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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)

Gail Carriger

Start date: March 1, 2025

Finish date: March 31, 2025

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Nov 29, 2017 Marla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: zz-2017, girl-power, mystery, paranormal, science-fiction, romance, shape-shifters, sexy, adult, lgbt

Entertaining and romantic story about a girl without a soul falling for a werewolf. Enjoyable story with lots of action, intriguing characters and sassy dialogue.

Likes:
* Gruff and massive Lord Connall Maccon, fourth Earl of Woolsey, Scottish werewolf and Chief Minister for BUR
* Calm Beta Professor Randolph Lyall
* Vexing, spinster, preternatural "soulless" Miss Alexia Tarabotti with plain face but exceptional figure
* Bureau of Unnatural Registry (BUR), a division of Her Majesty's Civil Service
* S Entertaining and romantic story about a girl without a soul falling for a werewolf. Enjoyable story with lots of action, intriguing characters and sassy dialogue.

Likes:
* Gruff and massive Lord Connall Maccon, fourth Earl of Woolsey, Scottish werewolf and Chief Minister for BUR
* Calm Beta Professor Randolph Lyall
* Vexing, spinster, preternatural "soulless" Miss Alexia Tarabotti with plain face but exceptional figure
* Bureau of Unnatural Registry (BUR), a division of Her Majesty's Civil Service
* Stout friendship of Miss Ivy Hisselpenny
* Alexia's handy black frilly parasol with purple satin pansies ewn about, brass hardware and buckshot in its silver tip
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Dislikes:
* Prejudice against Rove Vampires and Loner Werewolves
* Alexia's family
* Cinderella similarities
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With-reservations:
violence, murder, kidnapping, nudity, sexual innuendos and situations ...more

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Jan 13, 2010 Cornelia rated it it was amazing

An entertaining and endearing read. Vampires and werewolves we’ve see before, though the ones in this book are exceptional. However, this is the first story I’ve ever read about a preternatural. The heroine Alexia Tarabotti is one of my all time favorite characters. The novel’s original and riveting as well as romantic, and best of all Soulless is Steampunk to the core. I highly recommend Soulless.

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Sep 15, 2009 Barbara ★ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: x-set-in-europe-uk-england, x-set-in-europe, read-2011, paranormal-vampires, paranormal-shifter-wolf, urban-fantasy, steampunk

I was absolutely amazed at this book. I've had it for awhile and just couldn't force myself to pick it up. Now I'm upset that it took me so long. What a fabulous story!

Lord Maccon is a hot sexy alpha werewolf. Alexia Tarabotti is an English spinster of a decidedly different caliber than your average simpering female. Oh and she is soulless which enables her to neutralize supernatural abilities. I was hooked from the first chapter when Alexia accidentally killed a vampire with a combination of a ...more

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Sep 04, 2013 Wendi WDM rated it it was amazing

Shelves: steampunk

What a fun book! I really enjoyed this Jane Austen-meets-Steampunk, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, paranormal book.

The best thing about this book, besides the excellent writing, is just the fun not too serious tone. It is just a good read. It has all the fun things of my favorite Jane Austen novels - the mother of the heroine who is just over board in her character, the society rules, the etiquette, etc. And then we throw in some fabulous vampires (well, one fabulous vampire and the other vampir ...more

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May 16, 2024 Susan rated it it was ok

I didn't like this book either. Here's another series I won't be picking up again. I was just bored for the majority of the book. I think my mind started wandering in the first chapter and it was the same throughout the book.

I didn't really like Alexia but I did like Conall the Lord who was also a warewolf. I wanted to read this book because I have this thing for vampires but this one just didn't do anything for me at all.

This is the second book in a row that I've given low stars too. ...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Karma rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal

I normally like humorous PNR (like Molly Harper's vampire and werewolf books). However, I just couldn't get into "Soulless" like I had hoped. It was all a bit strange--maybe it was the steampunk genre. This just wasn't my favorite. ...more

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Aug 17, 2010 Archer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nook-books

What a delightful read. It was fun from start to finish and had me laughing out loud. Alexia is a force to be reckoned with. Looking forward to reading the book.

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