Review: A light, fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2013
Moonlight and Mechanicals is a light, fun read with a great story, delightful characters, wonderful automaton pets and creepy mechanical men designed by an evil mastermind. I enjoyed it immensely.I met the characters in this book when they were children in the book `Steam and Sorcery' by the same author. Like that book, this is a lovely combination of adventure, mystery and romance.  Wink has grown into a young lady since I saw her last. Then, she was a street urchin adopted, at the end of the book, into a family of descendents of the Knights of the Round Table. Now, she is a beautiful, intelligent and gutsy young lady.Wink is the usual kind of steampunk heroine, one with the elegant manners of Victorian England and the sensibilities of a modern woman. No one is going to tell her what to do, and when her brothers and Inspector Liam begin investigating the strange mechanical men, Wink is right in there with them. And Liam is smart enough not to try to stop her.All the men in Wink's life (apart from the bad guys) are handsome, charming and caring, but Liam's the only one she feels more for than a brother or a friend. I guess she just can't resist his raw animal magnetism J Like the best romantic heroes, he struggles with his demons, but luckily Wink isn't one to let life get away from her, and she draws him out. The story ends with the inevitable fight to save the monarchy and everything is elegantly and satisfyingly resolved.I recommend it for any time you'd like a light story with a dollop of sex and a happy ending.