Today’s post is Wicked
As They Come by Delilah S. Dawson. It is 395 pages long and is the first in
her Blud series. The cover is dark blue with the main male character on it with no
shirt wearing a jacket with clockwork gears on it. It is told from the first
person perspective of the main character Tish. The intended reader is someone
who likes romance, Steampunk, or vampires done in a new way. There is language,
sex, and violence in this book so be warned 18 and up just to be safe. There Be
Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- When Tish Everett forces
open the ruby locket she finds at an estate sale, she had no idea that a
deliciously rakish Bludman had cast a spell just for her. She wakes up in a
surreal world, where Criminy Stain, the dashing proprietor of a magical
traveling circus, curiously awaits. At Criminy’s electric touch, Tish glimpses
a tantalizing future, but she also foresees her ultimate doom. Before she can
decide whether to risk her fate with the charming daredevil, the locket
disappears, and with it, her only chance to return home. Tish and Criminy
battle roaring sea monsters and thundering bludmares, vengeful ghosts and
crooked Coppers in a treacherous race to recover the necklace from the evil
Blud-hating Magistrate. But if they succeed, will Tish forsake her fanged
suitor and return to her normal life or will she take a change on an
unpredictable but dangerous destiny with the Bludman she’s coming to love?
Review- This was a fun read. After all the heavy and
very dark reading that I have been doing this was a fun, light-hearted, non-serious
break that I really needed. Dawson is a solid writer who can world build very
well. She does not take her plot or characters too seriously and really with
this set up she does not need to. The only I could not do was give the
character’s accents as I was reading. I have no idea why I could not do that
but I could not. With the exception of Tish all the characters are a type of
British. The world that Dawson created is like ours but just a little off and I
liked seeing the differences and the similar features. I doubt that Dawson will
return to Tish and Criminy but I would like to know more about their lives
after the book. Tish does change the world in this book and I know that we will
see the fall out but I like to experience it with her. That said I will be
buying her novel Wicked As She Wants
when I money to do so.
I give this book a Four and half out of Five Stars. I get
nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.
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