Noura 's Reviews > Magnificent Devices

After the cliffhanger ending in the last book, we now move on to Claire's continuing adventures in the air. She's now travelling with the Dunsmuirs in an effort to run away from Lord James and hide while she awaits her 18th birthday (so that she has come to age where she is an adult and therefore can refuse a marriage offer independently). Lord James has run away with the carbonator equipment (the sneaky villain), Andrew is also flying over to America to regain the equipment and Claire is also flying there to join the Dunsmuir on their trip to their diamond mines in the Canadas. But her ship was skyjacked by pirates and they were captured. In a twist of fate, help comes in the form of Alice, the pirate's step daughter. And a new ally and adventure begins.

Yeay:
1) more adventures with the children and our heroine Claire. The story has further developed into something more than just a plight of a young lady trying to achieve her dreams while taking care of orphaned children.
2) automatons! What's a steampunk story without them? Here they are at last.
3) plot-twist! Betrayal. Or it is really betrayal?
4) more examples of how women and girls can be just as smart, brave and resourceful as anyone, as shown by our heroine Claire, Alice, the Mopsies and even the Lady Dunsmuir. In fact, this series is a great example of how anyone (be it male or female) can achieve success, face dangers and survive by using the power of quick and practical thinking.
5) If there is a man determined to have a smart woman as his wife, it would be Lord James. The villain we love to hate is even more determined to have her.

Meh:
1) the ending. Woah....i didnt see that coming.

Just cannot stop reading the book. I just wanted to know what happens next and i went "what? Why did you do that?", fist pumping when the heroes are victorious and even as far as feeling shaking in ipad in frustration (because Andrew.....just tell her will you?).

On to the next book.....