Soulless

Soulless

Gail Carriger

Book - 2009

Steampunk fiction. Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful o...r just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart? SOULLESS is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.

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Subjects
Tarabotti, Alexia (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Vampires > Fiction.
Werewolves > Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Soul > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Steampunk fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Fiction.
London (England) > History > 1800-1950 > Fiction.
Romantic suspense fiction.
Genres
Romantic suspense fiction
Published
New York : Orbit 2009.
Language
English
Main Author
Gail Carriger (-)
Edition
1st Orbit ed
Physical Description
373 p. ; 18 cm
ISBN
9780316402415
9780316056632
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Carriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history. Prickly, stubborn 25-year-old bluestocking Alexia Tarabotti is patently unmarriageable, and not just because she's large-nosed and swarthy. She's also soulless, an oddity and a secret even in a 19th-century London that mostly accepts and integrates werewolf packs, vampire hives and ghosts. The only man who notices her is brash Lord Conall Maccon, a Scottish Alpha werewolf and government official, and (of course) they dislike each other intensely. After Alexia kills a vampire with her parasol at a party-how vulgar!-she and Conall must work together to solve a supernatural mystery that grows quite steampunkishly gruesome. Well-drawn secondary characters round out the story, most notably Lord Akeldama, Alexia's outrageous, italic-wielding gay best vampire friend. This intoxicatingly witty parody will appeal to a wide cross-section of romance, fantasy and steampunk fans. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Library Journal Review

As much a comedy of manners as steampunk, this is summed up perfectly on its cover: "A novel of vampires, werewolves, and parasols." Protagonist Alexia Tarabotti is considered a spinster at age 25. She is also soulless, so supernatural beings have no power over her. Even more, Alexia can neutralize their powers by touching them, making a vampire or a werewolf human. Alexia finds herself stuck between the supernatural beings and a political/religious group hoping to remove the supernaturals' citizen status. The first in a series that fans of urban fantasy or paranormal romance should love.-John Klima, Bettendorf P.L., IA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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