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Heartless
Heartless | Gail Carriger
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Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical invention, and a plague of zombie porcupines, Alexia barely has time to remember she happens to be eight months pregnant.Will Alexia manage to determine who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it is too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf's clothing? And what, exactly, has taken up residence in Lord Akeldama's second best closet?HEARTLESS is the fourth book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.The Parasol ProtectorateSoullessChangelessBlamelessHeartlessTimelessFor more from Gail Carriger, check out:The Custard ProtocolPrudenceImprudenceFinishing School (YA)Etiquette & EspionageCurtsies & ConspiraciesWaistcoats & WeaponryManners & Mutiny
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MaleficentBookDragon
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This made me laugh 😂 🐈

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MaleficentBookDragon
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After bumping this for Witch Slap (#netgalley), I‘m back with Alexia and company. This series is just so delightful. I‘m going to be sad when it is over.
Anyone have any recommendations for light steampunk reads like this? Think Steampunk cozy.
While I absolutely ❤️ the Newbury & Hobbes and Jackaby series, the Parasol Protectorate is such lighthearted fun.
I didn‘t get as into her Finishing School books; I‘m not into YA leaning stories right now.

ChaoticMissAdventures I adored this series! It is so much fun and I liked the balance of romance and adventure. I used to be super into Steampunk, this was by far my favorite and I thought, the best written series. If you enjoy graphic novels The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a fantastic steampunk read (not as funny as this.) or if you can find it (smaller press) Agatha is also amazing 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Also look for books by Pip Ballantine (Phoenix Rising); and she gets mixed reviews on Goodreads but I enjoyed most all of Cherie Priests books, they don't have the same romance steamy lines but are pure steampunk books like 3mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Maybe it‘s because I went to a tea (Harry Potter themed) today, but I‘m finding myself drawn back to this series again.I love these steampunk supernatural little adventures.
Perhaps this will be my next read. I‘d like something lighter after Lone Women.

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PageShifter
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I love peculiar characters and this book had several of them. I also really love this world: I overall like steampunk but this world is even historical and supernatural.

This was light & fun read.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #TheSupernaturalYear (Pudding) #19822022 (12/41)

TheSpineView Awesome! 3y
Librarybelle I know readers who think this series is amazing! 3y
Chrissyreadit That is a very fun umbrella. 3y
DieAReader Awesome!🎉🎉🎉 3y
PageShifter Thanks @TheSpineView & @DieAReader ☺️

@Librarybelle This is indeed very liked series. And I have also found it fun, I especially like how these are also comedies of manners :D

@Chrissyreadit Thank you xD Maybe I have always been right audience for this series, haha
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catsuit_mango
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Starting a re read on a favourite series on a grey day when work is slow :)

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PandaPanda
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It‘s rare that the fourth book in a series is better than previous but I really liked this one more that the previous two, almost as much as the first. This series is so enjoyable and I can‘t wait to read on to the last one.

+16 TBR read @StayCurious #teamrednosedreindeer

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Daylight folk version of Lord Akeldama's Pink Slurp. Prosecco - I can never bring myself to use Champagne in a Cocktail and a splash of grenadine because I don't have Lord A's Vampire Sensibilities.

I've spent the last 2 days in the Parasolverse switching from Print to Audio. Biffy in Heartless always makes my heart hurt but then comes Timeless and things begin to change.
#great2020parasolversedoover
☂️💕🦊 🧛‍♂️🐾🎩🐺🐙👩‍🔬🥂🍾💜

katy4peas ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I so enjoyed this series, and it‘s spin-off. 4y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I've got a friend reading it and she's up to Timeless. Can't wait to discuss. 4y
AutumnRLS I've read the first one and started the second, but then got distracted and never went back. I have the entire series waiting for me when I'm ready. 4y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @AutumnRLS oh the joy of being late to a party. So many books to look forward too. 4y
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AbbaZabba02
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Book 23 of the year

Im relying entirely on memory here, but I think this was my least favorite of the series. Not that it was bad. But it just lacked a bit of the joy that the others do.

That said, still a pick and a delightful read.

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DGRachel
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Not my favorite of the series, but still a fun listen, especially while doing mindless tasks at work. I‘m looking forward to learning more about the newest addition to the preternatural/supernatural set. 😉

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sherryvdh
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Great timing on this hold coming in! My husband has been away for work the last 2 weeks, and I can use some good company in the evening after the boys are in bed. Lady Maccon fits the bill!

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theresidentromantic
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Audiostitching a bunch of little projects this evening!! One of these days, I'm actually going to do a 4 in 24 lol Impressed with all the posts today!

IamIamIam 😍😍😍😍 5y
JoScho Love this little guy 💚 5y
Cathythoughts Gorgeous 5y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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This is what happens when your reading inspires your spring gardening. You bring home Sweet Alyssum - Lobularia hybrid - Dark Knight and a Hedgehog; which you name Hedgeford Hogen-Daz. 💜🦔🤓
#great2019parasolversereadalong
#parasolprotectorate #steampunk #coverlove #donthogthehedge
#hedgefordhogendaz #inmygarden

theresidentromantic I have an awful habit of calling children "infant" regardless of age ?? 6y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @theresidentromantic and you constantly try explaining to Daylight Folk while your Fascination with Hedgehogs 6y
MidnightBookGirl Love this series (especially on audiobook!) and the hedgehog!
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Crinoline_Laphroaig @MidnightBookGirl Depending on where at, I'm going back and forth between Print and Audio. Audio is perfection. 6y
theresidentromantic @Crinoline_Laphroaig is it really??? I'll have to get it right now! I hadn't any hope. Relisten time! ♥️ 6y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Puff Bonnet and Ruffled Parasol.
💜💜💜💜💜
#great2019parasolversereadalong

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lahousewyfe
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These books reliably send me on a romp through a fun alternate universe! Such great fun all the way through. No spoilers, but watch out for the cutest little puppy ever!

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Lauren_reading
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Started off slow, but loved the 2nd half. This series is very entertaining.

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ladym30
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On book four and the laughs keep coming so prim and proper.🤣❤️

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BookishMeanderings
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These books are so much fun. While there were a few bits that irked me throughout this, mainly some inconsistencies in character, on the whole this was another enjoyable madcap adventure which I would recommend.

ShyBookOwl Bought Soulless yesterday! 6y
BookishMeanderings I hope you enjoy it! 6y
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JacqMac
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I love these books! Vampires. Werewolves. Victorian steampunk. So much fun! I‘m looking forward to the last one, but I‘ll be sad when it‘s over.

litenthusiast I really need to start reading these. They sound so fun. 6y
wordzie Omg 🙌 😎 6y
JacqMac @litenthusiast You should. They are super fun. 6y
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BookishMeanderings
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So much fun being back in this world again

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bookwrm526
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This is my book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature for #popsugarreadingchallenge (werewolves and vampires). Not my favorite in the series but still solidly entertaining fluff. Please@enjoy these baby Galapagos tortoises from my local zoo!

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JacqMac
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I have been reading lots of emotionally heavy books lately. Time for something fun. While I‘m under a gazillion blankets. Brrr... I am in serious need of some reading gloves.

Bklover Reading gloves are a brilliant idea! 6y
Lissie Oh my gosh reading gloves !! How as nobody ever invented these yet 😂 6y
JacqMac @Bklover @Lissy Right? There must be something that will keep your fingers warm, but still make it easy to turn the pages. 6y
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AshleyC816
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Still love this series! Werewolves! Vampires! Ghosts! Strange mechanical devices! So much fun, looking forward to the next one!

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BookaholicNatty
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I just finished this audiobook this morning while dropping kiddos off to the babysitter and BOY OH BOY!!! I didn‘t think the series could get any better!! There were a lot of shockers in this 4th book of the series and it was just fabulous! I can‘t recommend this series enough. And if your going to read it, definitely do audio bc the narrator is marvelous! I would give this 10⭐️it was that good! Make sure to read the first 3 before this one! 📚

hermyknee What are the titles to the first three? 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover 💜💜 6y
BookaholicNatty #1 is Soulless #2 is Changeless #3 is Blameless @hermyknee 6y
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BookaholicNatty Then #5 is Timeless @hermyknee 6y
hermyknee Cool! Thank you! And you recommend the audiobooks? 6y
BookaholicNatty @hermyknee YES!!!!! Definitely do the audiobook!! 6y
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BookaholicNatty
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And so the Fun continues....I just couldn‘t wait to start it. So as I‘m getting ready this morning this is what I am listening to! It has started out different than any of the other books but I can hardly wait to see what is in store! The narrator Emily Gray is beyond ahhmazing! I definitely recommend the audio of these!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa It‘s best on audio! I agree, the narrator makes it even better. 6y
Schlinkles Happy Birthday to you! 6y
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Michollio
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Killer porcupines, an octomaton, and the highly unusual birth of a highly unusual baby. Need I say more?

#BookishBingo category: Character is adopted

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EmilySchneider7
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”It was like trundling full tilt into a pillar of molasses, the conversation likely to be sticky and the individual attractive only to creepy-crawlies.”

Chelleo Welcome to Litsy! Hope these #Litsytips by @RaimeyGallant http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: goo.gl/UrCpoU are helpful. There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! Check out @LitsyHappenings for details. #LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
RaimeyGallant Welcome! 6y
EmilySchneider7 Thank you! 6y
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Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🎉😊 6y
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chriss68 Welcome to Litsy! 💜📚 I love the Parasol Protectorate series. 6y
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TorieStorieS
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This fourth installment of the Parasol Protectorate took forever to arrive, and I had to wait nearly a month before I could dive back into this fluffy and fun #steampunk series! This is an exciting addition and I‘m excited to see what the ramifications of this thrilling conclusion will mean for the last book in the series!!

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GivenLemons
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Loving this series! I‘m really glad that we got more character development from the side characters, it feels more complete. #steampunk #fantasy

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Chellebearss
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I am really loving this series and I‘m sad that I only have one book left! I‘ll be checking out Carriger‘s related books as well and perhaps even a Manga? #84of2018 #ParasolProtectorate

WhatThePuck I just ordered the 3in1 book last night! I love Gail Carriger! 6y
Crewgurl Check out her finishing school series! 6y
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Jesskathkarl
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Ah, the unexpected moments of humor are part of what makes books so fantastic!

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josie281
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Baby got back(s)!

Kim Harrison was my go to but then I found these other beauties!

Don't get me started on the stickers left over on some of these... 😡
#thebacksofwomen
#marchintoreading

Ewestbrock I have read the Kim Harrison series about 4 times. One of my favs for sure! 8y
josie281 @Ewestbrock mine as well! I have audiobooks as well as regular. Kim Harrison is lovely in person as well! 8y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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All sorts of fun! Surprising Plot Twists! On to Timeless! 🐾🐙🐝👒🎩

DarcysMom I am deep into Timeless! It is *so* much fun! 8y
KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee I devoured this series last year. So good! 8y
Mommamanzi Uuuuuugh I am waiting very impatiently for mine to arrive. I went through the first three so quick and looooooove them! 8y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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"Men, even immortal ones, had fragile egos on certain subjects. Such egos could be as delicate and as messy as puff pastry. Though rather less palatable with tea."
#litsypartyofone #moonriseoverOklahoma

Crinoline_Laphroaig February's Moon is known as the Snow Moon, yet it's 64 degrees right now in Oklahoma. #isntitironic 8y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Hmm choices for tonight's #litsypartyofone

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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“Not your second closet? Never that.” “Indeed. You see how seriously I am taking this, my dearest petal? I have relocated clothing for you.”🎩
#lordakeldama #on2book4

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DarcysMom
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This volume of the Parasol Protectorate was engaging and entertaining! I enjoyed every page - especially Alexia's internal monologue addressed to the infant inconvenience!

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DarcysMom
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Felicity has become much more interesting in Heartless. I hope that she is actually changing from the annoying, vapid character she has been in previous books. I have not gotten very deep into the novel yet, but at this point every time Felicity is around I am hearing Sister Suffragette from Mary Poppins.
**Art by Rem**

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DarcysMom
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I am super excited to start this book! I adore the Parasol Protectorate series!

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jpmcwisemorgan
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More Parasol than ever before! And liberal application of tea to solve all the world's worries. Carriger does a fantastic job of continuing to develop her characters, they actually grow as people as the series progresses. With each new story she also fleshes out the supporting characters so you have a richer story. In this entry there's plenty of intrigue - with supernatural AND scientists involved this times.

jpmcwisemorgan I read this as part of the #24in48 #readathon and it counts toward my Goodreads challenge goal, but not for any other challenge. 😊 8y
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jpmcwisemorgan
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As the series progresses we finally get a mention of the series title AND an oath. Anyone care to join the Parasol Protectorate? #24in48 #readathon

BekahB I really loved the first 2 books. I need to jump back into the series. 😀 8y
jpmcwisemorgan @BekahB I read them years ago but I recently read The Finishing School series for #LitsyAtoZ and I plan to read the books that are out for The Custard Protocol series so I decided to re-read these for continuity purposes. I think you should definitely pick the series back up! 8y
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RobertLCollins
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Finished this on Christmas Eve. Another fun book in the series. Hoping to get to the next one soon...

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WeeWeegieBookworm
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Back with Alexia and Co. :) #TheParasolProtectorate

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abbiereadsbooks
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Gail Carriger followed me AND liked one of my posts on Instagram!

Yournewfriendsams 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 8y
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Johanna414
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I've got 3 days to read as much as I possible can until I start my next grad class and life gets absurdly busy again...

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Lizpixie
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And we're on to Heartless, bk 4 of the Parasol Protectorate. Absolutely loving these books about a soulless lady in Victorian England, married to a werewolf and best friends with a vampire. Lots of derring-do, parasols and copious amounts of tea.

Mayread Biffy! 8y
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KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee
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Another winner for Gail Carriger! I found this one more predictable but still love this series and can't wait to find out what is in store for the final boo!

abbiereadsbooks Ahh it's so good! You have to read her Finishing School series when you're done! It takes place 20 years before the Parasol Protectorate. Her Prudence series is good too! 8y
KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee @abbiereadsbooks I can't wait! I'm addicted to her books and I'm dying to get my hands on her other series! 8y
abbiereadsbooks @KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee They're all amazing and she just started releasing novellas in that world, too. I hope she never stops! 8y
KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee @abbiereadsbooks Agreed! The novella was fabulous! 👍👍 8y
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KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee
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Apparently it is time for more Gail Carriger. I am consuming her books at an alarming rate!

CharissaWeaksAuthor I need to read all of these! I have book one. 8y
abbiereadsbooks All of her books are so good!! She is my absolute favorite author. 8y
KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee @CharissaWeaksAuthor They are so good! Beware they are impossible to put down. 8y
KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee @abbiereadsbooks She is quickly becoming one of my favorites too! I can't wait to pick up her other series. 8y
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