1.21.2011

 

Soulless


by Gail Carriger, 357 pgs, paperback
Overall Grade: A-
Series: The Parasol Protectorate

Sequel: Changeless
Overall an enjoyable read. Part steampunk, part bodice-ripper, part Victorian England mystery, part supernatural (ala werewolves and vampires). Enter our protagonist, Miss Alexia Tarabotti, a young, half-Italian spinster who just wants some intelligent conversation and a cup of tea. She lives in an England were the supernatural live openly with normal humans, or as openly as they can, though still viewed somewhat suspiciously, despite their strict pack or hive rules. Here the explanation is that those who survive the transformation into a werewolf or vampire have an excess of soul, while Miss Tarabotti has the opposite, no soul whatsoever. This causes her to negate the powers/features of supernaturals when she touches them. After being attacked (unsuccessfully) by an unaccounted for, rogue vampire, she quickly becomes entangled in a mystery that is besetting the BUR or Bureau of Unnatural Registry. And romantically entangled with the large, gruff, handsome werewolf Alpha, head of BUR, Conall Maccon, the Earl of Woolsey.
As this is the first in 'The Parasol Protectorate' series, I'll be reviewing the following books as I read them.

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