Friday, April 8, 2011

Historical Fiction Friday


I'm a Victorian purist, when it comes to my historical fiction, but I'm starting to get more interested in the concept of Steampunk. I stumbled across The Iron Thorn when I was trying to find some non fiction books on the Victorian Era. This is the first in a trilogy.

Summary:
Steampunk fans will delight in this first title in the sure-to-be-popular Iron Codex series, featuring an alternate, Victorian-flavored America tightly controlled by Proctors and driven by the Engine, an underground power source. The only girl at the prestigious School of Engines of Lovecraft Academy, Aoife Grayson is terrified that she will follow her mother and brother into the hereditary madness that strikes on the sixteenth birthday, now just a few weeks away. Determined to escape that fate, she sets off to her never-met father’s estate, with her friend Cal and a cocksure but very appealing hired guide. Here, she tumbles into a magical world she recognizes from her father’s journals and her mother’s mad ravings. Kittredge’s richly descriptive narrative captures all the details of clockwork, inventive machinery, foggy mists, ghastly ghouls, and creative landscapes. There’s plenty of tame but satisfying romance, too, and plot twists galore. Aoife is a caustic-tongued, feisty, and independent young woman, with plenty of nerve and courage.

1 comment:

Melanie Montgomery said...

I love historical fiction.
Gonna have to read this!


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