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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

Gail Carriger

Start date: October 23, 2013

Finish date: October 31, 2013

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Jan 17, 2013 Yzabel Ginsberg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, spies-and-intelligence, steampunk, paranormal-supernatural, boarding-school

A nice, light and entertaining read, clearly geared to a younger audience, of course, but that even an adult can appreciate. The characters' behaviour and the way they often find themselves in humourous situations made me smile more than once, and I found the novel's overall tone delightful.

I also feel compelled to mention that for once—that is, for once among the other books of the same genre I read in the past months—the label "steampunk" is more justified. I'd file that novel as steampunk wit ...more

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Sep 12, 2023 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: zz-2023, with-reservations, audiobook, young-adult, mystery, series, vampires, historical-fiction, fantasy, science-fiction

Cute story about Sophronia Temminnick, a 14 year old rambunctious girl who is sent off to finishing school. But this is a floating school that trains young lady spies. The head mistress doesn't know about the spy school portion of the curriculum. There's a vampire and werewolf on the faculty. Steam punk.

Studies were slow at times. Glad that Sophronia made friends, but girls weren't punished for rudeness or bullying. Sooties were good allies, but the dirty job and class exclusivity was sad.

Not ne ...more

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Sep 10, 2013 Haze rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014-books-read

I thought this book would be YA, but it reads more like a middle grade children's book. However, it's still really good, and I enjoyed reading it at that level. It brings back lots of childhood memories of the Enid Blyton variety, but on a supernatural level. Really enjoyed it! :) ...more

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