Of Mice and Mechanicals: A Steampunk Novel of Suspense (Sensibility Grey Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00VGHKZ42 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 420 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Almost great. Tahlia Newland Great story and mostly well-written. It has all the elements you want in a steampunk story and even a bit of metaphysics which I found particularly pleasing.I would have given it 5 stars except that the author started far too many sentences with participles ending in 'ing'. Though they're all grammatically correct, it's a cumbersome construction and something a good line editor wouldn't pass. One every 10,000 words or so is abo. Magic, Mystery & Steampunk Fun! This is FUN from start to finish! Kirsten Weiss has melded magic, mystery & steampunk fun into a wacky and unlikely romp through San Francisco during the gold rush. She manages to keep the characters real and realistic, in the midst of a series of crazy misadventures. I was particularly fond of the proto-feminist, inventor, Sensibility, and her best friend/shadow Jane —a lady government agent. When the dashing gentlemen a. Connie S. Bernhardt said Great story. Lots of twist and turns. Great story. Lots of twist and turns, I always love that. The characters were good, I do wish she could have developed them a little more. I wanted to know more about Sensibility, I wanted to know her real emotions and feelings. I felt they got a little washed over. The same goes for Miss Algrave and Mr. Night. That is as close to negative as I can get on this book. It was a good read, and I would recommend it to other readers.
Tangling with occultists, aether gone wrong, and a local vigilante group, Sensibility must decide where her allegiances lie, and whom she can trust.OF MICE AND MECHANICALS is book two in the Sensibility Grey series of pre-steampunk, paranormal suspense set in the wild west of the California gold rush.Categories: Steampunk western, steampunk suspense, alternative history novels. Mechanicals, Mayhem, and Murder.All Sensibility Grey wants is to tinker in her new laboratory in boomtown San Francisco. A stranger in a strange land, she is finally making a life for herself as a purveyor of mechanicals to eager miners. But a pair of government agents have other things in mind.Loves and loyalties fracture, and mysterious forces threaten to destroy Sensibility and her clockwork secrets