Book 38 / 100
Book: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (The Steampunk
Chronicles #2)
Author: Kady Cross
ISBN: 978-0-373-21082-4
Pages: 368
Of course I had to get the second book in Kady Cross’s
Steampunk Chronicles, who wouldn’t after the first one? And I wasn’t
disappointed.
Following their friend Jasper across the ocean from
London to New York, Finley Jayne and her band of misfits go head to head with a
crime boss intent on using Jasper to locate the pieces of a machine. To what
end? Well, that’s just one of the many things they’ll have to discover along
the way.
Jasper meanwhile is in the clutches of Dalton, a ruthless
man who is holding the life of the woman Jasper loves hostage with the help of
a clockwork collar that will strangle her if the wrong person touches it.
As the story takes us from the rough streets of lower
Manhattan to the elegant Fifth Avenue, we find Griffin King, The Duke of
Greythorne at war with himself over his growing attraction to Finley, Sam, more
machine than man, finds his heart being tested, and the sweet Irish Emily, who
can talk to machines, finds that the streets can be dangerous if one isn’t
careful.
To help her friends Finley must go undercover in Dalton’s
gang. But can she pull herself away from the dark side after everything is
done?
Rating… 5 out of 5 gears. While a few small bits dragged
a little, overall this was a great read, I love the seamless blending of the
late 1890s with the steam powered inventions, and I especially enjoyed the
guest appearance by Nikola Tesla!
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