The Earl of Brass: Book One of the Ingenious Mechanical Devices

De: Kara Jorgensen

Narrado por: Patrick Oniyelu

When Eilian Sorrell, a promising archaeologist and the eldest son of the earl of Dorset, loses his arm in a dirigible crash, he fears he will face a bleak future among London's aristocracy. On a quest for normalcy, Lord Sorrell commissions a prosthetic arm but finds the craftsman is not what he seems.

After the death of her brother, Hadley Fenice takes over his prosthesis business but knows it will be an uphill battle, as women are discouraged from doing men's work. In return for building Lord Sorrell an automaton arm, he offers her a chance at freedom by following him to the Negev Desert under the guise of a man.

But what lies beneath the desert is more precious than potshards or bones. As they venture deeper, they discover a society where the path of life is not governed by gain but by passion. When imperialistic invaders come in search of a new colony to pillage, Eilian and Hadley are forced to defend their fleeting glimpse of paradise.

©2014 Kara Jorgensen (P)2015 Kara Jorgensen

The Earl of Brass

I really liked this book and hope to read the whole series.Elian lost an arm. Luckilly for him there is a new model that he can test out.We follow him through life as an archeologist and meeting the love of his life.Patrick Oniyelu was mostly good with this narration.There were words he stumbled over and mispronounced.There were odd cadences that distracted a bit.All in all enjoyable though.I was given this book free for an honest review.

Wonderful story, average narrator

I really loved and enjoyed the world that Kara Jorgensen created. The main characters were very engaging, and, for the most part, very likeable.
I don't know if it was intentional, but the narrator was constantly mispronouncing words, (ie convalescence became conVALessence). Still, he did a great job bringing the characters to life.
If I have anything to complain about, it's that certain bits of dialogue get repeated. Many times the characters reiterate ideas that they expressed earlier, without much variation. Sometimes the repetition helps to fully express something about this world, but there were times when I found myself wondering how much more I would have to hear about the oppressive nature of Victorian morality.
Overall, I highly recommend The Earl of Brass, and am looking forward to more.

Pretty good, bad narrator

The story is enjoyable, but the way the narrator mispronounces several common words was irritating and distracting. I'd listen to more of this series if they got someone else to read it.

Narrator needs to learn pronunciation

What should have been a good listen was made unappealing due to the narrator. Rather monotone, pauses in the wrong places during sentences and horrible pronunciation (and no, it wasn't just an accent thing).

I will continue with the series as it seems a light, easy read but it won't be through Audible.

Story-wise, it isn't the best Steampunk I have read.

Steampunk Ventures Into the Desert

This book started out in typical steampunk fashion: steamers and mechanical devices, references to automatons and limbs fashioned out of gears. There were two great characters developed: Elian and Hadley, with Hadley having great intelligence and pluck. This standard start quickly changes though when Hadley, disguised as a man, goes with Elian to Palestine on an archaeological dig where they discover a hidden race of people in a cave who live in a sort of utopia.

I liked the concept of the story a lot, and it kept me listening and wanting to know what happened until the end, but the story was also obviously a platform for the author to push her views on marriage and sex equality especially, and communal living secondly. For the most part, that didn't bother me. Yes, it bogged down the story some, but it also added to it some as well. I wish it had scaled back these statements over and over some, but it did not keep me from enjoying the story.

The narrator, while a good reader, did not change his voice for other characters at all, so it was not so much story telling, as listening to a book read aloud.This book is the first in a series and it did capture my interest enough to make me want to pick up the next installment

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