Review: Interesting Characters!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2012
I liked the story line and Esme's conflicts with being a suffragette. Esme & Jed's courting was interesting, in the sense that Jed decided the best way to win Esme's heart was to have her court him. The mystery of the book got a bit confusing, but in the end I think I understood everything. I believe that it was the author's intention to mislead her readers in some elements of the mysterious "Kali's Scream" to put Jed and Esme in a hostage/ "damsel-in-distress" situation, only with mixed views on who would be considered the "damsel"; this aspect really appealed to me. In all I think that this is a good short read and I would recommend it to those interested in strong females, romance, and mystery with a dash of steampunk.First Line: "'Esme Smith, I could spank you.' Jed loomed over the rickety, round table where she sat trying to concentrate on the socialist speaker, whose thin voice was losing badly to the competition of a hurdygurdy and the pub patrons' drunken sallies." (Loc. 33)Last Line: "'So I did.' She smiled slowly, stood on tiptoe and kissed him. 'Forever.'" (Loc. 1422)------------Quotes"He knew she was having doubts about their courship--it was this knowledge that made him panic and overreact. He understood her pride. She was a suffragette, intent on proving herself and all womankind as good as any man. He respected her ideals, but it made courting her a tightrope act: he had to fight his natural instinct to protect her." (Loc. 127)"Forget roses. He was going to give Esme a mystery." (Loc. 254)"Courting was terribly hard on a woman. It forced her to look at the future, to realize that every choice had its price." (Loc. 295)