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Copperhead (2013)

by Tina Connolly(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0765330601 (ISBN13: 9780765330604)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tor Books

series

Ironskin

review 1: Reviewed 10/6/2014 on Pure Textuality:I received a request from one of my favorite publishers, Tor, to review the third book in this series, Silverblind. Not having read the series prior, I initially declined the review but offered up a spotlight post instead for release day. The publisher generously offered to send me review copies of the first two books, and instead, I went out and bought the audio books on Audible.As a quick note regarding the audio books, they are good. The narrator, Rosalyn Landor has a fantastic voice for narrating. These books were my first time listening to anything voiced by her and I will definitely be looking into other projects she’s done. She’s good with pacing and cadence. A good find, for sure!Back to the books…As a whole, I love... mored these books. The story line is much different from what I normally read for fantasy, but I was immediately sucked in. The main character, Jane, is a female lead who is easy to get into. The story arc is quickly engaging. The first book, as with most first books in a series, is a lot of world-building and getting to know you with the characters, but once you as the reader are all caught up, it quickly takes off and doesn’t slow down.I am one of those nerdy people who actually enjoys retellings of classics. This book is a steampunky retake on the Jane Eyre story and I thought it was brilliant. You cant go into it expecting the exact same story though. Trust this – you are in for a much different ride. If you didn’t like the Jane Eyre story, don’t let that deter you from reading the Ironskin series because the parallels are not so in-your-face that you feel like you’re rereading the same book.Overall, excellent series so far. This was a series that I probably wouldn’t have jumped into without the review request because I don’t read a lot of steampunk, but I am glad I was asked. This is one I will certainly be following!
review 2: Wow. I started reading this last night and after a few pages...I was totally bored, even put it down to watch TV. This afternoon I read a little more and got totally sucked in! Initially our hero Helen comes across as silly, shallow, and not easy for the reader to like. Married to the rich guy who is a jerk and loving the shallow life. But she has a sister who is strong, opinionated, and trying to save Helen and her peers. The premise is The Hundred are a group of women who have had their faces remodeled with a technique that combines a tiny piece of fey included in the clay. Helen is one of the hundred. However the fey have objected and bits of blue dust blow in and coagulate and if close to any of these people have the ability to take over the person. In fact, Helen has suffered just such an attack and quick thinking Jane saved her by plunging an Iron stake into her arm. Iron is not tolerated. Since then, these women have to wear Iron Masks whenever they leave their Iron Protected homes... and it gets less

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