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436 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| February, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-6805-4$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4424-6807-8
(4)
YA
Secret Order series.
After finally identifying her attempted killer in Rise of the Arcane Fire, Victorian heroine Meg leaves her steampunk schooling behind to locate her missing grandfather in Paris. While fans of the genre may delight over the myriad clockwork curiosities that Meg encounters on her journey, this action-jammed but rote series-ender mostly concentrates on wrapping up dangling story lines.
456 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| February, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-6802-3$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4424-6804-7
(4)
YA
Secret Order series.
After discovering her family's hidden legacy, Meg struggles to prove herself at a Victorian-era academy for new Amusementists. Meg's Hogwarts-esque school serves as an adequate catalyst for political intrigue, duplicitous professors, and dangerous rivalries. However, Bailey's attempts to cast Meg as a proto-feminist among her sexist male classmates falter when a love triangle takes center stage in this second steampunk installment.
407 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| March, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-4026-5$17.99
(4)
YA
Secret Order series.
Orphaned and destitute, Meg becomes a live-in maid for a mysteriously absent master. After discovering a secret chamber, Meg sets out to infiltrate an enigmatic society of mechanists and avenge her parents' death. This adventure is fast-paced with notably gentle steampunk elements, but fragile Meg is too fixated on the brooding stable boy to stand out as a noteworthy heroine.