Review: Great fun
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
The books started well and improved all the time. This is not an all-time classic but very enjoyable indeed. The character development, the sometimes silly premises to build the story on only to see later that there was a funny side of logic behind it, and especially the relationship between the main heroes from the exuberant leader (who cannot keep her mouth shut but almost always talks her way out of desperate situations), the silent assassin, the rebel kid who wants to be a wizard, to the history professor - all of them slowly merge into an efficient mercenary team wanting to clear their names of crimes they did not commit. The banter and one off remarks are almost always very funny but the action goes on and on. Steam engines and magic has been used before but this offers a different point of view. Very pleasant to read and  keeps you reading on even when you have other things to do but one wants right now to see what is happening next. I am downloading the fourth book now - and assume that it will not be my last book from this author. Well done.