Heartless

The Parasol Protectorate, the Fourth

By: Gail Carriger

Narrated by: Emily Gray

Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical invention, and a plague of zombie porcupines and Alexia barely has time to remember she happens to be eight months pregnant.

Will Alexia manage to determine who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it is too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf's clothing? And what, exactly, has taken up residence in Lord Akeldama's second best closet?

©2011 Hachette Audio (P)2011 Gail Carriger

Critic reviews

2010, Alex Award, Winner

2009, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Winner

2013, Julia Verlanger Award, Winner

"Carriger delivers surprises with every book, and this one is no exception. With action, intrigue, and above all, proper manners, this excellent series will have broad appeal to readers of steampunk, urban fantasy, and paranormal and historical romance."—Library Journal on Heartless

An Indomitable Heroine!

Alexia is so entertaining I look forward to her misadventures. This is a great teaming up of author and narrator. Emily does a wonderful job of differentiating voices. Take a moment to listen to the sample and you will see what I mean. The series is funny and lighthearted.

Fantastic!

One of the funniest, most clever, and loquacious authors I’ve read in a while. Anyone who enjoys the fantastical genre and Charles Dickens will love this!

My favorite of this series so far!

Heartless is probably my favorite book of this series so far. Always enjoy the steam punk aspects of the books and this one does not disappoint. Alexia is her usual brilliant and enterprising self and is still a trouble-maker! The end is especially good with a big battle ending and a huge ooops moment. You also get to see what is special (supernatural?) about their child. I am not usually fond of supernatural stories but I like this one because it plays into the society aspects of period England. I am also glad that Carriger dropped the romance aspect of it mostly after book one. I think if you're looking for supernatural sexy stuff there's many many other books out there. So I would recommend this to people who enjoy steam punk and Jane Austin combined.

As for the narrator. I absolutely love her for this series. My only issue is that she cannot do a French accent worth beans! But her others are good.

Fantastic Series!

These books keep getting better and better! there is nothing the Lady Maccon cannot accomplish.

Excellent series and narration

I love this serious, Emily Grey is a fantastic narrator! The only thing i'm questioning in this book is the pronunciation of Lord Akeldama's name. It was pronounced (a-key-el-da-ma) for the first three books and now its being pronounced (akel-dama). I just thought it was strange that they would change it up for the fourth book. Odd, isn't it?

Great stories in this series

Great leading lady. Good narration. A little bit lost on the male lead's voice but does not distract. Start from the beginning.

awesome!

loved it greatly! great character developments and descriptions of grandure. would recommend to all my friends and family!

Ready for the next book!

I can't get enough of this series. The characters are so endearing and very well written.

The series gets better and better

This audiobook was fabulous! If you are going to read this series I suggest doing it all on audiobook! I have fallen in love with all of these characters. This book was very eventful and I loved how the story furthered along. Some series loose steam but this series continues to get better and better and better and leaves you racing to start the next book. I will be extremely sad when I get through the series. Also the narrator of these audiobooks is just Superb, just marvelous!! If I could I would give this a 10, I loved it that much!!!!

Solid Installment

Solid installment hitting all the marks for creativity, humor, whitty banter, character development, and storyline.

Excellent narration on Audible.

I'd rate this a PG-13 for some swearing, violence, and adult themes/sexual themes between a husband and wife.