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A Conspiracy Of Alchemists (2013)

by Liesel Schwarz(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0345545079 (ISBN13: 9780345545077)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Del Rey

series

The Chronicles of Light and Shadow

review 1: I decided to read this book because the two main characters, Elle and Marsh, were listed on a top ten steampunk couples list somewhere. Well, what a disappointment this turned out to be. The best word I can think of to describe this story is...superficial. Paper thin characters, flimsy world building, stilted dialogue that often seemed as though the author was plucking random sentences out of a hat and then writing them down. There was never a single emotion, and I use the term loosely because emotion implies depth that this story completely lacked, that was ever explored for more than two sentences. Everything just felt shallow, shallow, shallow. Some stories are the stick to your ribs meat and potatoes variety. Others are sweet desserts. This story was more l... moreike a scratch and sniff. I didn't care enough about any of it to bother reading more in this series.
review 2: This book was utterly fabulous! I loved everything about it --the characters, the plot, the climax, and ending. This steampunk mystery/drama was everything that I could have hoped from the air ship pirates to the absinthe fairies. Eleanor "Elle" Chance is an air ship pilot, who is commissioned by a mysterious warlock viscount named Hugh Marsh. Elle takes the job, but soon realizes she's in more than she's bargained for. From burglaries to kidnappings, Elle and Marsh travel around Europe to put a stop to the dastardly Alchemists' plans for world domination. I can't wait for book 2! less

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