by Gail Carriger, 385 pagesAlexia has returned home to England, her council position, and her castle full of hairy werewolves, but she's getting quite tired of having to fend off the now constant attempts on her life. Why can't the blasted vampires just let her alone? Are they really so afraid of the impending addition as all that? And is it just her, or are they not the only ones out there making trouble?
Revelations about any number of people close to her give Alexia reason to pause, blink, sigh, and shake her head. Some also cause her to go on perfectly legitimate verbal tirades--and not all of them directed at her exasperating husband (for once!). Nicely balanced comedy and drama once again take the reader for a pleasant ride through a paranormally steampunked Victorian world where cutting barbs and social slights can be nearly as effective as a well-aimed parasol (Alexia's custom-made one shoots various poisons, projectiles, and an electromagnetic disrupter field). The next volume comes out in the spring (and so does the first graphic-novel adaptation, I think), so I won't have to wait too terribly long to have another fun, chuckle-filled evening spent curled up in my reading chair.
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