Review: Strange but loyal Finley Jayne
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2011
I really loved this novella and I certainly agree with some others that it isn't just for young adults.  I think that adults can enjoy this just as much as younger folks.Finley Jayne is a very unusual young lady who is fired from her job for hitting the governess where she worked and causing the governess to lose a few teeth.  Finley has a soft side to her, but she can change and have a violent and very strange side to her, too.  This is the one that gets her into trouble, but it's also the one that helps her solve problems sometimes.Finley, to her surprise, is offered a job as companion to the young debutante, Phoebe, who is engaged to Lord Vincent, a much older man whose wife has died.  Lord Vincent is a man of science who has a house full of automatons who do work, and his horses are also automatons that are run by steam. Finley gets a strange feeling about him.As the story progresses, it is full of some very exciting and action-filled scenes, and also mystery.  Why is Finley Jayne able to do the things she can do, and why does she have that violent streak that comes out every once in a while?  Just who is Lord Vincent and what are his motives in marrying such a young women as Phoebe?  All of the questions and mysteries are solved by the end.I very much enjoyed this and wouldn't mind reading the novel by this author.  Well-written and very creative plot and characters.  I recommend this for young adults and for adults.  It is very enjoyable.