Review: The Girl With The Iron Touch

The Girl With The Iron Touch by Kady Cross Published by Harlequin Teen on May 28th 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Historical/Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads In 1897 London, something not quite human is about to awaken When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. What's left of their archenemy, The Machinist, hungers to be resurrected, and Emily must transplant his consciousness into one of his automatons—or forfeit her friends' lives. With Griffin being mysteriously tormented by the Aether, the young duke's sanity is close to the breaking point. Seeking help, Finley turns to Jack Dandy, but trusting the master criminal is as dangerous as...

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Review: The Girl in the Clock Work Collar

Title: The Girl in the Clock Work CollarSeries: Steampunk Chronicles # 2Genre: Young Adult- Steampunk/Fantasy Author: Kady Cross Publisher: HarlequinTeen Release Date: May 22, 2012 Book: Netgalley “In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling – or dangerous. Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him…for the life of the girl Jasper loves. One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei’s neck tightens. And tightens.” This is the second book in the...

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Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset

Title: The Girl in the Steel CorsetSeries: Steampunk Chronicles # 1Genre: Young Adult- Steampunk/FantasyAuthor: Kady CrossPublisher: Harlequin TeenRelease Date: May 24, 2011Book: Netgalley “In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…. Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited...

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