Review: Wrecked - Steampunk romance novella.  Good author.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
Some authors write good novellas.  More authors do not.  Brook has the knack, as does Nalini Singh.  I have read three novellas by Brook and all were very good.Some authors write excellent Steampunk.  Most authors do not;  as a genre of its own, it is still relatively young in this modern post Jules Verne incarnation.  This means that authors that are competent writers but do not possess that extra spark of creativity that creates and illumines a genre do not have a large body of work to crank out embroidered imitations.  This has been seen in the past with the old Harlequin nurse and Secretary romances, the Candlelight and Signet regencies, the Ellery Queen and Detective pulps and in the present with paranormal romance.  Brook is one of the best of the Steampunk romance authors because of the mix between the romance and tech is about perfect.  I actually prefer her Guardian series, but that is just my preference.  What I like best about Brook is that her heroes have a moral compass that points true north, even if they appear to be outlaws, pirates and smugglers..  I particularly liked the Iron Duke in this series because of echoes of Wellington and personal meditations on how one becomes a national hero's and what the personal cost and consequences might be..Highly recommended.