Review: Very Entertaining!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Very entertaining steampunk read from Lindsay Buroker with a strong romantic element, a pleasant surprise for those of us who enjoy a little romance with our action/adventure.Sardelle is another of Lindsay's strong female characters with a lively sense of humor . . . something she needs for her sanity's sake having been in stasis for three hundred years. Her survival depends on concealing her abilities as a magic user in a time when those deemed witches are killed. Thankfully she connects with Colonel Ridge Zirkander, who is in charge of the prison mine built on the site of her people's home. He is an airship pilot who insulted the wrong important personage and has been grounded as a result.How Sardelle manages to find her sentient soulblade while the mine is under attack by another sorcerer plus find an odd moment here and there with Ridge makes for a great story.My only complaint is it was too short. I would love to see Lindsay revisit this world and tell us more about  what it means to be dragon blooded for instance. It was easy to get drawn in this book and I read it in one setting. More please!!