Review: Steampunk Greatness!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
Dr. Henrietta Mason's father, a Senator, has just died. After cleaning up his affairs, she now wants to take her place in Philadelphia Society, starting with a masquerade ball where she meets Carson Alexander, a dashingly handsome, slightly rough-around-the-edges, U. S. Marshall . Carson is hot on the trail of the mafia and the late Senator Mason's suspected ties to organized crime. He also has a personal interest in bringing the mafia down.Clockwork Mafia takes us from the ballrooms of the elite to the dust and grit of the Badlands, where Henrietta and Carson must rely on their own devices in a battle against the enhanced army of the mafia and the terrifying creatures her father helped create. Their attraction, even in a time of extreme danger is undeniable.Seleste deLaney has created a darkly dramatic world full of deceit where even the criminals are trying to outsmart each other and death is a way of life. Her characters have many facets to them, Henrietta didn't quite fit anywhere in the eyes of others until she finally came to grips with what she REALLY wanted! (A Steampunk Coming-of-Age Story?) The author's ability to create backgrounds so desolate and savage strength to the characters who thrive in these places, while pulling out all stops in the action had me lost in her amazing world! Clockwork Mafia gets one star for the plot, one for the characters, one for the action, one for the cover, and one for being Steampunk!