The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't
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From the comedic mind of New York Times best-seller Gail Carriger comes the much requested prequel short story to Soulless. Alexia Tarabotti attends what appears to be a very dull London party, until the new werewolf Alpha turns up, is unconscionably rude to her, and sits on a hedgehog. Don't miss this charming novelette featuring the first encounter between the Parasolverse's most popular power couple, preternatural Alexia and supernatural Lord Conall Maccon.
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Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott, code name Honey Bee, is the War Office's best and most decorative fixer. She's sweet and chipper, but oddly stealthy, and surprisingly effective given the right incentives. Sir Crispin Bontwee was knighted for his military service, but instead of retiring, he secretly went to work for the War Office. Mostly he enjoys his job, except when he must safeguard the Honey Bee. Neither of them are vampire experts, but when Nottingham Hive goes badly Goth, only Dimity can stop their darkness from turning bloody. And only Crispin can stop Dimity from death by vampire.
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Lady Preshea Villentia has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. What society doesn't know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea's employer. And Preshea has one final assignment. It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn't anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven - massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and...working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart - a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.
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4 "Black Widow" Stars!
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Romancing the Werewolf
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Gay werewolves in Victorian London? Why yes, yes there are.
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5 out of 5 stars
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About time...
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Reticence
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Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard their airship, the Spotted Custard. Of course, he'd never admit that he belongs among them. He's always been on the outside - dispassionate, aloof, and hatless. But accidental spies, a trip to Japan, and one smart and beautiful doctor may have him renegotiating his whole philosophy on life.
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Romancing the Inventor
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Imogene Hale is a lowly parlor maid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?
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Entirely delightful f/f romance!
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Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Lady Preshea Villentia has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. What society doesn't know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea's employer. And Preshea has one final assignment. It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn't anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven - massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and...working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart - a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 500
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 462
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Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard their airship, the Spotted Custard. Of course, he'd never admit that he belongs among them. He's always been on the outside - dispassionate, aloof, and hatless. But accidental spies, a trip to Japan, and one smart and beautiful doctor may have him renegotiating his whole philosophy on life.
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Imogene Hale is a lowly parlor maid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?
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Entirely delightful f/f romance!
- By Sammy on 01-30-17
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How to Marry a Werewolf
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 296
The monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they're her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge. But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be. Americans: Backward heathens with no culture, Major Channing has never had time for any of them. But there's something special about Faith. Channing finds himself fighting to prove himself and defend his species. But this werewolf has good reason not to trust human women.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A miss
- By Dark Siren on 08-23-18
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Blameless
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 509
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 off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recording oddities
- By Amazon Customer on 09-27-18
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Timeless
- The Parasol Protectorate, the Fifth
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,415
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,179
Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Even Ivy Tunstell's acting troupe's latest play, disastrous to say the least, cannot put a damper on Alexia's enjoyment of her new London lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So long but not goodbye?
- By Leanna on 03-04-12
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Heartless
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,618
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,333
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,325
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. Can Alexia determine who is trying to kill Queen Victoria?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do You Love to Laugh?
- By Holly C. Salley on 10-30-11
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A Carriger Quartet
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Four original, unabridged, full-cast productions of Gail Carriger's most beloved fantasy short stories: "The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't, the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar": A mummified cat, a secret agent, and an aristocrat entangle Alessandro Tarraboti (father of Alexia Tarraboti from the Parasol Protectorate series) in a rollicking, wry adventure into the supernatural secrets of ancient Egypt.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cute stories, horrible narration
- By Karissa Eckert on 04-13-17
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Changeless
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- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 554
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 512
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the midafternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears, leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A step down from Soulless but still fun
- By EllaG on 10-10-17
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Competence
- Custard Protocol, Book 3
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 667
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 616
All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard, in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail. When she uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and the Custard crew embark on a mission to Peru. There, they encounter airship pirates and strange atmospheric phenomena, and are mistaken for representatives of the Spanish Inquisition. Forced into extreme subterfuge (and some rather ridiculous outfits) Prim must also answer three of life's most challenging questions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By Rachel on 10-17-18
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Prudence
- By: Gail Carriger
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,781
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,636
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,628
When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do: she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India. Soon she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciations and character voices are Different!
- By Andrea C on 03-17-15
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Imprudence
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,070
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,066
Rue and the crew of the Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack. To top it all off, Rue's best friend, Primrose, keeps getting engaged to the most unacceptable military types. Rue has family problems as well. Her vampire father is angry, her werewolf father is crazy, and her obstreperous mother is both. Worst of all, Rue's beginning to suspect what they really are...is frightened.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I loved previous series, but...
- By Pamela on 09-20-16
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Manners & Mutiny
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,489
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,365
When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school, and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing, and always polished New York Times best-selling Finishing School series!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A happy ending.
- By Jody S on 04-07-16
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Waistcoats & Weaponry
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,730
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,582
Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style - with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. No one suspected what - or who - they would find aboard that suspiciously empty train.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop smiling
- By Morgan H on 11-06-14
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Curtsies & Conspiracies
- Finishing School, Book 2
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,970
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,807
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,810
Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy. Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a most horrid display of poor manners. Now, as she sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than is apparent at first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gail Carriger is truly an author of Quality!
- By David on 11-07-13
Publisher's Summary
A short tale of mummies, werewolves, and well-preserved felines set in this Parasol Protectorate prequel!
When Alessandro Tarabotti and his valet, Floote, find themselves in Egypt on the queen's business, a chance encounter with tourists quickly leads to a...situation...with the local mummies. Can Allesandro complete his secret mission before he's hijacked by social obligation? And how will his aunt Archangelica react to his treatment of her cat?
For years the subject of speculation and rumor, the nature of Alexia Tarabotti's father's adventures and romances is finally revealed in this glorious full-cast audio production with an original score by composer Danny Schade. ArtisticWhispers Productions and New York Times best-selling author Gail Carriger are proud to present you the long-awaited stand-alone prequel to her defining steampunk masterpiece The Parasol Protectorate.
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- Elisabeth
- 12-14-19
disappointing
Nothing really there. This really doesn't add anything to the series. The narration is not very good. At times the reading is too fast and the Italian accent is terrible. Even on sale, under $2, this wasn't worth it.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-01-19
excellent
Excellent companion to the soulless series. I've enjoyed all of her books and especially the parasol protectorate.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- travis
- 12-16-18
Short but nice
Before this, the only thing I had read by Carriger was "Soulless", and I did really enjoy it. I grabbed this to try and get a little background info, and while it was good it didn't really give me what I was hoping for. It was a story from the past, but only showed that the dad did some cool things then and worked for interesting people. I guess I felt there could have been more to it. Still worth a listen.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Prickleypear
- 12-01-18
Terrible narration
I couldn’t even listen to the first story... the narration was amateurishly bad. I enjoyed several of Gail Carriger’s books so I was expecting entertaining short stories... very disappointing!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Ijw
- 10-31-18
Distasteful
Death and destruction for some purpose that probably furthers the plot but makes this little segment really unpleasant. Poor cat plot point is wasted; somebody doesn't like cats.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Roobarb
- 01-04-19
short and fun
This is a backstory to Soulless and other books by Gail Carriger and gives a feel of what Alexia's father was like. You don't need to read it first but can should you be the tidy sort.
Be warned, if you've already bought the Carriger Quartet this book is part of that collection.