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God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire, #1)

Kate Locke

Start date: September 1, 2012

Finish date: September 30, 2012

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Jun 13, 2012 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: were, vampires, urban-fantasy, steampunk, first-in-series, arc-netgalley, babr-reviews, alpha-males, zzread-july-2012

Intriguing and extremely detailed world - 3.5 stars

Steampunk! Vampires! Werewolves! All of my favorites in one place. Does it work? Yes and no. God Save the Queen has extensive and extremely detailed world building. A lot of thought and creativity went into this world. At first, it really feels like a big, giant info dump. At one point I had noted that the world was fascinating but the story seemed secondary. If you can get through this part, you will be rewarded with a fun and exciting story.

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Aug 01, 2012 KarenF rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, kindle, sci-fi, steampunk

This was a fun book that I'm not entirely sure how to categorize. It's set in London in modern times (urban fantasy) but Queen Victoria is still alive and ruling. Technology is present but different and fashions take their cue from Victoria still (steampunk). The aristocracy is mostly made up of vampire & werewolves but they became supernatural due to the reaction of their blood to the plague (sci fi). Book classification geek aside, this was a fun read. I admit that I found the writing a little ...more

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