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From the delightful, tea-sodden, steampunk-fueled imagination of Gail Carriger comes the further adventures of Alexia Tarabotti and her parasol.
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Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all the London vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead. While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. Only they know enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the vampires - and they're armed with pesto.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a great finish to the series, with plenty of ends left untied - the mark of an author who values her readers' own imaginations and intelligence... and who may be planning another series.
The idiom is not quite The Thing at times (not quite English - too much yelling and hollering and so on), but there is much wit in the speech, action, pacy plotting and background, which can well be compared to Lindsey Davis (Falco novels). I've laughed aloud at times in this Parasol series.
The plotting and development of this world is extremely well done, and is bound to engender a lot of fanfiction; it would certainly be suited to the equivalent of the Harry Potter Lexicon.
Extremely appealing characters, too.
The idiom is not quite The Thing at times (not quite English - too much yelling and hollering and so on), but there is much wit in the speech, action, pacy plotting and background, which can well be compared to Lindsey Davis (Falco novels). I've laughed aloud at times in this Parasol series.
The plotting and development of this world is extremely well done, and is bound to engender a lot of fanfiction; it would certainly be suited to the equivalent of the Harry Potter Lexicon.
Extremely appealing characters, too.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A worthy third book in the series.
I devoured it, despite the higher number of irritating Americanisms that have crept in (the reason I droped one star in my rating if this book), and it has left me impatient for the next in the series.
I devoured it, despite the higher number of irritating Americanisms that have crept in (the reason I droped one star in my rating if this book), and it has left me impatient for the next in the series.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Alexia is back with an 'infant inconvenience', an inebriated absent husband, some murderous vampires and a group of mechanical ladybird assassins. This novel continues straight after its prequel Changeless and launches itself straight into the action. Alexia has become exiled from her husband due to his doubts over the paternity of her unborn child, while he proceeds to beome the drunkest werewolf in England she immediately becomes the most scandalous woman in London. Turned out of the family home, unable to return to Lord Maccon, Alexia finds herself in the company of her remaining friends, the ever faithful valet Floote and hat shop inventor Madame Lefoux. With their help our heroine travels to Italy in search of information as to how her pregnant state is possible, sadly that knowledge must be extracted from the Templar Knights - and they aren't too keen on soulless women.
This is the third novel in Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series and her characters have all hit their stride. Alexia is as feisty, stubborn, endangered and resourceful as ever. An excellent all round heroine. Her supporting characters are always a main source of comedy, wit and extreme etiquette; in particular Floote and Professor Lyall are my favourites. Both valet and werewolf Beta have the perfect combination of put upon servant and smart know it all.
Carriger's novels are perfect for those readers looking for something a little different in their fantasy genre. Their mixture of adventure, steampunk, alternative history, romance and action makes them unputdownable (if such a term exists). Im already looking forward to the next novel Heartless.
This is the third novel in Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series and her characters have all hit their stride. Alexia is as feisty, stubborn, endangered and resourceful as ever. An excellent all round heroine. Her supporting characters are always a main source of comedy, wit and extreme etiquette; in particular Floote and Professor Lyall are my favourites. Both valet and werewolf Beta have the perfect combination of put upon servant and smart know it all.
Carriger's novels are perfect for those readers looking for something a little different in their fantasy genre. Their mixture of adventure, steampunk, alternative history, romance and action makes them unputdownable (if such a term exists). Im already looking forward to the next novel Heartless.
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Blameless for loving it
And now for something completely different! Soulless kept us nicely within the realms of London. Changeless had us embark on one dirigible trip to Scotland to an isolated castle. Read more
Published 7 months ago by R. Campbell
A new purpose for pesto
Lady Alexia Maccon is forced to travel to Italy to find out about her father, and gather proof that her supposedly impossible condition is possible. Read more
Published 7 months ago by April
A Bit of Steampunk and tea
The 3rd outing in Gail Carriger's witty whimsical Victorian universe, recommend for steampunk heads who also happen to like (or dislike the cliché) vampires and werewolves... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ms. E. K. Groom
Blameless leaves you breathless!
Another delightful installment in The Parasol Protectorate series! The wit and humor that defined the first two books is back in Blameless, along with the delightful Madam Lefoux... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Darkwing
Blameless (parasol Protectorate)
This book puts the others to shame. Instead of England Alexia travels to Italy to find out about the child she carries. With the usual adventrous in between. Read more
Published 13 months ago by DC
Light-hearted adventure with religious fanaticism and bonus pesto
Set 3 weeks after CHANGELESS, the pregnant Lady Alexia Maccon remains cast out by her husband, Conall who believes her condition to be proof of adultery as werewolves can't have... Read more
Published 15 months ago by quippe
Warm and Witty
I really enjoyed this book. It follows on from Soulless (which I've read) and Changeless (which I haven't). Read more
Published 18 months ago by bramble_rose
Somehow I think Austen and Wodehouse would be turning in their graves....
After devouring the first two books in this series very quickly, I knew exactly what to expect from this one. Read more
Published 19 months ago by G. Baker
A worthy finale
"Blameless" continues the story of Alexia and Lord Maccon the werewolf and possibly concludes it. The writing is of the same high standard as "Soulless" and "Changeless". Read more
Published 19 months ago by Constant Reader
Blameless? Faultless
Having read Soulless, I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Changeless and Blameless. If you like your books to paint you a picture of your character and their setting, you may... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs W
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