Review:: Timeless, by Gail Carriger

Title: Timeless

Author: Gail Carriger

Series: Parasol Protectorate, #5

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Previously:

Soulless

Changeless

Blameless

Heartless

With Timeless, the Parasol Protectorate books come to an end. (It is not, however, and end to the world...) Unfortunately, I think it kind of overstayed its welcome. The series went good, better, better, good, and now just okay. Maybe it's that I'm not a big fan of neatly wrapped up Happily Ever After endings. Or pretty much any of the last third of the book. Spoilers in the review.

Review:: Heartless, by Gail Carriger

Title: Heartless

Author: Gail Carriger

Series: Parasol Protectorate, #4

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Previously:
Soulless

Changeless

Blameless

I read Heartless in an airport, which was perfect because it certainly kept me from being bored whilst waiting for my flight. Unfortunately, Gail Carriger seems to have picked the mystery plot train back up, which meant I got to spend most of the book going "yup, red herring, red herring."

Review:: Blameless, by Gail Carriger

Title: Blameless

Author: Gail Carriger

Series: Parasol Protectorate, #3

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Rating: ★★★★☆

Previously:
Soulless
Changeless

In Changeless, Gail Carriger abandoned the supernatural romance setup we're given in Soulless. In Blameless, she forgoes the predictable "mystery" plot convention I hate, just letting Alexia go on adventures and be dramatic. With gears. All in all, it's a fun time.

Review:: Changeless, by Gail Carriger

Title: Changeless

Author: Gail Carriger

Series: Parasol Protectorate, #2

Format: eBook

Rating: ★★★★☆

Previously:
Soulless

In my review of Soulless, I called it a cupcake... which it was. As I said, it was a rather enjoyable cupcake, but still not something of substance. Changeless, on the other hand, is more of a muffin. It is a cupcake masquerading as food. Breakfast food, and food we'd not normally call very healthy. But food nonetheless.

Review:: Soulless, by Gail Carriger

Title: Soulless

Author: Gail Carriger

Series: Parasol Protectorate, #1

Format: eBook

Rating: ★★★☆☆

This book is a cupcake. Very little substance and very sweet. It's a problematic cupcake in a lot of ways, if you look beneath the sprinkles. But there's some nutrition hiding in there somewhere.