![]() Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. Just send us an email and we'll put the best up on the site.Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society. You can read more book reviews or buy Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger at. You can read more book reviews or buy Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger at .uk Amazon currently charges £2.99 for standard delivery for orders under £20, over which delivery is free. If this appeals then you might like to try Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag. All-in-all, the witty writing in a Victorian setting sings on the page and makes this novel highly entertaining indeed. And the relationship Alexia has with her silly mother and giggly sisters is also a lovely piece of writing. For example, Ivy had learned to find Alexia's bluntness entertaining. Full moons, copious amounts of blood etc are all thrown into the mix.Īnother great section is when Carriger describes the friendship between Alexia and the rather wan Miss Ivy Hisselpenny. The language throughout is creatively ridiculous in the best possible taste - and it works. In parts, it could quite easily transfer to the stage. The whole fantastic vampire-werewolf scenario just adds another element to what is, in essence, a comedy of Victorian manners and courtship. She would literally snort at this silly social piece of etiquette and do her own thing, regardless. By this time I've got the measure of Alexia. The language is of the period and adds to the sense of fun.Ĭarriger ramps it up to uproarious proportions when talking about Victorian etiquette for ladies. ![]() Their obvious mutual attraction (while Alexia ferociously denies it) is great fun to read. But her whole childhood history is given to the reader in full right at the beginning of the novel.Īlexia seems to keep bumping into a rather attractive man. So what exactly is she? She also seems to have some interesting - powers, for want of a better word. We learn that Alexia is neither a vampire nor a werewolf. I was impressed that Carriger could keep up the imaginative lines throughout the whole book. Apt one-liners fly all over the pages such as Natural, daylight persons were kept in the dark, so to speak, but any vampire worth his blood should know a preternatural's touch. All frills and lace and Victorian manners. We first meet the bold Alexia at a social gathering. I must admit I don't think I've read a book quite like this in a long time and I like to think I have pretty eclectic tastes. It's full of lovely descriptions and sharp dialogue. ![]() She'd no doubt call a spade a spade - and a vampire, well, a vampire. Īlexia is one feisty young woman who does not mince her words. I kind of expected a bit of a treat owing to the author's original short biography on the back cover. The front cover is wickedly arresting and sums up the contents beautifully. This is a genre I do not normally choose to read so I was open-minded. I just knew that Alexia was going to be bags of fun - and she was. Her forthright character is refreshingly at odds with the rather snivelling wallflowers of the era. Miss Tarabotti fairly bounces (in a ladylike fashion, of course) onto the page. The heroine, Alexia Tarabotti is a force to be reckoned with and she doesn't suffer fools gladly Summary: A delicious and razor-sharp, witty tale of werewolves and vampires in Victorian times.
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