Review: Wish these were longer
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2014
I was a bit surprised at the pairing in Ashes & Alchemy. From Cards & Caravans. I thought another pair was getting ready to take the spotlight, but instead of another of the Hadran's now grown adopted kids, instead family friend Inspector Sebastian Brown plays knight in shining armor to Minnie Shaw when Minnie is in a bad way while braving the bitter cold searching for a doctor for her sick daughter Ivy.Even though this was not the pair I was hoping for, I still enjoyed this short steampunky romances. I did wish at the end, as I have with many of the other books, that the story had been longer. Everything in the set up for this, the leading characters and the background mystery too, was good and most definitely could have been expanded to a longer story - especially since the 'I love yous' come fast and the mystery is resolved quickly as well - and I really would have loved more.Still, I knew coming in that would be the case, so I still enjoyed this episode in Pape's Gaslight Chronicles and especially enjoyed the brief cameos from past leads and am looking forward to more stories - with hopefully more of the Hadran's 'kids' in the spotlight.Complimentary copy for review via NetGalley - release date 1/6/14