Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Nov 05, 2012 Shera (Book Whispers) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, 2012, ebook-m, paranormal-romance, steampunk

This was a great historical romance. Honoria was an interesting female lead. I like how it emphasized how cruel and harsh it was for woman in that time period. Society basically made it impossible for woman to avoid becoming a prostitute. It's a sad truth. It was bad for women to work or have a profession. By protecting women society made them become part of a work force that it frowned upon.

I loved Honoria's determination to take care of her family and protect them. She knew when to fold and w This was a great historical romance. Honoria was an interesting female lead. I like how it emphasized how cruel and harsh it was for woman in that time period. Society basically made it impossible for woman to avoid becoming a prostitute. It's a sad truth. It was bad for women to work or have a profession. By protecting women society made them become part of a work force that it frowned upon.

I loved Honoria's determination to take care of her family and protect them. She knew when to fold and when to push on. Blade was the perfect counterpart for her. Shockingly he wasn't the typical mysterious male. It soon become clear that he was a compassionate and respectful lead. The way he treated Honoria was wonderful. Normally by the time the PNR ends I feel like the woman should have slapped the guy and told him where the crap to shove it. Instead I felt like Honoria was in the wrong most of the time, but I understood where she was coming from.

The quality of the writing was wonderful and I could see the world in my minds eye. Sadly the world building wasn't what I had hoped for. The time period felt real, but the steampunk themes where underdeveloped. The society with vampires and werewolves was so well thought out and developed with an alternative history that I was baffled how badly the technology was lacking. There are robots and a few “steampunk” things. But they were never described. What did the robots look like? How did they tick exactly? It was vague and it seemed like more of the technology was randomly talked about then actually present in the book.

Overall as a romance it was great. The society of vampires was well realized. But I felt like this could have been just another Victorian with a vampire twist than a steampunk. Hopefully the next book addresses this issue. At this point the Steampunk felt like a gimmick to lure in fans. However, I loved the setup and character Kiss of Steel introduced and I want to see them in their own stories. Not to mention I want to see a revolution in this London/Britain. Down with the blue bloods! Not to mention I want to see how other male leads will be. It was so wonderful to have a male lead who wasn't a total jerk.

Sexual Content: Sexual humor, standard romance/sex scene, some frank thoughts/discussions about prostitution as a career choice and such. Some darker themes, but overall pretty standard.

3/5- Adored it, just a few minor details held it back.

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Sep 26, 2015 Saly rated it really liked it

Shelves: single-titles, virgin-heroines, pnr, read-in-2015

Nice new series!!
I loved the hero soo much, he was awesome. The heroine was a bit too martyr-sh and prim and proper but that was a given because of the way she was raised. Even the whole cast of characters intrigued me, making me look forward to reading about them.

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Mar 30, 2013 Erinaceina rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romances, gamma-heroes, vampires, hero-abused-scarred-torture-angst, dark-and-dangerous, bad-boy-heroes, victorian-romance, other-paranormal-creatures, steampunk-romance, 2012-reads

This could easily have been a book which I loved. I DID love the hero and heroine and much of their interaction. However, I really, really didn't enjoy the vampire/blueblood mythos. This wasn't because it was badly written: it was very well written. It was because I don't tend to enjoy paranormal romances in which being a paranormal being is something to be cured. Kresley Cole has written a couple of books in which the male vampire lead hates being a vampire, BUT at the end of the book, he alway ...more

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Dec 09, 2012 Tina rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranomal-rom, vampire, shifters, alpha-male, crime, stream-punk, anti-hero, alpha-female, at-library

Must say I really liked this book. I liked the interplay between the H/H and the side characters as well. Interesting world building about vampires and werewolfs too. It dragged a little in the middle but overall a very well done first book in series. I will definitely read more by this author and this series!

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May 16, 2015 Mary rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites

McMaster is a new author for me and I wasn't expecting much. I also don't give out 5 star ratings often. I LOVED it!!! I can usually predict what will happen and she took me by surprise! ...more

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Sep 11, 2014 Mhollie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vamps, shifters

Nonstop from start to finish. Loved the main characters & supporting cast. All of the characters were richly written. Are the bad guys good...? Or are the good guys bad...? Loved it!

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