeal to a wide cross-section of romance, fantasy and steampunk fans.Soulless by Gail Carriger (Book 1 of The Parasol Protectorate)Дescription: Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. Well-drawn secondary characters round out the story, most notably Lord Akeldama, Alexia's outrageous, italic-wielding gay best vampire friend. After Alexia kills a vampire with her parasol at a party how vulgar! she and Conall must work together to solve a supernatural mystery that grows quite steampunkishly gruesome. The only man who notices her is brash Lord Conall Maccon, a Scottish Alpha werewolf and government official, and (of course) they dislike each other intensely. She's also soulless, an oddity and a secret even in a 19th-century London that mostly accepts and integrates werewolf packs, vampire hives and ghosts. Prickly, stubborn 25-year-old bluestocking Alexia Tarabotti is patently unmarriageable, and not just because she's large-nosed and swarthy. Carriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history.