Adeline
4.25 stars for each book. Mystery fantasy with elements of horror and romance, following a forger, a disgraced paladin and an assassin, alongside a scholar who are sent on an espionage mission to stop the terrible mechanical soldiers raging war against Dowager City. The Clockwork Boys and The Wonder Engine were initially written as one single story later split into two books, I’ve decided to review them together.
I loved this story, the world of the White Rat is so fun and exciting. As always T. Kingfisher does a great job balancing humour and horror, interesting mystery and compelling characters. I loved Slate and Caliban (which I now realised was referred to in the Saint of Steel series), particularly but all the characters were great.
Despite my enjoyment there was a difference in tone and pacing between the two books. It was a bit jarring, as the first was fast paced and adventurous while the second was much slower and reflective (too much sometimes). So I’m not sure about splitting the story in two books was it, but maybe a single long novel wouldn’t have made it better. So overall, the pacing wasn’t perfect. There was also a couple of plot elements that I wanted to see more developed or that were rushed a bit.
This was the first books written in the world of the white Rat so technically I’ve read all of the published works and I can’t wait to read the upcoming books in that series.
4.25 stars for each book. Mystery fantasy with elements of horror and romance, following a forger, a disgraced paladin and an assassin, alongside a scholar who are sent on an espionage mission to stop the terrible mechanical soldiers raging war against Dowager City. The Clockwork Boys and The Wonder Engine were initially written as one single story later split into two books, I’ve decided to review them together.
I loved this story, the world of the White Rat is so fun and exciting. As always T. Kingfisher does a great job balancing humour and horror, interesting mystery and compelling characters. I loved Slate and Caliban (which I now realised was referred to in the Saint of Steel series), particularly but all the characters were great.
Despite my enjoyment there was a difference in tone and pacing between the two books. It was a bit jarring, as the first was fast paced and adventurous while the second was much slower and reflective (too much sometimes). So I’m not sure about splitting the story in two books was it, but maybe a single long novel wouldn’t have made it better. So overall, the pacing wasn’t perfect. There was also a couple of plot elements that I wanted to see more developed or that were rushed a bit.
This was the first books written in the world of the white Rat so technically I’ve read all of the published works and I can’t wait to read the upcoming books in that series.