Soulless

This was such an entertaining book. While it took a bit for me to fall in love with the characters and the world, once it did I was hooked and loved every second. Since this is the first book in the series, there is a lot of character development and world development. I think the plot was a little thin in terms of excitement and a true mystery to be solved. However, I loved the relationships that we saw and how they changed, especially with Alexia and Lord Maccon.

I cannot wait to start the next book and see what the pair get up to next. This book was definitely full of supernatural, witty humor and amazing characters.

Negative points, in order of importance

- British Victorian era setting AND dialogue
- excessively detailed characters
- 10% in and no plot is established
- protagonist is an anachronism to her era, a thinking woman that doesn't want to get marry
- protagonist is constantly annoyed by how high society treats her for being a ~25 years old spinster
- protagonist is not pretty, but the her love interest is a sophisticated and that doesn't care for appearances

SUMMARY

Alexia is a soulless, a person with no soul. She is called a preternatural, in contrast with the other supernatural creatures that are a common occurrence in this fantasy Victorian era England.

While attending a bowl, she is attacked by a vampire, who should know better then to mess with a soulless like her. Her preternatural status gives her super powers, at least against other supernatural creatures, and so she dispatches him.

Lord Maccon is part of an organization that policies and investigates supernatural related activity. He is a werewolf himself, and when he shows up he chastises for her recklessness, because killing a vampire is still considered a murder.

He believes its not her fault becouse he knows her, and so lets her go.


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