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Cross, Kady
5 Reviews
(3)
YA
Sarcastic Lark Noble and her dead twin sister, Wren, must use their spiritual connection to save their new friends from the horrifying ghost of a serial killer who is haunting them. The book's fast-paced, hair-raising plot manages to balance gruesome spiritual battles in the Shadow Lands with a dose of earthly high-school angst and a light dab of romance.
Reviewer: Siena Leslie
(4)
YA
Steampunk Chronicles series.
Finley dies in order to enter the Aether and save her love, Griffin, who is being held captive by his (dead) archenemy, Garibaldi. Meanwhile, Mila (formerly an automaton, now a girl) decides to run away in order to break free from her criminal caretaker, Jack. Cross's fifth series entry is filled with bold characters, overwrought situations, passionate romances, and dastardly deeds.
Reviewer: Sian Gaetano
(4)
YA
Steampunk Chronicles series.
Emily is kidnapped by automatons serving a comatose Frankenstein-like scientist. Finley (The Girl in the Iron Corset; The Girl in the Clockwork Collar) and her friends must find Emily before she is forced to transplant the Machinist's brain into a new host--her boyfriend, Sam. This mix of romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure requires much suspension of disbelief but provides an entertaining, page-turning read.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(4)
YA
Steampunk Chronicles series.
This overly long sequel to The Girl in the Steel Corset finds Finley Jayne in New York City, again struggling to control her dark side. She infiltrates a criminal gang in order to rescue her friend, Jasper, and his love, Mei, who is forced to wear a clockwork collar that tightens if someone makes a wrong move. An entertaining, if messy, mash-up of Victorian technology and romance.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
YA
Steampunk Chronicles series.
In this bubblegum mix of romance and steampunk set in Victorian England, sixteen-year-old Finley struggles to contain her dark, violent impulses. A band of misfits harbors Finley, and together the group works to solve crimes committed by someone known as the Machinist. There's almost as many love triangles as automatons here; fans of snappy sci-fi romance will read full-steam ahead.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
5 reviews
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