Title: Steamed
Author: Katie MacAlister
Genre: SteamPunk
Rating: * *
Publishers Date: 2/2/10
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 0451229312
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When one of Jack Fletcher's nanoelectromechanical system experiments is jostled in his lab, the resulting explosion sends him into the world of his favorite novel-a seemingly Victorian-era world of steampower, aether guns, corsets, and goggles. A world where the lovely and intrepid Octavia Pye captains her airship straight into his heart...
I generally love Katie MacAlister’s books. I loved the premise of this book, the characters , and the romance. However, I didn’t love this book. I thoroughly did not enjoy it at all. And I was forewarned but it was in my TBR pile and I picked it up and tried it anyway. I didn’t like how it was told from first person POV, first from Jack and then from Octavia. I was constantly going back to the chapter’s beginning to figure out who was speaking. Very jarring. I never for a minute got lost in the story and forgot I was reading a book, which for me is the whole pleasure of reading. The secondary characters were just blah. True this was the first Steam-punk I’d read but I was really looking forward to this new genre. It didn’t completely turn me against this genre but definitely has me backing away from it.
ooo, sorry to hear this one didn't work for you.
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