Review: Sweet-hearted and yet full of action -Steampunk Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2012
This was my first ever Steampunk story to read and I was shocked to find out how much I enjoyed it. Usually I eye Steampunks with curiosity but the plots tend to lose me with the combination of Victorian culture and technology that's obviously far advanced for the time period. But I was more than intrigued with the plot.Here Jasper is a military type of man and his innocent and unsuspecting wife, Callie, a beautiful and delicate ballerina is kidnapped and brutally tortured by Jasper's enemies. So far, already a really interesting plot. But then it gets more intriguing. Callie is taken to a hospital and given metal body parts, sort of like making her a cyborg but the Steampunk version.Here is where the author really shines. The majority of the book centers on how Callie fights against the memories and tainted darkness of what she's endured and learns to live with her new and improved albeit metal body parts and still try to be the woman she once was, the woman Jasper married. And Jasper has to fight his own guilt about his employment with the War office causing his wife's attack and he has to prove to her that he doesn't mind her new body.I was so impressed with the emotional development of the characters, which for me, as a reader is the most crucial aspect. I had to give this story five stars because I felt the author did such an amazing job of really capturing what the hero and heroine would be feeling in the circumstances of the story and making it incredibly believable. I recommend this book to both new readers in the steampunk genre who like romance, and to general steampunk readers!