The Warlock's Curse (Veneficas Americana, #3)

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The Warlock's Curse (Veneficas Americana #3)

by M.K. Hobson (Goodreads Author)

4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 · rating details · 66 ratings · 30 reviews

THE YEAR IS 1910. Eighteen-year-old Will Edwards has landed a prestigious apprenticeship at Detroit’s Tesla Industries, the most advanced scientific research center in the United States. It’s a plum prize for a young man who dreams of a career in the new science of Otherwhere Engineering.

But his father doesn’t want him to go. And he won’t tell him why.

Determined to get the...more

Paperback, 390 pages

Published October 31st 2012 by Demimonde

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Apr 05, 2013 Liz rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-fantasy

Yay! This book was really good. I was getting so excited about it I was worried it would not live up to expectation. I backed this book on kickstarter and my faith was definitely not misplaced! This was one of those stay up all night to finish because it is so awesome books. It was also one of those books that at the end of it you are like, "ok, I need to read the one that comes next right now even if it is 4 am and I need to go to school tomorrow!" (and get tempted to send a billion dollars via...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Liz rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 09, 2013 MeiLin Miranda rated it 5 of 5 stars

MK Hobson continues her series on her own--and boy am I glad writers have the option these days. Otherwise we would never have gotten this continuation of the story of Emily Edwards and Dreadnought Stanton.

The story now moves to their son, Will, a talented young engineer. His parents deny him an opportunity to study at Tesla Industries, but Will takes matters into his own hands and runs away with the help of Jenny Hansen. Jenny's an heiress, but not of the screwball variety; she has her own, sec...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Aimeekay rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this one, very interesting take on an alternate history. I liked the way the author combined steampunk and magic. The world she created is very interesting and the more of the story that I read, the more drawn into it I became.
I also really enjoyed the characters. I liked Jenny and Will and I was really rooting for them to make it despite that both their families were working against them. I also liked some of the side characters like Briar and the Gores. I even began to take a...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Tabitha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, 2012-reads, fantasy, paranormal, blog-tour, kindle-copy, steampunk

I’m not a fan of historical fiction. I try and avoid it at all costs, but sometimes there’s a book that will intrigue me and I’ll decide to give it a chance. That was the case with The Warlock’s Curse and I’m so glad that I chose to read this book because it was absolutely fantastic. It’s not necessarily a young adult novel, but it’s not at the stage where I would classify it as an adult novel. So I guess that leaves it at new adult.

The world building was great and it was something completely di...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Patrice Sarath rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Warlock's Curse by M.K. Hobson is one of the best books I've read all year, and possibly one of the hardest to review. If I write about what happens in the book, it becomes spoilery; if I write about the emotional sleigh ride* the book takes the reader on, that becomes spoilery too. This is partly because I didn't know what to expect at all; if I give any clues as to the trajectory of the emotional course, anyone reading this review will be anticipating the changes, and that ruins the fun.

I...more The Warlock's Curse by M.K. Hobson is one of the best books I've read all year, and possibly one of the hardest to review. If I write about what happens in the book, it becomes spoilery; if I write about the emotional sleigh ride* the book takes the reader on, that becomes spoilery too. This is partly because I didn't know what to expect at all; if I give any clues as to the trajectory of the emotional course, anyone reading this review will be anticipating the changes, and that ruins the fun.

I can safely say the book starts dark. That's inherent in the title. Hobson also does something very interesting in that we are primed to see the initial point of view character as the villain, and then turns our expectations on their head.

It then becomes an adventure story, a coming of age story, a story of young, burgeoning romance, with a Heinleinesque hero and heroine. I was rooting for Will and Jenny. They were smart, likeable, energetic, brash, and admirable. Will is a talented young engineer, Jenny an enthusiastic financier who uses her access to wealth (she's an heiress) to make more money. The bulk of the story takes place at the turn of the last century in a secondary world Chicago. Will goes to work for Nikolai Tesla at the prestigious Tesla Industries, and the book is chock-full of a new kind of science and technology that is both Earth-based and not (well, if string theory is true, then I suppose the Otherwhere could exist).

Did I mention Heinleinesque? The book has such a sense of Golden Age exuberance, that at one point, a character actually says, "As you know, Will..." in explaining a scientific theory. Instead of rolling my eyes, I chuckled. I don't know if Hobson did it on purpose but it worked.

However, I did have reservations. Some were about the science; but then again, I think string theory is like physics for English majors (I'm skeptical). It's a little hand-wavy and it seems more like magic than science in that it's awfully convenient, the way we can access unlimited energy via the Otherwhere with virtually no downside. I also was annoyed that in order for the book to work, basic information has to be withheld from Will regarding the warlock's curse -- except that it's actually in keeping with the other characters' true natures, as we come to find out.

Which brings me to my final reservation -- there's a whole lot of explanation about motives at the end that probably could have been more organic in the telling. It was disappointing, probably because everything up to that point was so much fun. I might have tsked.

Aside from that, I haven't felt this emotionally connected to a book in a long time. Please do read it, and the other books in the series. I had no trouble starting with this one, and I'm looking forward to going back and reading the others.

*As in Nantucket sleigh ride(less)

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Nov 15, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, review-on-blog

The Warlock's Curse is the third book in the Venificas Americas series, but it is set at a different time than the first two and it has a new set of characters. I love reading series in order so I can get the full effect of the books, but I wasn't lost or confused by starting with this book. I loved the Warlock's Curse and I will be getting the first two books in the series to read as well, because if they are like this one I know I will love them too.

I am a major history nerd. I was a history...more The Warlock's Curse is the third book in the Venificas Americas series, but it is set at a different time than the first two and it has a new set of characters. I love reading series in order so I can get the full effect of the books, but I wasn't lost or confused by starting with this book. I loved the Warlock's Curse and I will be getting the first two books in the series to read as well, because if they are like this one I know I will love them too.

I am a major history nerd. I was a history major in undergrad and I just get all giddy when history is incorporated into stories or movies. I loved the history in The Warlock's Curse. M.K. Hobson did an amazing job weaving history throughout the story. And the coolest part is that it was like history class and science class with magic and some steampunkiness interspersed throughout it. Umm, yes please- those are all awesome things. And the effect when putting them all together was great.

The writing is the real deal. I love a fluffy book just like anyone else. Something you can pick up and just zone out and read. The Warlock's Curse is not that book. I was more of an active participant while reading this story because the writing is awesome but more dense and complex than some of the fluffier books I read. It was a nice change of pace for me, and I really loved M.K. Hobson's writing style.

Will and Jenny were so full of energy and enthusiasm that it was hard not to love them. Plus, I love a guys point of view so that was a big plus in my book. But the world building was the star of the show for me. I think this has to be some of the best world building that I have seen in a book in a long time. Everything is just so well developed and presented that it makes reading a real pleasure. This book was an emotional journey. More than once I was sad about something that happened, but ultimately everything works for the story. I think The Warlock's Curse is a book that has something for everyone, and you should check it out. (less)

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Nov 04, 2012 July rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, fantasy, steampunk, urban-fantasy

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* The world-building is amazing. This is real American history with a very large twist. A couple of times I found myself wanting to research some of the events mentioned in the story to see if they were real or only in this alternate reality.
* The book does have a large steampunk component to it though the gadgets are by no means at the center of the story. I thought the devices were neat and well-integrated into the world.
* The magic system is uniq...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Heather *aka Dragon Fairy* rated it 2 of 5 stars

**spoilers are in this review**

**I was given a free copy of this book for an honest review**

When I started reading this book, I liked it. It is a good story, well written, and interesting enough to keep you guessing without confussing you. This book was well on the way to being a 3 or 4 star book, until the last 2 pages of the book.

This book is a story about Will, who only wants to go to Detroit and work for Telsa Industries. His lifelong friend Jenny comes up with a plan to get him to Detroit...more

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Dec 06, 2012 K. Bird rated it 4 of 5 stars

M.K. Hobson did a Kickstarter campaign to finance the writing of this, the third in her alternate American History Magic/Steampunk (heavier on the Magic than the Gadget)series that started with Native Star. It came as no surprise to me at all that her campaign was successful. I fell in immediate, irrevocable love with her characters from the first two books.

Will and Jenny, the stars of The Warlock's Curse, were just as personable, but for me, a bit more whiny and naive than Dreadnought Stanton a...more M.K. Hobson did a Kickstarter campaign to finance the writing of this, the third in her alternate American History Magic/Steampunk (heavier on the Magic than the Gadget)series that started with Native Star. It came as no surprise to me at all that her campaign was successful. I fell in immediate, irrevocable love with her characters from the first two books.

Will and Jenny, the stars of The Warlock's Curse, were just as personable, but for me, a bit more whiny and naive than Dreadnought Stanton and Emily. Let's just say it took me longer to warm up to them.

Anyway, Warlock's Curse is set many years after the second book. Will is a gifted mechanic and youngest son in a family whose Patriarch is arrogant and dictatorial and is keeping Will from a very promising apprenticeship with Tesla industries for no good reason.

So Will decides to run away. Along comes Jenny, childhood friend, who also wishes to get away from her father. The solution? Marriage. As a married couple, Jenny has access to trust fund money and can help Will get to his apprenticeship.

Only...Jenny's not entirely truthful about why she wants her trust fund, and Will's family aren't exactly who they say they are, and Will himself is starting to hear a very strange voice...

You just can't beat Hobson's Veneficas Americana series for pure idea-driven fun (credomancy as a magical system is just so darn cool) and for creating even minor characters worthy of their own novels (Sanctity Snow the crazy, divine-inspired organist or the romance between the Unionist Briar and the Greek sangrimancer, or the love triangle between two of Will's brothers and his flapper-like sister-in-law).

The writing is impeccable, the secrets revealed at just the right pace, and the characters endure real and terrible consequences for their actions.

But...and here's where the book lost that last, 5th star for me, there was too big of a gap between the first and second half of the book.

The first half with Will finding his way at Tesla industries while trying to find out what Jenny is up to was terrific...and then it all gets left behind on one, fatal night and everything changes. (And sadly I can't discuss any of it because it would be massive spoilerage) The second half, while very cool in its layers of conspiracy and implications, had almost nothing to do with the expectations set up in the first half of what Will might achieve with his Flume and his Tesla work at all. The story careens off into another direction and I felt a little lost between the first half and the second. (and a little shell-shocked, to tell you the truth. The first half is whole-hog YA and the second half I felt made this book probably inappropriate for my 5th grade daughter to read)

Not to mention the terribly open ending with many dramatic issues unresolved. (darn you, Hobson!)

There's no question I'll have to get the second in this duology as soon as it comes out to find out what happens. And along with her first duology in the series, this second one promises to be a wild ride.

This Book's Snack Rating: Like those Trader Joe's dark chocolate-covered potato chips for the hardy crunch of riveting characters and world-building coupled with a startling bitterness of plot direction halfway through(less)

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Dec 25, 2012 Kenzie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 24, 2012 Candace rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is one of those books you really can't label as adult or YA. If anything I would maybe say New Adult because Will is eighteen and Jenny is 17. But it's appropriate for YA readers and Will definitely has his moments of being a teenager instead of the adult he should be acting as.

I am a huge fan of M.K. Hobson. Her books The Native Star and The Hidden Goddess were on my favorites lists the years they released. The world that she has created pretty much blows my mind. It has the history I tend...more This is one of those books you really can't label as adult or YA. If anything I would maybe say New Adult because Will is eighteen and Jenny is 17. But it's appropriate for YA readers and Will definitely has his moments of being a teenager instead of the adult he should be acting as.

I am a huge fan of M.K. Hobson. Her books The Native Star and The Hidden Goddess were on my favorites lists the years they released. The world that she has created pretty much blows my mind. It has the history I tend to crave occasionally but it's an alternate history with magic at the center of it all. There's also Steampunk elements but much of that is tied in with the magic. Now before I go further I have to make something clear, this book is in the same world as her previous books, but it's 1910 rather than 1876 and has new characters. Yes, we get to see the characters from the previous books but they are definitely in the background and you do not have to read the first two to read this one. Because I love them all so much I still suggest you read them all, but you can definitely read this one without reading the others.

This one has a male POV! You know how I love those, so that was a bonus for me. Will is 18 years old and a genius. At least when it comes to putting things together and inventing things, but when it comes to the average sort of thing he tends to not think things through or consider the repercussions for his actions. Which is pretty typical 18 year old boy behavior... But Will is determined to work for Tesla Industries and learn more but his parent's forbid it. When Jenny Hansen comes along offering him the option of marrying her so they can make it up to Detroit for him to work for Tesla Industries, he's pretty much all over it.

Jenny Hansen has her own plans in mind but she's not about to share with Will and this causes a bit of a rift between them... but Will, he knows he's developing some feelings for Jenny for real even though she's his fake wife. We don't know what's in Jenny's head since we're only in Will's and I kind of wish we did. It would maybe be nice to have both perspectives here, I want to know what she's thinking!

The first half of this book was good but the second half of the book was a bit of a whirlwind as I was pretty much knee deep in it and not looking back. Every interruption annoyed me as I was dying to see everything come together. At times I would predict one thing and then discover how wrong I was. It was completely unpredictable! Yeah, we know that Will makes mistakes and we can see it'll bite him in the ass, but so much turned out differently than I thought it would.

The end of the book was pretty killer. It was an explosive end and left us with a bit of a cliffhanger. You know I detest those, but for some reason this one didn't bother me too much. Oh, I'm still *desperate* for the next book, but I wasn't actually angry as I often get with cliffhangers. There's much more to be tied up to conclude Will's story, but I guess we'll just have to wait for the next one to find out what else happens.

I very highly recommend you pick this book up. This world is incredible! In each of her books I really feel transported to the time and place and feel I'm right there with them. I can't wait to see what happens in the next one!

You can find this review and others like it on my blog at http://www.candacesbookblog.com

Disclosure: Thanks to the author for the review copy of the book. All opinions expressed are my own and I was not paid or compensated for them.(less)

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Nov 29, 2012 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, blog-tour

This was a really enjoyable book! There were so many great things about it.

The prologue definitely set an interesting tone. It describes the struggle that witchhunter Anson Kendall faces in trying to get revenge on warlock Aebedel Cowdray and finish his father's work, but the warlock places a curse on Anson and his family, promising to return in the bodies of his descendants and do evil on the nights of the full moon. This was written in an excellent style which was extremely effective for the s...more This was a really enjoyable book! There were so many great things about it.

The prologue definitely set an interesting tone. It describes the struggle that witchhunter Anson Kendall faces in trying to get revenge on warlock Aebedel Cowdray and finish his father's work, but the warlock places a curse on Anson and his family, promising to return in the bodies of his descendants and do evil on the nights of the full moon. This was written in an excellent style which was extremely effective for the subject matter. The prologue would not have had the same impact had it not been written the way it was. I really enjoyed it.

On to the story itself:
I thought the characters were fantastic. Will is a wonderful, brave young man with big dreams that his family does not approve of. He gets so tired of his father holding him back, so he stands up for himself and took a big risk to chase his dream, which I really admired.
I also really liked Jenny. She is a smart, fun girl who is not afraid of chasing some adventure. I really enjoyed the teasing, often flirty chemistry between the two, but that they still appeared just like the old friends that they are. I thought it was great too that they could learn from each other the whole way through.

The world building was fantastic. This novel is set in an alternate version of our world which is filled with not only technological advances of the early 1900s, but also with magic. There are so many implications of having magic as a real, integrated part of the world, and Hobson has covered many of them in her writing. So many aspects of the magic are worked into the world so well that it doesn't seem out of place, despite the fact that that was not what our world was like at all. The world, that is so like ours but still so different, really comes alive and feels real.

This story ended up being a lot more intense and darker than I had expected. This didn't mean, however, that I didn't enjoy it! While I was surprised at some of the wild and sinister things that happened, I was definitely enthralled in the story. I'll admit I was a little disappointed in the ending, mostly because Will isn't who I want him to be at the end. This may be completely different from what others wanted or imagined, though.

Overall I thought this was a great novel that really captured and maintained my interest and my curiosity throughout. It had great characters and an amazing world.
4 stars!(less)

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Nov 11, 2012 Brigid Keely rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, fiction, fantasy, au

"The Warlock's Curse" is the third book in a series, but you can easily read it without having read the first two books. It leaves a great deal unresolved, but it looks like a fourth book is planned that will finish the series (or at least this part of the series) off.

"Warlock's" follows the adventures of William Edwards, 18, and his 17 year old former childhood friend Jenny Stanton, as they bluff their way through a marriage of convenience and an apprenticeship (on his end) at Tesla Industries...more

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Dec 03, 2012 A.M. Dellamonica rated it 5 of 5 stars

I reviewed M.K. Hobson’s second novel, The Hidden Goddess, for Tor.com back when it came out. And I have been eagerly awaiting the sequel ever since.

The thing about this book is: what do I say? I am a spoilerphobe and I try to write spoiler-free book write-ups; this is sooper-hooper tricky in the case of M.K. Hobson’s Veneficas Americana series, because The Warlock’s Curse is intimately tied to the events of the preceding two books. This means a discussion of this third novel requires tapdancin...more I reviewed M.K. Hobson’s second novel, The Hidden Goddess, for Tor.com back when it came out. And I have been eagerly awaiting the sequel ever since.

The thing about this book is: what do I say? I am a spoilerphobe and I try to write spoiler-free book write-ups; this is sooper-hooper tricky in the case of M.K. Hobson’s Veneficas Americana series, because The Warlock’s Curse is intimately tied to the events of the preceding two books. This means a discussion of this third novel requires tapdancing around the revelations from three full books.

But here goes: TWC is mostly the story of William Edwards, a sweet and remarkably gifted farmboy with a talent for Otherwhere engineering. Will’s not quite eighteen, he’s a tad dyslexic and he’s been accepted as a fellow at the Telsa Institute in Detroit. Sadly, his parents have categorically forbidden him to go.

Will is a good-hearted kid–a sweet one, really–but he’s in a huge power struggle with his father and this has made him snarky and more than a little desperate. Then a chance arises for him to run off by accepting some help from someone in a similar situation, his childhood pal Scuff, otherwise known as Jenny.

Jenny, like Will, has a streak of genius and parent troubles. Being a girl, she’s expected to sort out her issues, tighten her bustle and quietly enter into fruitful matrimony with some San Francisco society gentleman to be chosen later. Instead, she and Will embark on a partnership–they flee together to Detroit, where the Telsa folks are located, and pursue their separate agendas.

The only hitch? They have to get married to pull it off. Soon our teen heroes are on the run with a barely legitimate marriage certificate and more money than sense. Everyone is after them, and there’s also another problem they can’t appreciate: nearly everyone around Will has told him a lie or two over the years, Jenny included. And hidden behind his parents’ lies is a secret so awful it might destroy the two of them and a decent amount of U.S. real estate if things go awry.

It’s a novel. Things go awry.

TWC plays out against a backdrop of magic, politics, and plague. An evangelist preacher is taking steps to try eliminating all magical ability from the U.S. population. He has already managed to inoculate most of the younger generations, but he’s trying to wipe out the abilities of the privileged elder generation who grew up with magic.

It’s tricky, at times, that this book is so intimately tied to its precedessors. I can’t imagine reading it without having read The Native Star and The Hidden Goddess. A certain amount of the pleasure I derived from reading it came from knowing all the things William doesn’t. And as a second complaint, I will say it ends on a whopper of a suspenseful situation. Being obliged to put it down without having the next book ready and waiting was very sad.

As for the novel itself: it has the usual grandeur of Hobson’s writing, the delightful characters and hilarious dialog, and the no-punches pulled savagery of a bare-knuckles brawl. In marrying and running off from people determined to protect them from everything including the truth, Will and Jenny dress themselves for the slaughter. And I do not use that word lightly. The little bit of responsibility they bear for getting themselves into trouble hardly rates against what happens to them.

Is Hobson saying we should meekly accept lying by authority figures for our own good? No, obviously not. But TWC is very much about displaced pride, the inability to ask for help and the inability of one person, however talented, to stand against massive corrupt organizations, be they political, corporate, or sorcerous in nature.(less)

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Nov 15, 2012 Vera rated it 5 of 5 stars

Magic can be found inside the cover of this great book. Witches, warlocks and those who would stop them from using magic are brought together in the life of two families that encompass the entire world. A love story that will break your heart and leave you asking "why". A family's struggle to keep secrets from their loved ones, family that isn't family,and mysterious machines come together in a spellbinder (pardon the pun) of a story. This is a great read that must have another book if for no ot...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Ashley - Book Labyrinth rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, for-review

The first thing that intrigued me about this book was the fact that it’s a steampunk set in the United States. It’s not often that I’ve seen a steampunk title set outside of England, so that immediately made me take notice. Once I started reading I was impressed with the fabulous world building. There’s a whole alternate history in this book, filled with science, steampunk, and magic. The book features such a dense setting, which at times was daunting, but overall really added to the richness of...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Ali M. rated it 2 of 5 stars

I loved the previous duology in this series (The Native Star / The Hidden Goddess), so I was excited to see what Hobson had in store for the next generation of the Stanton/Edwards clan. Unfortunately, this entry never sat right with me. The writing was great, and I loved being back in Hobson's complex alternate America, but I never fell in step with Will and Jenny. The central concept of the book (which I can't explain here, or I'll spoil the whole thing) forces the author to tread a very fine l...more

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Nov 03, 2012 All Things Urban Fantasy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: october-2012-hotp, reviewed-by-kristina

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THE WARLOCK’S CURSE is a fascinating, dark, adventure story filled to the brim with steampunk science and technology. The first few chapters dragged a little but the second half of the story more than made up for the lackluster start with some startling revelations.

So much of a good steampunk novel comes down to atmosphere. The detailed, scientific explanations of various machines greatly helped with creating that tone though I could have done with a li...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Wilson rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book took me a long time to finish.

Actually, no, that's not quite right. It took me a long time to get to the middle. Once I got about halfway (maybe 60%?) through, I finished it in a very short time.

My main problem with the book was that I didn't like anyone. Everyone seemed either unpleasant or stupid/naive (or both), including the main characters, and so I didn't have anyone to root for or care about.

That might have been okay, but for some reason, the humorously wry turns of phrase that...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Liz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bring-on-the-magic, steampunk, cannot-wait-till-it-is-out, kindle-own, 2012-release, excellent-female-characters, favorites, fun, inspiration, reviewed

I've been meaning to write a review for this book for awhile, but now that I finally have the time again I will.

First off all this book is brilliant! What I mean is that the characters, plot, themes, motifs, and overall structure is pitch perfect. Everything about this book is great. The characters are well developed, the world building is intensely satisfying, and the magic system is incredibly well developed. I loved M.K Hobson's previous two books, although "The Native Star" is still by and f...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Luke Van rated it 3 of 5 stars

Brain candy (thx for the term, David!). Magic, violence, vampires, young angst & love, secrets, capitalism, references to "science" (pseudo-steampunk), interesting enough to probably read another one in this series, if found...

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Sep 16, 2012 Joanna Fedewa rated it 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved this book! I had the hardest time in the world putting it down, even going as far as to read it at work. Hehe. I havent read a book this good in a very long time! I highly recommend it!

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Dec 08, 2012 Jessica (Books: A true story) added it

Shelves: for-review, kindle, own, ebook-challenge-2012

The first half was a charming steam-punk novel with characters that I cared a lot about. The idea of an allergy to magic was very creative. The second half of the novel took a turn and became very dark and sometimes disturbing - more so than I usually enjoy reading about. She's a great writer, and me not liking this books was just a matter of personal taste.

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Jun 25, 2012 Madbabs marked it as to-read

I can't guess about how good the book is yet. But the promotional video is about the coolest one I've seen.

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Nov 04, 2012 Meghan Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars

A little slow in the beginning but heart-pounding at the end. Can't wait for the next one!

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Apr 29, 2013 Anne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

Marvelous. Am panting for the next installment.

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Feb 15, 2013 Emily rated it 3 of 5 stars

Significantly slower moving than the other two--and a bit too much explanation of all the electronics (which never seemed to fit into the plot completely; perhaps in #4?)

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May 01, 2013 Jaime Moyer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned-books

Such a good book. I loved this one as much as I did the first two. Highly recommended.

I only wish I'd bought it in paper. I will do that with the next one in the series.

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Dec 24, 2012 Caitlin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: excited-for-2013

Flippin' incredible. How does she come up with this stuff and the characters and the feelings and just? How?

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M.K. Hobson is one of the co-hosts of the short fantasy fiction podcast Podcastle and lives in Oregon City, Oregon with her husband and daughter. Born in California, she was raised in Portland, Oregon. She attended the University of Oregon, where she ran Catalyst Films (the campus film society), helped launch The Student Insurgent (a radical progressive 'zine that's still being published) and drov...more

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