Review: Clockwork Mafia
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2013
Marshall Carson Alexander lost his love to a mafia execution. Now his sole focus is to bring down the mafia element. He believes if he proves the connection between Senator Mason and the mafia he will exact his revenge. With Senator Mason's death, his best hope is Henrietta Mason, the Senator's daughter. Carson has chance meeting with Henri happened at a masquerade ball. Unbeknown to Carson, his quarry was the beautiful woman in the butterfly mask that intrigued him all night.Dr. Henrietta Mason father has just died. Retiring from her airship, she has returned to Philadelphia to clean up her father's affairs. Henri knew her father had nefarious connections, but she never realized that she would become the target of the criminal element her father was working with.Unaware of the danger following her, Henrietta heads out one last time into the Badlands. Carson follows quickly on her heels, hoping to protect the only person that can help him achieve his goal. But Carson is not the only one following Henrietta, her father's manufactured creatures are in pursuit as well. In a land of desolation and violence, Henri and Carson must rely on their intelligence to save them from a superiorly enhance adversary.Seleste deLaney writes a dramatic story of a dark world touched with violence, crime and mechanicals while carefully weaving emotional connections and even love into this harsh world. I truly enjoyed reading this book. The characters were colorful and interesting and the story was fast paced and action packed which kept me anxiously turning the pages. The Clockwork Mafia was an amazing, dark, brutal, steampunk voyage you should definitely take.This copy of Clockwork Mafia was given to me by Carina Press in exchange for a honest review. This book was published April 29, 2013.