#Etiquette and espionage series#

Etiquette & Espionage is definitely young adult. Apparently this is a spin-off from Gail Carrieger’s popular adult series, The Parasol Protectorate. I am so glad we only have to wait until November for the second book in this series! 4 StarsĮtiquette & Espionage was a lot of fun to read. This book is fun stuff if you are a fan of the Parasol Protectorate don’t let the Young Adult classification scare you off it is still the humor and fun that Gail Carriger is known for.

I also adore the names she comes up with, how she does it is beyond me! I think this will be a great introduction to the world of Gail Carriger for young adults who will then go on to read more of Carriger’s books I think they will become lifetime fans as I have. Also the finishing school itself is not what it seems it is not where young ladies go to become good wives it is a …well read it and see what kind of school it is! **No Spoilers** We again have this wonderful Victorian Steampunk World that Carriger introduced us to in the Parasol Protectorate, we again have all the wonderful steampunk machines we have come to enjoy from past books. I did enjoy meeting the new characters and I absolutely loved the mechanimal Bumbersnoot and want one for myself! I look forward to seeing more of Sophronia she seems like a character that will have trouble following her wherever she goes and that is the fun of it all. Sophronia was a good character, and it was fun seeing Madame Lefoux as a girl and we also have a Maccon it is the Lord’s great-great-great granddaughter Sidheag ( not the Lord himself unfortunately) but we do get Professor Lyall (Pre-Biffy unfortunately) also I am hopeful there will be more of him in future books.

#Etiquette and espionage series#

Now onto the book, this was fun and cute maybe not as much fun as the Parasol Protectorate series but it is the first book and I expect these to get better and better just as Gail Carriger’s other series did. Moira was a new to me narrator and her accents and characterizations were very well done and I would definitely listen to more by her. I am NOT saying Moira Quirk was bad please don’t think that, she was very good I just could not help the comparison the Emily Gray. I will start this review off by saying I absolutely adore Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series especially on audio narrated by Emily Gray and I do admit to missing her voice on this book, I am not saying Moira Quirk did a bad job she was actually very good but there were times when I really wanted it to be Emily the biggest difference was timing Emily’s comedic timing is better than Moira’s and she pronounced Genevieve different too, and when it is a character from the other series it was glaring and bothersome to me because of my love for Carriger’s other series and Emily Gray’s narration of said series. Younger teens might like it, but vocabulary might be a concern for tweens. That's all fine and well, but given what else is out there for teen readers, this book will probably come across as rather tame. Now, Sephronia is young for most young adult heroines, and there isn't any romance whatsoever (which is just fine, the girl is 14!). But it's definitely intended for a young adult audience.or so it sort of seems. I imagine most readers will be (as mentioned) adults who liked her other books. My second issue is with the intended audience. Now, if you don't think too hard about anything and just happily go with the flow, then this lack of plot won't bother you. It's definitely more about meeting beloved characters that we know well as adults and setting the scene for future books than it is about the 'mystery' or whatever you'd like to label the plot here. Things just sort of happen as it becomes necessary for characters to do things rather than just exist.

Firstly, the book really doesn't have much of a plot. I couldn't give the plot more stars for two reasons. There is a lot about the England this book takes place in that isn't really explained (aka not explained at all), like any background whatsoever with regards to the supernatural. If you haven't read her adult books, I don't know what you'll think of this book. If you liked those books, you'll probably like this. Like most (probably) I got this because I enjoy Carriger's Parasol Protectorate books. Fun but all style and not enough substance