Review: Talk Supe Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
Oooh VERITY HART vs THE VAMPYRES, Jennifer Harlow's new series, is so, so, so good! The historical aspect is great, entitled aristocrats and nobles, a society mobilized by money and influence where men dominates and the women are nothing but objects and baby makers, it hits all the markers of a realistic historical fiction IMO. The Steampunk fantasy aspect is just as wonderful, gadgets galore and Verity's circle is the Victorian counterpart of the people in Capitol in Hunger Games complete with crazy hair colors and ridiculous costumes.Part 1 is a good introduction and gave us a great snapshot of who Verity Hart is. She's an inventor, a woman beyond her time and considered a spinster at 28yo. She has a despicable set of parents, always concerned about what other people think than their daughter's welfare, fortunately Verity's older brother, David, is a good chap through and through and is Verity's current champion. There is a two-layered conflict, the first one is Verity's image problem, after a broken engagement, her reputation is far from sparkly at this point and being an engineer isn't helping it either. If she has any hopes of getting hitched, she needs to keep on hiding her genius behind her brother's name otherwise she'll be a spinster forever. And that won't do especially in this era. The second layer is the Vampyres! They've been myths until Verity's brother was abducted by a pair and now it's up to her to get David back. If only she can convince her parents that she's not having a psychotic break and prevent them from institutionalization her.VERITY HART vs THE VAMPYRES 1 has great pace and a promising premise and curious characters, I'm definitely sold! Another incentive of moving forward with the serials is the enigmatic Jamie McQueen. With a last name like McQueen, it's almost a promise that there'll be some serious rockin' & rollin' bound to happen in the nearest future. Now why would I refuse that?!