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February 21, 2020

REVIEW: The Clockwork Nightingale’s Song by Amy Rae Durreson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / Historical / inventors / LGBTQ romance / London / m/m romance / short-story / steampunk8 Comments

In the automated Vauxhall Floating Gardens, high above the smoggy streets of London, Nightingale No. 48 is refusing to sing. Stern mechanic Shem Holloway brings in the Gardens’ brilliant but arrogant inventor, Lord Marchmont, to fix the broken automaton. But the clockwork nightingale has a secret, and soon both men ... more >

May 22, 2018

REVIEW: Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney

JennieBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate History / Frankenstein / medical school / steampunk / Victorian4 Comments

Dear Alisa Kwitney: In the mid-2000s, I read five of your chick-lit books, and graded all but one A or A-. For me that marks you as a Very Good Author. (The fifth book, your last chick-lit Flirting in Cars, got a B+ from me, so, still a very good ... more >

March 3, 2016

REVIEW: Clockwork Heart (Clockwork Love book 1) by Heidi Cullinan

SiriusBook Reviews / C- ReviewsAlternate History / m/m romance / steampunk8 Comments

Love, adventure and a steaming good time. Clockwork Love, Book 1 As the French army leader’s bastard son, Cornelius Stevens enjoys a great deal of latitude. But when he saves an enemy soldier using clockwork parts, he’s well aware he risks hanging for treason. That doesn’t worry him half as ... more >

August 10, 2015

REVIEW: Ticker by Lisa Mantchev

JennieB- Reviewssteampunk / Young-Adult5 Comments

Dear Ms. Mantchev: Ticker is another book that I acquired through the Kindle First program. What that has meant so far, now that I’ve read about four or five books through Kindle First, is that generally the book (or perhaps more accurately in this case, the genre) is not one ... more >

July 16, 2015

REVIEW: Blue on Black by Carole Cummings

SiriusB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy / m/m romance / steampunk4 Comments

Recommended Read

  Kimolijah Adani—Class 2 gridTech, beloved brother, most promising student the Academy’s ever had the privilege of calling their own, genius mechanical gridstream engineer, brilliantly pioneering inventor… and dead man. But that’s what happens when a whiz kid messes with dynamic crystals and, apparently, comes to the attention of Baron ... more >

May 14, 2015

Thursday News: Simon & Schuster experiments with free content; why Verizon bought AOL; sexist protests against new Mad Max movie; and cool steampunk sculptures

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / AOL / Art / Film / Foli / gender / mobile content / Simon & Schuster / steampunk / Verizon3 Comments

S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach – Foli is a mobile content delivery service that will allow certain Simon & Schuster books to be viewed and read – for free – in a number of airports, museums, and hotels. Although users have to download the Foli app first, they ... more >

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