Books by Meljean Brook
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review 1: When I first started reading this series I got very upset about being left with cliff-hangers. So I waited until all the parts for the book were out before I restarted the series. I really enjoyed the pace and rhythm of the plot. Excitement, action, adventure, betrayal, loyalt...
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review 1: Great continuation of the 1st book's story. Another murder mystery that involves Mina, the Iron Duke, and the bashful Constable Newberry. The love/need is still very intense between the main characters. SPOILERS.... The only negative, but it's a big one, is that the Iron Duke i...
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review 1: Another rip-roaring steampunk pulp adventure! Zenobia, writer of the Archimedes Fox adventures, and sister to the man himself, is our star. Though she herself is not the primary mover of the story she is the focus upon which much of the story rests. Ariq, the Kraken King, is a ...
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review 1: I loved the Meljean Brook story - solid story with lots of steam punk elements but described in a way that you can follow the story without a lot of background and as a new reader but without a dumping of a lot of information to explain time and place in the story. I loved the m...
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review 1: I really enjoyed the novellas by Meljean Brook and Carolyn Crane. I haven't read either of the series these were from, but the worldbuilding,characters, and storylines were detailed and interesting enough to have me looking forward to doing so. I didn't dislike the novella by Jil...
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review 1: rholalala, je l'ai pas lâché de tout le weekend, mais vraiment j'ai fais que ça : lire. L'intrigue est tellement prennante que les 580 pages s'avalent sans compter...Zenobia qui à force d'écrire les aventures de son frère, veux en vivre une elle aussi, parce que bon voilà hein, s...
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review 1: This was a fun little story, and my introduction to Ms. Brook's writing. The world in interesting, although perhaps not as well explained in this novella as it will be in a full-length story. My biggest problem with it is the Inspector, who is apparently featured in other parts o...
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review 1: While I've enjoyed the previous Iron Seas books quite a bit, I was less enthusiastic about this one. The plot was slower moving and less interesting than the other books and novellas. I guess I was hoping for a little more swashbuckling action, whereas the main characters spent...
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review 1: Who knew I would enjoy a serial this much? Fortunately for us readers, Meljean Brook spent time making each release something of a short story or novella. These are not 25 page reads, but are much more satisfying. This segment sets up the relationship between hero and heroine, an...
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review 1: I wasn't excited about a serial format for this story, as usually I'm too impatient to wait for each section. And while yes, I'm dying to start the next section as soon as I finish the prior, there is a satisfying bulk to each individual story. Ariq and Zenobia are interesting,...
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review 1: I'm assuming that if you're reading this, you've read the first 4 parts (but not necessarily this part, so no spoilers for that here). I was a bit anxious at the end of the last installment, when we had the "inevitable abduction" of the title. Was this going to be the beginning o...
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review 1: Book two of this series was just as delightful but in completely different ways. I approve! This book weighed far heavier in terms of plot than the first one. I'd say if book one was a romance set in a steampunk adventure then this was a steampunk adventure with a romance. Yasmee...
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review 1: This was a great and exciting conclusion to the Kraken King serial. I will now proceed to review the whole serial. I know some regular readers of Meljean Brook were disappointed that she released this a serial. For me, though, I think serials are fun and buying the first issue...
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review 1: Setting: the Blacksmith’s lab; Ratcatcher Row; Star Rose Inn; ship Vesuvius; Port Fallow; Fool’s Cove; Anglesey; Theme: How to make love work… with a woman who doesn’t know your heart, and in a world that needs to see you as cruel…Characters:Eben ‘Mad’ Machen: captain of the Vesu...
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review 1: Review for Parts 5 & 6PARTS 5-6:Man, this book is looong! I'd never thought I'd say it but I'm thankful THE KRAKEN KING is a serial otherwise it'll be one long epic adventure and I mean that literally! So it's quite impossible not to read parts 5 and 6 back to back because of the...
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review 1: "I came to recognize that those letters were written while you faced some mortal danger--such as when your spark lighter died in the mountains and an ice storm closed in , when you were trapped while zombies battered a crumbling door in Venice, and when you were courting Captain ...
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review 1: Of all the steampunk novels before it, the Kraken King is my favorite of Ms. Meljean's offerings. I am so very glad I came across these after ALL of them were written, so I could tear through them all at once. They were deliciously wonderful and though complex, not as confusi...
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review 1: If I could I would give this book another twenty stars it still would not be enough!!! I have been in true and lasting love with this series since the very first book, and every book after that has made me love it more.What an ending!!! Brava Ms Brook! Though my heart breaks to s...
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review 1: The Kraken King, Part II, The Kraken King and the Abominable Worm by Meljean BrookKrakentown, Western Australia is where Zenobia and her traveling companions have been temporarily staying after their airship was attacked. She is determined to travel to the Red City by any means. ...
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review 1: Fav quotes:Hoping so much was exhausting, like exercising an unused muscle. Had she hoped so infrequently in the past that she couldn’t maintain the effort now? Zenobia didn’t know. But it seemed that hope quickly wore itself out and made room for doubt. No, it didn’t just make r...
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review 1: Just finished, and I'm practically speechless. This segment is indescribably fantastic, and deserves more than a perfect 5 out of 5 for the rating. How does Meljean write such a fabulous and mindblowing story?!Favorite quotes:That amazing, terrible smile had widened to a grin. “...
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review 1: This is the seventh part in the eight part serial novelization of The Kraken King. I enjoyed this part, but it wasn’t my favorite of the bunch. I am eager to finally get to part eight and see how things wrap-up.Ariq and Zenobia are worried about what is happening in Krakentown ...
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review 1: I'm assuming that if you're reading this, you've read the first 3 parts (but not necessarily this part, so no spoilers for that here). And we finally get to the Red City! Zenobia and Ariq have been circling each other in the last few parts, each keeping their own secrets and susp...