The Book:
Title: Changeless
Author: Gail Carriger
Series: Parasol Protectorate #2
Published April 1st, 2010 by Hatchette Book Group
Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 389
“Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears; leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.
But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. So even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can. She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.
CHANGELESS is the second book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.” –Goodreads
My Review:
I am going to keep this short since, at the time of writing, I have read the next book and am onto the next.
I love Gail Carriger, but damn she writes A LOT.
All of these reviews are going to sound the same because I love her books and they are all similar. They are all really well done and have the same sort of plot line.
That being said, a lot of her books seem to blend together, so I am not 100% on all the events in this book, hence why I am keeping this short.
The saddest part of this book for me was how we slowly got away from the romance portion of the book. There was no more slow-burn like the first. The characters are happily together. That is always great, but there is not a huge extent of books anymore. There is no waiting to get together tension, there is just them being loving.
We got introduced to beloved characters from the prequel series Etiquette and Espionage in this book. I was so excited to see familiar characters again.
I wonder who else she will bring in.
Carriger is so witty and fun. Her writing is always amazing and she definitely deserves the read. Check out my review of Soulless, the first book in this series if you are interested in starting.
As always, thanks for reading,
A Bookie
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Sounds like a great series! You gave it 4 stars – is that your highest rating? Some reviewers use a 5-star system. I don’t know why.
5 stars is my highest!!