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Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

December 29, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Delightfully Deadly series is basically a companion and continuation to Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series which is a prequel to the Parasol Protectorate (also a series, or rather two). You don’t need to have read the Parasol Protectorate, but it would really help with the Delightfully Deadly series if you have some familiarity with the Finishing School series. All of them are set in a generally steampunk-esque Victorian England that includes some knowledge and existence of werewolves and vampires. Defy or Defend is part […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate Victorian, defy or defend, delightfully deadly, Finishing School series, gail carriger, novella, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:90 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, alternate Victorian, defy or defend, delightfully deadly, Finishing School series, gail carriger, novella, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk ·
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Werewolves in Love

January 28, 2018 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

In some ways my CBR history is the history of my reading Gail Carriger books. The third book I ever reviewed for Cannonball was Carriger’s Soulless. Heck, it and the next three books in the Parasol Protectorate series make four of my first 10 reviews. Carriger showed back up in my reading in CBR6 as I started her Finishing School books (a prequel series) which spread out over Cannonballs 7 & 8. I am a big Carriger fan; I enjoy her online presence, and find […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Biffy, faintingviolet, Finishing School series, gail carriger, Parasol Protectorate, Professor Lyall, Romancing the Werewolf, Supernatural Society

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Biffy, faintingviolet, Finishing School series, gail carriger, Parasol Protectorate, Professor Lyall, Romancing the Werewolf, Supernatural Society ·
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“I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.”

March 14, 2017 by alwaysanswerb 3 Comments

I am very late to the Parasol Protectorate party, which Gail Carriger threw from approximately 2009-2012, and celebrated the publication of a 5-book steampunk/urban fantasy series. Now that I have finally read the series, it’s evident that the fanfare is deserved. Carriger has a voice that is unique of her contemporaries, and while I consider all of my very favorite historical romance/fantasy books to have some measure of wit and humor, these books are on another level. If Wodehouse decided to dabble in the territory […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: alt victorian, gail carriger, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk, supernatural, Urban Fantasy, vampires, werewolves

alwaysanswerb's CBR9 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: alt victorian, gail carriger, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk, supernatural, Urban Fantasy, vampires, werewolves ·
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Rue-ing a mid-series disappointment

February 18, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have a small confession to make: I bought this book right away when it came out, and then I couldn’t bear to open it because I knew it would be at least 2 years before the next one. Well, said next one has been announced, so I felt a little more secure opening Imprudence. I have really liked everything Gail Carriger has written thus far that I have read, but this was a bit of a let-down. I feel like I may have let […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: gail carriger, Imprudence, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk

CoffeeShopReader's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: gail carriger, Imprudence, Parasol Protectorate, steampunk ·
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