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missingvolume) wrote2013-06-14 02:18 pm
missingvolume) wrote2013-06-14 02:18 pm
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#51 The Red Plague Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
I've been reading several steampunk novels lately and even though they have that in common they each have such a different take on how they handle history and setting.
This series is much more a Lord Darcy feeling for me and I dearly loved those books. Emma serves the Queen and Britannia [the spirit of England] with all her might she is more than willing to sacrifice anything in order to get the job done. There is the overlay of Sherlock Holmes as well but Emma is no Watson to Archibald's Sherlock and that is what I like about it so much. Emma is much more in control of the plot and what is going on around her. That she makes decisions that he may not care for she is doing it in the best interests of the crown, who he also serves as well. Not as much steampunk feel to this one as to the last but I love the idea of the clockwork horses. And that there is no angst over lovers in the books makes it a nice change of pace. I need to get the book that is set in the same universe but different characters and try that one out as well.
This series is much more a Lord Darcy feeling for me and I dearly loved those books. Emma serves the Queen and Britannia [the spirit of England] with all her might she is more than willing to sacrifice anything in order to get the job done. There is the overlay of Sherlock Holmes as well but Emma is no Watson to Archibald's Sherlock and that is what I like about it so much. Emma is much more in control of the plot and what is going on around her. That she makes decisions that he may not care for she is doing it in the best interests of the crown, who he also serves as well. Not as much steampunk feel to this one as to the last but I love the idea of the clockwork horses. And that there is no angst over lovers in the books makes it a nice change of pace. I need to get the book that is set in the same universe but different characters and try that one out as well.