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Review: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar
Goodreads synopsis: In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling – or dangerous.Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him…for the life of the girl Jasper loves.One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei’s neck tightens. And tightens. Oh how I love Finley Jayne. This installment of Kady Cross’s Steampunk Chronicles sees our intrepid hero adventuring in New York City in an attempt to free the cowboy-esque Jasper from Dalton,…
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Friday Finds
Looking for something to read this weekend?Here’s two books that would make great weekend reads. Synopsis (from Goodreads) The next chapter in the struggle for equal rights begins!Hunter Gamble is an idealistic young attorney in a very special area of the practice: arcane defense. Funded by enigmatic billionaire Charles McClain and aided by shy-but-energetic research attorney Kirsten Harper, he’s making the world a better place — one vampire, zombie, or werewolf client at a time. After all, they deserve their day in court too, right?When a young zombie walks into Hunter’s office accused of murder (by brain-eating), Hunter’s idealism is tested as never before as he struggles to secure the man’s…