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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

Gail Carriger

Start date: December 1, 2013

Finish date: January 1, 2014

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Aug 17, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, ballgowns-and-intrigue, ethics-and-society, strong-and-kickass-heroines, mystery-and-sherlocking, british-references, to-die-for-book-covers, books-i-love-dearly, can-t-get-enough-of, shifters

Gail Carriger should be in charge of the educational system.

Imagine a world where young men learn the skills to become the next evil geniuses, and young women are taught the fine art of curtseying - as well as those of poisoning, deceit and espionage.

Certainly these skills are far more valuable than English, Maths and Science!

So hop aboard a dirigible and take flight today, joining Sophronia and her motley group of friends and allies as they get the education of a lifetime!

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May 07, 2013 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Fun. If you adored the Parasol Protectorate series, you may find this a tad underwhelming, despite being set in the same universe. This wasn't really the case with me, as I personally, I lost interest in PP around book three, so you may want to take this review with a grain of salt.

E&E is quick and entertaining. It's YA steampunk literature, so it's not going to be the Next Great Novel (or even the Next Harry Potter), nor is it setting out to be. If you want some truly frivolous prose about how ...more

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