The Girl with the Iron Touch is the third book in Kady Cross's Steampunk Chronicles. It is sci-f-/fantasy, my favorite genre, and a little less than 400 pages.
Emily is abducted by the evil Machinist's remaining automatons and meets an astounding robot girl with traits from herself and her friends. A breathtaking finale to a great series.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Book of the Week 3/10/14
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Before I Fall is semi-realistic fiction. Everything is realistic except for the fact that the main character is dead and keeps coming back to life periodically throughout the book. I'd classify it as fantasy, but it really isn't fantasy.
The protagonist, Sam (as in Samantha, not Samuel), is very believable and is usually fairly easy to relate to. Be warned it's more of a girly book, but I wouldn't discourage guys from reading it. It's mature in the sense that the main character talk about sex a lot and several characters do drugs, but it's not horribly mature.
In a sense, Before I Fall is similar to Groundhog Day. The protagonist re-lives the same day several times, and it plays out differently each time.
Before I Fall is semi-realistic fiction. Everything is realistic except for the fact that the main character is dead and keeps coming back to life periodically throughout the book. I'd classify it as fantasy, but it really isn't fantasy.
The protagonist, Sam (as in Samantha, not Samuel), is very believable and is usually fairly easy to relate to. Be warned it's more of a girly book, but I wouldn't discourage guys from reading it. It's mature in the sense that the main character talk about sex a lot and several characters do drugs, but it's not horribly mature.
In a sense, Before I Fall is similar to Groundhog Day. The protagonist re-lives the same day several times, and it plays out differently each time.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Book of the Week 3/3/14
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar is the sequel to The Girl in the Steel Corset, which I read last week. Both are part of the Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross (who by the way is awesome).
Continuing almost directly from where the first book left off, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar once again focuses on English Finley Jayne and her friends, Duke of Greythorne Griffin King, brilliant teenage inventor Emily, cyborg giant Sam, and Jasper, the American cowboy. Jasper has gotten himself into trouble with a gang in New York and Finley, Griffin, Emily, and Sam have to fly to America to save him and his girlfriend from the wrath of an unsatisfied gang leader, Dalton. Jasper's girlfriend Mei has a clockwork collar on her neck, hence the title. The purpose of this nasty bit of jewelry? To keep Jasper in line. If he crosses Dalton, the collar on Mei's neck tightens and chokes her to death.
So, still I think it's sci-fi/fantasy. Once again, there's cursing, violence, and sexual implications (specifically a few references to prostitution), but probably nothing most 6th/7th/8th graders can't handle.
Go for it; it's a really fun series.
Continuing almost directly from where the first book left off, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar once again focuses on English Finley Jayne and her friends, Duke of Greythorne Griffin King, brilliant teenage inventor Emily, cyborg giant Sam, and Jasper, the American cowboy. Jasper has gotten himself into trouble with a gang in New York and Finley, Griffin, Emily, and Sam have to fly to America to save him and his girlfriend from the wrath of an unsatisfied gang leader, Dalton. Jasper's girlfriend Mei has a clockwork collar on her neck, hence the title. The purpose of this nasty bit of jewelry? To keep Jasper in line. If he crosses Dalton, the collar on Mei's neck tightens and chokes her to death.
So, still I think it's sci-fi/fantasy. Once again, there's cursing, violence, and sexual implications (specifically a few references to prostitution), but probably nothing most 6th/7th/8th graders can't handle.
Go for it; it's a really fun series.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Book of the Week 2/24/14
The Girl in the Steel Corset is takes place in the late eighteen-hundreds, focusing on sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne. Finley doesn't have much money, but what she does have is very unusual, powerful, and dark. Sound cliche? Get over it; it's not. Despite the story taking place over a century ago, automatons roam the streets, and technology is abundant. Many modern luxuries are made possible by the red-haired genius Emily, a young Irish inventor and friend of Griffin King, the teenage duke of Greythorne.
I'd say The Girl in the Steel Corset is Sci-Fi/Fantasy. There's some cursing, sexual implications, and a fair amount of violence. I'm not going to put an age range on it, but read it if you can handle it, don't if you can't.
By the way, there's two sequels: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and The Girl with the Iron Touch.
I'd say The Girl in the Steel Corset is Sci-Fi/Fantasy. There's some cursing, sexual implications, and a fair amount of violence. I'm not going to put an age range on it, but read it if you can handle it, don't if you can't.
By the way, there's two sequels: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and The Girl with the Iron Touch.
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| I think that's Finley, but the book describes her as blonde. |
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| That's Mei, who you don't meet until the second book. |
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| Unless I'm mistaken, that's Emily. |
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