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The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)

Meljean Brook

Start date: January 1, 2011

Finish date: January 31, 2011

Discussion: Group Reads

Discussion leader: Danielle The Book Huntress

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Dec 06, 2023 Mhollie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Good stuff. I forgot how good this author is and had not read anything of hers in quite some time. I am so glad I found her again. This was everything a girl could want in a adult Steampunk Romance novel. Drama, air ships, adventure, automatons, steamy romance, swashbuckling, misadventures, misunderstandings, angst, and suspense. Absolutely love it.

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Dec 27, 2010 Wan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dangerous-hero, 5-stars, uf-pnr, wishlist, kick-ass-heroine, steampunk, mystery-suspense, dystopia

OMGosh! This book was AMAZING! It wasn't anything I have read before. This is my first book of Meljean Brook and I was surprise to see how young the author is -- but true talents is true talents, age or sex doesn’t matter. This is also the first of the “Steampunk” category, I’ve ever read. It doesn’t disappoint. I also love the cover. It sets the tone of the book perfectly (and that is not because of the super hot guy in the front – though I’m glad that only half of his face shown – I dislike ve OMGosh! This book was AMAZING! It wasn't anything I have read before. This is my first book of Meljean Brook and I was surprise to see how young the author is -- but true talents is true talents, age or sex doesn’t matter. This is also the first of the “Steampunk” category, I’ve ever read. It doesn’t disappoint. I also love the cover. It sets the tone of the book perfectly (and that is not because of the super hot guy in the front – though I’m glad that only half of his face shown – I dislike very much if I see the models’ faces on the cover. Readers do not need to see the models’ faces, we imagine our own.)

Actually, I’m still trying to take it all in….and wrapping my head around the Steampunk world. With the mechanicals, clockworks, gadgets to the airships yet still no electricity but steam power, this concept is all new, yet familiar to me, somehow. It was like Sci-fi dad and Historical mom gave birth to the baby Steampunk. Though, the nanoagents concept reminded me a bit of the Nanomites from the movie “G.I. Joe” but it doesn’t matter. I love it in this book better. The zombies, ah…the zombies were odd ideas but somehow it fit in the book. I totally bought it.

Characters were amazing. Rhys and Mina, hero and heroine, possess strength of their own but yet somehow fit perfectly together. I felt in love with both of them. I also love Scarsdale and Yasmeen, even Newberry. They were complex, strong yet vulnerable at the same time. They all definitely had their own charms. They compliment each other very well.

I love that all the elements of the book were just the right amount, in my opinion. There were enough building up of the characters, atmosphere, suspense….and of course their relationships, which leaded to the hot scenes. And they were HOT! I’m glad I read this book on the weekend because I couldn’t put it down. I would have call in sick to read the whole thing in one day for sure. – Now the hard part is that I have to wait for the second book. ...more

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Oct 21, 2011 ~♥*Marianna*♥~ marked it as lost-interest

I didn't like Rhys. ...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Kathy rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2011-read, steampunk

4 stars- The Iron Duke is a very interesting book but it took me a while to finish. The world was so unique and new to me, my brain had a hard time understanding all that was going on. I really had to slow down my reading speed to process this steampunk world. Though it was a slow read it definitely wasn't a boring one. Once I got a handle on who the Horde were and who and what buggers and bounders were, I was able to enjoy the story and the awesome characters. ...more

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