Review: A fun adventure!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2012
Summary:Present-day Alice Windsor, Princess of York, follows her mischief-making cousin, Prince Edmund of Wales back to 1851 via a time machine in Cambridge.  In this time, their great-great-(many times over)-grandfather, Prince Albert, is hosting Britain's Great Exhibition.Alice learns that Edmund is planning to include something in the Exhibition that is YEARS before it's time, which could have dire consequences on the future.  Alice also meets, and falls head-over-heels for Grayson Kentfield.Alice must figure out a way to stop her cousin, Edmund, and find a way to give her heart to a man from a different time.What I Liked:The Steam Punk stuff.  This is the first Steam Punk I've ever tried and I was really pleased with all of the wonderful things Burkhart concocted.  In fact, there were moments I wasn't sure whether she invented something or if it actually existed back in the day!  Plus, she did a great job of explaining how the Steam Punk power (coal) was effecting the environment and the people... nice touch.What I Wasn't Thrilled With:I never really fell in love with any of the characters.  I liked Alice and Edmund was cool, but I didn't feel myself deeply caring for them.  However, I enjoyed the story so much that this didn't bother me too terribly as I read because I couldn't wait to discover what happened next.What I LOVED:The cliffhanger ending!  I can't say too much because I don't want to spoil anything.  Let's just say I'm looking forward to checking out Book Two in this series!I also really loved the time travel stuff, particularly at the end.  This genre has always been one of my favorites and Burkhart didn't disappoint with this novel.  She did a great job of showing how time travel can have some serious consequences... not just on the people, but on time itself.  Very cool!