From the dust jacket- In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old
Finley Jayne has no one… except the “thing” inside her.
When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…
Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her inform the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.
Griffin’s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help- and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.
But The Machinist wants to tear Griff’s little company of strays apart, and it isn’t long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she’s on- even if it seem no one believes her.
When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…
Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her inform the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.
Griffin’s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help- and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.
But The Machinist wants to tear Griff’s little company of strays apart, and it isn’t long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she’s on- even if it seem no one believes her.
Review- It was a fun, quick read. I know that almost
500 pages is not really ‘quick’ to most but I found no trouble just putting this
book away. The characters are interesting but the most interesting thing in my
opinion is not even talked about in the blurb. Jack Dandy is an underworld boss
and he is fun and interesting. He is part of the love triangle between Finley
and Griffin but he is so much more than that. I did ask who the villain was
very quickly but that is not a bad thing. Cross has a good grasp of pacing,
dialog and plot. The only problem I have is that I feel the character development
was a little too fast. Finley just rolled in and everything started happening
but there is just not enough time really for me to buy all the development that
happens in the story. Finley goes from hating and fearing her other self to integrating
with it in about 100 pages. Maybe she was just that ready to deal with it but I
did not get that feeling from the story itself. That said, that is the only
problem I have with the story. I liked everything else. Cross is an excellent
writer and she knows her books; if you are a classics reader then you will enjoy the
references that she makes.
I give this book Four solid stars out of Five. I get nothing for my
review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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