I am very disappointed, I had very high expectations for this book. The blurb sounded awesome, most of my frienWarning. Review contains mild spoilers.
I am very disappointed, I had very high expectations for this book. The blurb sounded awesome, most of my friends’ reviews are five and four stars. The cover is good, the author seems obsessed with English tea, you get a hint of steampunk in there.
I was expectingSoullessto be a cute humorous book full of Steampunk action and vampires. A light read. Pure fun. What I got is a mismatched Christmas tree made out of boring Victorian fiction, Paranormal Romance, inconsistent and generic storyline and bad humor.
“Ask zem. Ask zem, please, to look for ze missing ones. My master, he iz a rove. He vanishez last week. Poof.” She snapped her fingers. “Like zat. Zey brought me to ze hive because I am pretty and do good work, but ze comtesse, she only just toleratez me. Without hiz protection, I do not know how long I will last.”
I feel like the mix of genres is too much and is hindering worldbuilding more than helping it. I was also expectingSoullessto be more Steampunk than this, it added to my disappointment. The main focus of the story is on the Paranormal side, and the Steampunk is barely there. A bunch of airships, some devices and a few mad scientists. That is all. Pretty generic.
I am aware that this is slightly better than the typical Steampunk Romance style, where the Steampunk elements consist of a bunch of cosmetic goggles, used especially during sex, and some airships mindlessly thrown around. Nevertheless, I still can’t callSoullessSteampunk. If you want a perfect combination of Steampunk and vampires, you should check out Clay and Susan Griffith’sThe Greyfriar.If you want a good Steampunk/Paranormal Romance then go for Meljean Broo’sThe Iron Dukeor Delilah S. Dawson’sWicked as They Come.
The main character in this book is Miss Alexia Tarabotti, a half Italian spinster who thinks she’s too fugly for anyone to even spare her a second glance. Oh, and she suffers from the Cinderella syndrome.
The male lead is Lord Maccon, the werewolf Alpha who works for the B.U.R., the Bureau of Unnatural Registry, and of course he falls head over heels in love with our dear Alexia.
Alexia's generous curves[…]
There was just something about Alexia Tarabotti that made her immensely appealing.
Let me guess. Her parasol?
“Did I mention how lovely you are looking today, Miss Tarabotti?” He pulled the carriage to a full stop. Of course. Alexia could hardly point out the many flaws in his theories after such a compliment.
Could hardly point out. Hm. Great figure. Generous curves.
[…] her generous breasts […]
Of course no man would want to marry such a lady as her.
I am sorry to tell you Alexia, you seem to be suffering from the Mary Sue syndrome. My sincere condolences.
Lord Maccon, on the other hand, is a complete cardboard cutout. He was simply there to save the MC when she was in trouble, and form the obligatory romance.
I also thought the way he shows his affections for Alexia is simply weird.
Lord Maccon sank his human—due to their shockingly informal embrace and the fact that she was a preternatural—teeth into the place where her neck and shoulder joined.[…] Someone cleared his throat delicately. Lord Maccon bit down harder.
The dude was munching on her neck like it's a chew toy. Very hot.
I thinkSoullesswould have been a better book if the romance wasn’t there. Maybe then the author could have focused more on the story and worldbuilding. Less filler, less time wasting, more action....more
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