“Clockwork Heart” is a fascinating m/m steampunk romance story that features a brilliant man who follows his instincts and his heart, and doesn’t let his father’s evil machinations determine his choices. One should be warned that there are...
4½ StarsWhile I am sad to say goodbye to Sang, I must say that this was a wonderful ending to a series that has brought me many hours of joy. I wouldn’t suggest that anyone start their experiences in Sang with Wicked Ever After as they would be qui...
4½ StarsLady Aramina has been a mystery since the opening of Ms McMaster’s Steampunk London series. Cold and ruthless, she appears to have no heart. Bent on revenge for her father’s murder, she is ruthless in pursuit of her goal. The problem with t...
4½ StarsThis wonderfully textured and fascinating story combines steampunk and vampire precepts in a winning mixture. The evocation of historical England as it flourishes with the inventiveness of the burgeoning industrial age using steam, gears an...
5 StarsDragons and Dirigibles is part of an extraordinary steampunk series and while you don’t have to read previous books to enjoy this one, it would give you a better idea about the characters. That being said, this is the first book that is mor...
4½ StarsThe third book in the Steam and Seduction series, features Barnabas Smith-Grenville as the hero. His brother Phineas was mentioned in the previous books as missing. So when Barnabas is asked to watch over the Frederique Murcheson, a heiress...
3½ StarsFor whatever reason Meljeam Brook decided to publish The Kraken King in a serial format. Each part is like a miniature thriller and has some major part to the plot in it. It’s like lots of ultimate adventure stories but each builds on the p...
4½ StarsThis is the second book in a steampunk series that has become a must-read series. The world is absolutely awesome and very well-developed. You can practically visualize the scenes and New London. It’s so much more than just some steam-run m...
5 StarsEliza Hardison, the cousin of former hero Dexter Hardison (Gossamer Wing) sees the happiness that Dexter and Charlotte have found. Being married on a whim and ending up happy in love with a baby on the way. Eliza wonders if that life is rea...
4 StarsAnother wonderful addition to the steampunk series that Cindy Spencer Pape has shared with us. (This book is a stand alone but the entire series is a must read!) Mystery, magic and a strange plague are all elements in this novella. Romance...
5 StarsFirst, I love Christine D’Abo’s contemporary stories and couldn’t wait to see how she did steampunk. Let me tell you, she does it well and with her own unique style. This world, though set kind of in historical England, is not like any othe...
5 StarsSet in the industrial world of Steampunk (which for newcomers is a world where Britain won the revolutionary war and now everything is powered by steam. The world is covered in metallic with hand cranks and gears being used to build most al...
4 StarsThis is the third book in this unique steam puck series that takes you through dimensions and has more than a touch of paranormal in it. There is no introduction but a quick jump right into the story with mix of characters that may take a f...
4 StarsThis is an intriguing paranormal steampunk tale that gives an imaginative combination of inventions and fantastical creatures combined with a quest story. There are entertaining twists to the exciting tale that involves a shapeshifter who h...
4 StarsBreath of Iron has a very inventive, steampunk world and I so can’t wait to grab the first two books in this series as well as the next one! Kate Cross is definitely going on my favorite author lists! This book is sexy and sizzling. Readers...
4 StarsAdventures in not only a steampunk world but an alternative reality! Action, monsters and traveling between dimensions starts this story off at a good clip and keeps it quickly moving all the way to the end. There are evil elves and an evil...
5 StarsHis Clockwork Canary is another wonderful book. I wish I had read the first book! So again this review will be updated as soon as I snag a copy! Anyway I fell in love with the cover first! This book has a wonderful steampunk romance with un...
4 StarsSteampunk with a touch of paranormal defines this trilogy. This second book picks up where the first left off and has the characters trying to evade the villain while search for Sebastian who has taken a magical trip to another dimension. T...
4½ StarsThis is not a straight romance but more a steampunk story with a romantic element. While the romance is part of the storyline, it’s not exactly the primary storyline. Instead, get ready for an adventure full of intrigue, mystery and magic....
5 StarsThis series is a perfect example of steampunk at its best and Cards and Caravans is a wonderful addition to it. The world is a wonderful blend of Victorian England, magic and steam creations allowing it to cross genres. The characters are a...
5 StarsWhat an amazing entry in the Iron Seas series. I never thought a main couple could take the place of Mina and the Iron Duke as my favorite, but Annika and David took me by storm. Annika is so loveable, especially her love of colorful clothi...
5 StarsI have a fondness for steampunk ever since I discovered it. When I saw Ms. Ciotta’s book Her Sky Cowboy, I was intrigued. Cowboys and steampunk sounded like a winning combo to me. As I made my way through the tale of Amelia and Tucker, I fe...
3 StarsStacy Gail gives readers an inventive adventure with the first story, Crime Wave in a Corset Cornelia was a spitfire of a character. Even though she has some sketchy morals her past explains a lot and keeps her sympathetic to the reader. I...
4 StarsThis surprisingly erotic steampunk tale has quite a few quirky individuals and gives an intriguing view of Victorian London and an alternate universe. The characters are not quite the typical ones that one expects, ranging from lusty Phaeto...
4 StarsThis story’s enticing world intrigued me while it’s plot kept me wondering about the outcome. I knew it was a romance but it was more of a murder mystery set in a different past. The inventions were brilliant and the characters were so much...
5 StarsPerfect. Absolutely perfect. I started this story and hated to put it down even for a second. There is some much going on, per usual for the Hadrian family. I was swept into the chaos and enjoyed every minute of it. From attending social ev...
5 StarsThis third book in Meljean Brook’s Iron Seas series is just as unique and interesting as the previous books in this series. The world that this series is set in is as complex and varied as our own world today. Riveted is explores one part o...
5 StarsBrenda Williamson takes a flight of fancy with this fun steampunk romance. I can honestly say I fell in love with the dashing captain Jasper Blackthorn after all how can you not love a man with a cat. I couldn’t help but be impressed with t...
3½ StarsUpon finishing Kiss of Steal my first thoughts were, this was awesome, followed by I really, really liked this book. Now, the problem is how to express how much I thoroughly enjoyed this unique debut novel. The first thing that really struc...
5 StarsThe author has created an interesting steampunk paranormal romance and incorporated a variety of genres. It reads along the lines of a murder mystery with paranormal and historical elements. The main character has to figure out what happene...
3½ StarsJanette Aston gives the impression that she is the perfect young lady and would never step outside of what she should do. But, Janette has a secret. Actually she has two. One she shares with her mother who hired teachers to teach Janette un...
4 StarsStormy Gale is a time pirate by her own admission. Born originally in the early 1800’s in London, Stormy and her brother Bacon were taken under a local scientist’s wing, and raised almost as his own. They were introduced to the wonders of t...
4½ StarsPhaeton Black is Scotland Yard’s secret weapon against paranormal activity and his new assignment is to discover the identity of a female vampire that has been hunting the citizens among the streets of London. One night, he runs into Americ...
4 StarsDr Geneva MacKay is trying to establish her medical practice in Edinburgh in a time when female physicians were not common (she is one of the first) and not trusted. She’s finally getting a few steady patients when her father asks her to te...
4½ StarsPart of the problem I had with OMaE was that it was all over the place. This is a short novella, just over 60 pages in length and Brittan tries to cram so many plots into it that I'm never sure if I'm going up or down. Roland comes back a d...
3 StarsKendall Lake is only going to Brighton because his father asked him to when the head of the Order of the Round Table mentioned that his great niece was asking for help. Kendall knows he, as a Knight, is way over qualified for whatever this...
4 StarsTarnished is a beautifully written and fantastically descriptive. The imagery in the novel is extremely vivid and easy to comprehend. Tarnished is a wild steampunk ride, full of adventure, intrigue, mystery, and, of course, alchemical exper...
4 StarsSalem, 1698 The infamous Witch Trials may have ended a few years earlier, but the people of Salem are still pretty touchy about outsiders that appear in town as if by magic. Stormy's brother, Bacon, has been accused of witchcraft and thrown...
4 StarsWinchester Jackson has been trained for one thing most of his life. To be a hunter of paranormal beings and destroy them if needed to protect the innocent. He and his brothers are considered to be “The Chosen,” the prophetic brothers that a...
4½ StarsHow does one describe a novel such as this? Creative, daring, a fantastic story written with great imagination will work well. The story is one of Ella and Bennett, two very strong willed individuals who must come to terms with their indivi...
3¾ StarsThis novel would have worked a whole lot better if it didn't focus so much on the romance. It was written well, and the imagery was beautiful, but there was way too much romantic emphasis for my liking. I know that it is supposed to have ro...
3 StarsYasmeen has become not only the well-known captain of the Lady Corsair, a flying ship, but the captain of her fate. She refuses to take orders from any man or have anyone undermine her position as captain. Her crew is loyal and Yasmeen take...
4¾ StarsI have to say, "A Clockwork Fairytale" is exactly as described, priests, magic, doodads, and all. If you are attached to steam punk novels, however, that aspect is only lightly handled here, instead falling into a perception of mechanical f...
4¼ StarsThe Wild Side is an anthology of edgy urban fantasy with an erotic edge written by a collection of authors who are adept at creating vivid word portraits and disconcerting situations. The eerie circumstances that the disparate protagonists...
4½ StarsI decided to pick this book up out of sheer desperation. I am kind of burned out from reading only romance, erotica, and mainstream fiction for the last few months and I wanted to try something completely different for once. So when I saw t...
4¾ StarsSteam and Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape is a delightful paranormal romantic mystery/suspense set during Victorian England. Being a huge fan of Jayne Ann Krentz's Arcane Society books, Steam and Sorcery immediately drew my attention as a mus...
4¼ StarsIt's 1851 in London England and though the people there can travel on air ships and calculate distances by machine, there are still those stuck in the past, such as the Order of the Round Table not allowing females to join their ranks. Anot...
5 StarsMina Wentworth is a Detective Inspector with the Metropolitan Police Department in London. She’s also the daughter of a peer and the product of a Horde induced frenzy. Any and all of those things can have her harassed but together the...
5 StarsSet in America during 1926 in an alternate world where America is in a cold war with Great Britain, Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann is a story that blends steampunk with noir vigilante superhero style. The story focuses on The Ghost who...
3½ StarsAs Timeless As Stone by Maeve Alpin is a nice little romp through the Steampunk world of mechanical men, time travel, and Paris in the early 1800's. I enjoyed the story and the use of an actual historical character. Ms. Alpin mixes som...
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