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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger - Starting September 1st 2020
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Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?
Has anyone read anything similar to this before?
Anybody read anything else by this author previously?
I haven't read anything by this author before but I've got this book on my shelf, so maybe I'll join this buddy read 😊
I'm on Chapter 6 and I must say this is the weirdest book I've ever read! :D
I haven't read many Steampunk novels. I found this one to be very engaging and full of excitement. The main protagonist is strong and very likable. The plot was interesting and the action at the end of the book was really great.
Kathryn wrote: "I haven't read many Steampunk novels. I found this one to be very engaging and full of excitement. The main protagonist is strong and very likable. The plot was interesting and the action at the en..."I'm glad you liked it! I thought it was sort of boring, but to each their own :)
I see you gave it a 3 star rating, so I'm glad you enjoyed it some what. :) I think they could have focused a bit more on the lessons themselves. I also loved the way that sophronia doesn't see race or class, just friends. I'm busy reading the second book and you find out a lot more about vampires in it.
Yeah, I wanted more about their lessons! Oh, I like learning about the vampires. Maybe I'll see about the second book
It's quite interesting so far... very mysterious. So maybe you should give book 2 a try. :)
Okay I'll request it from my library
I read this one before september.....unfortunately (I read it on the 31st of august) so I didn't participate here .....but I finished the rest of the series, and this series is seriously awesome!!It actually gets better in the next books, with them attending lesser school, and carrying out more espionage.....,and the lessons get even better.
The thing I probably liked most about this series was the humour.....that english humour!
Aly wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"I kind of had the same problem. Also the beginning gave me quite strong Harry Potter vibes. The mysterious school and three friends meeting on the way there did it, I guess.
It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.
Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.
But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.