The Wonder Engine

Clocktaur War, Book 2

By: T. Kingfisher

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

In the sequel to Clockwork Boys, Slate, Brenner, Caliban and Learned Edmund have arrived in Anuket City, the source of the mysterious Clockwork Boys. They even managed to build some trust in each other's skills. That trust is built on quicksand as the risks continue to escalate. But the secrets they're keeping could well destroy them, before the city even gets the chance...

Old foes and consequences of past decisions lurk in the shadows. Every team member's skills are required to succeed - even more so if they hope to survive.

The Wonder Engine never lets us forget our funny, broken group even as the action propels our heroes to new highs and lows. It shows that making the most of the rest of your life can be rewarding - no matter how many mechanical abominations you need to destroy to get there.

©2018 Ursula Vernon (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

if Terry Pratchett wrote wages of fear

The desperate heist story is a classic for a reason. Mismatched protagonists thrown together on a mission of likely death, learning to work together or betray each other... it's a great story and it's still great here, where a big heaping dollop of humor makes it just so much fun!

Sad it's over

If the author wrote a hundred books with these characters, I would listen to every one of them. I am so sad it's over. I haven't listened to something I've enjoyed this much in a long time. Please if you come across these gems, do yourself a favor and buy them. If you're anything like me, you won't be disappointed.

This series is just so incredibly funny

I love this worldbuilding so much, and Kingfisher’s writing style, but nothing is more funny to me than a band of entirely different kinds of people forced together. Just, so much fun to listen to, and I’m so glad this world has more stories in it!

Nearly as good as the first

Fabulous, absolutely fabulous narrator.

The story wrap up is also fairly good with 2 problems. Too much filler,too much internal dialog. And every stupid person ‘pinches the bridge of their damn noses’ in frustration, anger, fear, sadness, etc. The nose bridge pinching happens 2-3 DOZEN times. It’s both waaayyy too often and something I’ve never seen anyone do in real life. Including me!

Continued Entertainment

I really enjoyed the plot to this novel, though there were a few sections that were a bit far into the romance side for me.

That said, this continues to a great book 2 with some well woven plot mechanics and a lot of sarcasm.

Also - nolls are great characters.

Fantastic continuation of The Clockwork Boys

Just like its predecessor, The Clockwork Boys, The Wonder Engine is a delightful story; and I continue to love the narrator's gnoll voices

Enjoyable

A fun read, had me laughing and crying. Binged both books in two days.
"Shut up, Brenner."

Very well thought out duology. Was a joy to read.

I really cared about the characters in what I would consider a book that is more on the short side. Great writing, great story and just a fun read. Don't hesitate to pick it up.

Just gets better

The character development is incredibly well done. The story line is not predictably but leaves you wondering what they will all get up to next. Imperfect characters with horrible problems make for good story telling

Excellent Story!

I was completely riveted on the mystery and the interactions! Reading this couplet of books was a definite pleasure.