Overbury Ink

Review by Lee Ann Farruga (aka Countessa Lenora)





Any book that begins with an action scene gets my attention, add in a spunky, no nonsense, intelligent woman as your main character and I’m intrigued and ready to dive in. That is exactly what I did.


It took me only two days to finish Soulless by Gail Carriger. Any moment I could spare from my busy schedule I squeezed in time to read it, and when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. I was hooked from the beginning and enthralled to the very end.


Ms. Carriger’s main character, Alexia Tarabotti is a real woman. She is intelligent, beautiful in her own quirky way, resourceful, and she appreciates a good meal. Add in the handsome Lord Maccon and the sparks fly. Secondary characters such as Professor Lyall, Beta of the Woolsey Pack and Alexia’s best friend, Ivy Hisselpenny hold their own and help to give the story a lot of depth and texture…and let’s not forget the vampires, werewolves and other strange creatures that inhabit Soulless.


The story revolves around Miss Tarabotti as she tries to find out why vampires and werewolves are disappearing at an alarming rate, why a mysterious man and his terrifying minion are after her and what are Lord Maccon’s real intentions toward her.
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It was truly a pleasure to read Soulless and I quite look forward to reading the next in the series, Changeless.
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Biography of Gail Carriger
Ms. Carriger began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms. Carriger then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London. She is fond of teeny tiny hats and tropical fruit. The Parasol Protectorate books are: Soulless (Oct. 2009), Changeless (March 2010), and Blameless (September 2010). Soulless won the ALA’s Alex Award.
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