Like i wrote in the morning i come back today with a new steampunk book to review. It's one of the book i had on my shelves patiently waiting because if it's a new series it's not a new author for me. I follow Devon Monk for her urban fantasy series and i really love her writing style so it's with a lot of pleasure that i introduce you to Dead Iron Book one of the Age of Steam series
Publisher: ROC
Publication: 2011
ISBN: 045146396X
Genre: steampunk, adventure,
romance
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 15+
Source: boughtViolence: mild
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 15+
Welcome to a new
In steam age
In a land shaped by magic, steam, and iron, where the only things a man can count on are his guns, gears, and grit, Cedar will have to depend on all three if he's going to save his brother and reclaim his soul once and for all...
My opinion:
Devon Monk after writing
really good urban fantasy decided to write a steampunk novel and what a good
result. She kept her good writing style that I like so much and constructed a
complex world with several kind of powers good or bad fighting each others or
making alliances and she put all that in a western background, original and
really interesting.
First book of her new series, the story
keeps a lot of mysteries that while not capital in this book intrigue the
reader making him want to read the following book really soon in hope to learn
more about the characters. Cedar is a wonderful principal character, hurt in
the past, cursed ( or perhaps in a way blessed) by a native Good, he is trying
to live the life he wants and to fight the curse not wanting to be a pawn for
anyone god or not. However, in the same time, this intellectual has a good
heart that makes him try to help others and for that he needs the advantages of
the curse and is doing his mission as the God wanted: fighting the Strange.
Perhaps it was an accident then and it was really chosen even if the god could
have explained better in that case^^;
The other characters are promising too:
Cedar’s brother Will also cursed but with a different result. Why the
difference? The Madders Brothers genial inventors from a strange place, a
different world and with typical powers, intriguing characters helping Cedar
and others but in exchange of favours… that we still know nothing about. Mae
the witch, so different from her sisters and so deeply in love, is making me
cry a lot but she is also a lot stronger and determined that we could have
thought. And young Rose of unknown origin abandoned as a baby and who wants to
fight for her dreams so uncommon for a girl: create metal things and piloting.
Fiery temper for a young woman.
This story puts the characters on the
board and while wanting to help find a boy Cedar makes alliance with the
Madders and with Mae who wanted first his help. Will reappears and Rose makes
changing life decisions. On the other side a big Villain, after hundred years
of scheming he wants to give the Strange free reign to destroy the mortal in
exchange for his revenge in another world. One side wants to survive, eclectic
group that must to learn to know and trust each others and the other a dark
power that won’t stand anyone in his path to destruction.
The romance is here centred on Mae’s
love for her husband Jeb, the reader discovers the depth and the power of one’s
vows in this world. It’s not all, Cedar starts to be interested again, not yet
in love but wanting to feel it again slowly humanity wins. ( Mae or Rose we will see)
In a whole a wonderful story with
adventure and passion, for readers who love steampunk and urban fantasy give it
a try, Devon monk is really a great author.
Score: 4,5/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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| Book read for the 2012 TBR reading |
