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Boots For The Gentleman (2011)

by Augusta Li(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1613720939 (ISBN13: 9781613720936)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

Steamcraft & Sorcery

review 1: I finished this book a couple of days ago with mixed feelings and decided to wait before writing a review.I liked this book and I wanted to like it more but there were so many WTF moments preventing me from loving it that I don't know how to explain my emotional limbo.Even worse, after so many days none of these characters truly resonates in my memory. Frolic's beauty lingers somewhere in the back of my mind, taunting me and I look at the cover and say "Damn." But beyond that, Querry comes as a figment of my imagination and the third boy in the love triangle, well you see, I cannot conjure his name. That's how off he seemed to me.There were many beautiful descriptions of settings and situations, and I liked that a lot, but on the same wavelength, things occurred in a way t... morehat didn't make sense at all --constantly. Comes to me --in a mist-- Querry rescued from jail by (nope still not coming) his lover and regardless of several beatings they made love passionately once in their haven. Wasn't he badly bruised?Oh, we are escaping, but you take the flying device, and we go by sea. What?I understand this was meant to be part of a series, and I guess that's why the resolution is not as powerful as something meant to end there forever, but I'm still not happy with it.Don't get me wrong, I liked this book. My problem is that I wanted to love it because it was my first Steampunk reading (it looked so, so promising), ergo I wanted it to be special in my reader's heart.Sadly, I'm still looking for that first Steampunk total love.
review 2: They say you cant judge a book by its cover. With this particular book it was the cover that drew me to it. If you are into steam punk, adventure, Fae and magic then this book is for you. Really enjoyed this book. This book is well written and plotted although its in another world I cant help but to relate to the characters. The biggest suprize for me was the relationship dynamic and the growth that goes on amongst the characters. less

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