Soulless : The Parasol Protectorate: Book the First (Hardcover)

from bardbooks

Surprisingly good urban fantasy, weaving a head-spinning number of genres into a fast-paced adventure with very likeable heroine. Inventive sex, definitely not for younger YA readers -- high school, at least.

from Aerrin99

Soulless is fluffy and fun alternative Victorian history with vampires and werewolves, but has some flaws that really disappointed me. I picked up this book after seeing it on a lot of LT threads and then flipping through it at a Barnes & Nobles. The first scene - wherein spinster Alexia Tarabott...

from elbakerone

Creativity amped up on a double shot of espresso might just tip the surface of describing Gail Carriger's novel Soulless, the first in her steampunk romance series The Parasol Protectorate. The story begins with Miss Alexia Tarabotti, who, the reader discovers, has a father who is shamefully both...

from jmchshannon

I love this book! To say it was a refreshing antidote to overly sappy Victorian novels is an understatement. I'll admit that I had my doubts. I mean, the book was all but thrust into my hands by an extremely enthusiastic sales clerk at Borders in Wayzata, Minnesota. He gushed about the book so mu...

from funstm

This had me giggling the whole way through. Alexia is hilarious and Conall is not far behind. That said, there's not a huge amount of romance and their relationship is more prone to volatile banter than anything else. I do love that Conall constantly defends her to everyone - including her own fa...