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On the run after defending herself, rather forcefully, from a case of attempted rape by her employer's son, Finley Jayne finds herself sheltered by a most unusual group of young people. Griffin King, Duke of Greythorne, had taken over his murdered parents' job of protecting the realm. Together with his friends and allies, Griffin is searching for the Machinist, a man who has the ability to change the programming of automatons.

Overall, this was an interesting introduction to the group who will, I assume become our series' regulars. I thought this was a steampunk X-Men, only to read that the author herself had in mind League of Extraordinary Men plus teen X-Men, so I nailed it! There is an occasional hiccup in the writing, but I think that will be solved with time and experience. Cross' ideas are thrilling and her enthusiasm for the story is obvious. If the reader is ready, willing, and able to throw themselves into the story, I think they will enjoy the trip. I know I did, enough that I've already purchased the next installment in the series. 4.5 out of 5.


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The Girl in the Steel Corset Kady Cross Books Reviews

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I think that my feelings for The Girl in the Steel Corset could pretty accurately be described as STEAMPUNK=AWESOME. I'm a huge fan of STEAMPUNK, but it's just one of those genres that never quite made onto the YA group for whatever reason.

But there should be more, because they've found a fan in me. I liked Kady's rich descriptions of society, and the steampowered carriages, as well as the automatons and the lovely steampunk garb.

I liked that when the points of view switched; I was never confused. Each of the characters has their own unique personality. You'd think that there would be confusion, but no, I always knew exactly who was speaking, and I loved that.

I also loved the Jekyll and Hyde element, as well as the mystery of the machinist and the various other things that were going on.

Finley was my favourite character, but I also really liked Emily, Sam, Jasper, and Griffin. I love that none of the characters personalities were skimped on in favor of action. There was plenty of that too, but all of the characters were very fleshed out in spite of that.

Now, because I have to, I'll say something about the quasi-love triangle. I like both sides, but Griffin totally comes out on top for me. He's so much sweeter, and I like the way that he thinks about Finley. They're both swoony, though, so there is that.

All in all, my only problem with The Girl in the Steel Corset was that it was a tad predictable. Everything else about it was amazing.
This was a book club choice for a challenge to read a steampunk novel. This book was interesting because it was a genre I had never read before. I really loved the short story (100 pg.) that came with the book. The book itself was good but I felt like I would have liked it more if it was about half the length. I don't think anything would have been lost from the story if it had been edited down more. I would recommend to anyone that likes steampunk novels.
I got this because when I looked at the sample story "The Strange Case of Finley Jayne," it seemed really good. The character was interesting, the world seemed interesting, and her particular psychological issue was genuinely intriguing. But this was just the short story that acted as a character-developing prequel to "The Girl in the Steel Corset," and that was where everything went wrong. In the primary novel, the author bounces from one character's perspective to the next so quickly it makes your head spin. Finley seemed to radically change her mind (not just her personality) about things at the drop of a hat. While she had been built up as an intelligent and independent protagonist, she suddenly becomes weak-kneed and googly-eyed every time a dreamy boy looks sideways at her. The connections between her and the two possible romantic interests (yeah, ANOTHER triangle) consisted of statements like "inexorably drawn to" or "drawn to without knowing why," which basically translates into author-speak as, "I really have no idea why these characters would wind up together, so I'm not really going to try and actually write it." As far as the plot itself, it was clunky and moved forward thanks to random reveals that our primary protagonists seem to have no input on. And oh good grief, organites? The author had all the makings of a good steampunk story and wound up making a lackluster and uninspired romance with hints of magic and sci-fi, and there just wasn't enough promise there to warrant getting the second book.
I started reading steampunk because of a shift in interests in my life. I cringed when I opened the box and saw it was a Harlequin Teen book... ah well, if I paid attention before I ordered it I would have seen that.... carveat emptor.

It's readable, but

1. "Twilight-esque" love triangle doesn't really develop very much. There's really no question which guy the girl is going to pick.
2. The mysterious Machinist is almost immediately, transparently apparent
3. The outcome of the sinister plot is also transparent; Machinist with robots, missing wax figure... hmmmm
4. Foiling of the plot? Not a lot of tension, and the outcome is never in doubt.
5. The resolution of the character battling her two halves is pretty "well, that was easy-ish". Is Staples® aware of this?

Serious? The strongest guy in the world (Thor), the smartest girl in the world (probably Henry Pym, maybe Tony Stark), the fastest and accurate gun slinger in the world (Hawkeye), a woman with an uncontrolable dark side that becomes controllable without much effort (the Hulk), lead by the most powerful mystic in the world (oh... and he's rich, handsome, well connected, and high nobility to boot) (okay... a cross between Dr. Strange and Iron Man) secretly save the world?
On the run after defending herself, rather forcefully, from a case of attempted rape by her employer's son, Finley Jayne finds herself sheltered by a most unusual group of young people. Griffin King, Duke of Greythorne, had taken over his murdered parents' job of protecting the realm. Together with his friends and allies, Griffin is searching for the Machinist, a man who has the ability to change the programming of automatons.

Overall, this was an interesting introduction to the group who will, I assume become our series' regulars. I thought this was a steampunk X-Men, only to read that the author herself had in mind League of Extraordinary Men plus teen X-Men, so I nailed it! There is an occasional hiccup in the writing, but I think that will be solved with time and experience. Cross' ideas are thrilling and her enthusiasm for the story is obvious. If the reader is ready, willing, and able to throw themselves into the story, I think they will enjoy the trip. I know I did, enough that I've already purchased the next installment in the series. 4.5 out of 5.